How Do You Stop Mind Chatter? - No Mind

Summary

October 4, 2019, 12 min

Three quick ways to quiet mind chatter (relaxing the tongue, holding two points at once and Hakalau peripheral vision), each tied to the left brain or the right hippocampus. Heart rate variability breathing is then given as the lasting base, leading to hands hot and heavy, the freeze response and early meditative mellows.

In this video

Teaches

Mind chatterRelaxing the tongueTwo points methodHakalauHRV Resonance

Discusses

Right hippocampusHoly Trinity of BreathFour Proofs of MeditationFreeze ResponseMeditative mellows

Mentions

HunaNegative emotionsAMOLSitting Very Still (SVS)Low-Idle-State

Key moments

00:00How to stop the chatter of the mind 01:05Relax the tongue to quiet the word-thinking left brain 02:46The two points method silences the mind 04:03Hakalau: one point plus full peripheral vision 05:19Using Hakalau on negative emotions 06:05Heart rate variability as the base of the practice 06:41Holy trinity of breath: low rate, no pauses, longer out breath 07:24Pacing the breath with the MyCalmBeat app 08:00Sitting still brings hands hot and heavy 08:39Entering the freeze response: numbness, tingling, coolness 09:45Early meditative mellows and the body's idle