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WARNING - Just Push Through!

Summary

, 15 min

Why the common advice to "just push through" in meditation backfires for time, overwhelming deep experiences and kundalini symptoms, and how incremental markers such as the Four Proofs, Five Breath States, Freeze Response, Tranquil Breath and Roll-Up of Consciousness show progress. Closes with befriending the subconscious: going down to go up.

In this video

Teaches
Struggle in meditationProgress in meditation
Discusses
KundaliniFreeze ResponseTranquil BreathThree EssentialsFour Proofs of MeditationEnergetic sensationsSubconscious
Mentions
Five Breath StatesHigher SelfRoll-Up of ConsciousnessSamadhiBhagavad GitaParasympathetic nervous systemHRV ResonanceSitting Very Still (SVS)

Key moments

00:00Is "just push through" good meditation advice?00:36Pushing through on time and kundalini symptoms01:20Stretching, deadlifting, driving: you build up to it02:40Overwhelming deep experiences: taste it, then step back04:17Nobody yanks the rose petals open04:37Little footholds that show you are making progress07:15Put the big goal in the court of the higher self08:01A yogi's call: "all I'm getting is the tranquil breath"09:10Already past the battle of the Bhagavad Gita09:50Just having the four proofs is huge11:10Comfortable time, comfortable depth, easing kundalini symptoms12:06Ask the subconscious to make it easier: go down to go up13:19Talking with the higher self training