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Four Proofs Into the Freeze Response - Yogi Explains

Summary

, 22 min

How the Four Proofs of the parasympathetic system (hands hot and heavy, tingling lips, dorsal vagal pressure, tingling skin) give way to the Freeze Response. Its signs are ghost-like numbing, vanishing limbs, dislocation, cool waves, a frozen spine and a shell-like skin. As the freeze grows the proofs fade, and reaching it marks pratyahara.

In this video

Discusses
Parasympathetic nervous systemHRV ResonanceDorsal Vagal ComplexSmall winsPratyaharaBlissProgress in meditation
Mentions
Bhagavad GitaKriya YogaGold star methodSamadhiTeresa of AvilaLeft and right brainHoly PotatoPatanjali

Key moments

00:00The four proofs transitioning into the freeze response01:26Pick the Pandava army: choosing the parasympathetic02:34First proof: hands hot and heavy04:03Lips tingle and pressure on the dorsal vagal05:11Skin tingling, the beginning of the freeze response06:29Good days and bad days: keep showing up, use the star method07:52What the freeze response looks like, and why it is normal08:40Yogis frozen in samadhi and Patanjali's pratyahara10:10Tingling, numbness and the ghost-like dimmer switch11:33Limbs disappear: a martial artist friend's lower body12:38The floating box and his guru's reply: no box13:11Dislocation of body parts13:49Cool waves and the spine as a frozen rod14:14The shell-like skin and the chocolate sundae sensation15:53Soak in the bliss of the freeze17:19As the freeze rises the proofs dim: switch what you track18:49A meditator losing the four proofs; the inverse relationship19:38The freeze as graduation into pratyahara