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Pratyahara and samyama - Yogi explains what are these states?

Summary

, 13 min

Pratyahara, dharana and dhyana recast as stages of one process: pratyahara begins when the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems balance through heart rate variability, dharana is the no-mind void, and dhyana is integration, where communication with deep brainwaves begins before Samadhi. Includes Maxwell Cade and Anna Wise's warning that meditators can get stuck in silence.

In this video

Teaches
PratyaharaDharanaDhyana
Discusses
SamyamaHRV ResonanceThe voidMaxwell CadeAnna WiseAutobiography of a YogiIntegrationBrainwaves
Mentions
Sympathetic nervous systemParasympathetic nervous systemSandhyaIda and PingalaBuddhismHigher SelfDownload PhaseSamadhi

Key moments

00:01Pratyahara, dharana and dhyana: lifting the veil on the terms00:52Pratyahara is a process, not an end state02:21Hatha, twilight and the marriage of the two nervous systems02:51Heart rate variability as the doorway into pratyahara03:30Silence and the no mind state: dharana is the void04:45The trap: Maxwell Cade and Anna Wise on Buddhists stuck in silence06:29The levitating saint asks Mukunda about Anubhava07:08Dhyana: the meditative state and why the usual definition fails08:18Dhyana as integration: two circles beginning to become one09:29Samadhi and yoga as the yoking of two things09:43Heart rate variability is where it all starts10:55Gamma brainwaves bring surprising answers