It's All a Trick - Meditation
Summary
An Aikibugei teacher's remark that it's all a trick frames meditation techniques as tricks that become skills, stacked to activate the Dorsal Vagal Complex, right hippocampus and left amygdala. Exercises follow: Hakalau, taking everything in, relaxing the tongue to quiet left-brain words, Hakalau to shift emotions and desires, and holding two points at once.
In this video
Teaches
Discusses
Stuart LyleExpansionThree underlying processesMind chatterLeft hippocampusReticular Activating SystemRight hippocampusLeft and right brain
Mentions
Shidare Yanagi Ryu AikibugeiMeditative mellowsHRV ResonanceSitting Very Still (SVS)Freeze ResponseTranquil BreathLeft amygdalaDorsal Vagal ComplexRight amygdalaSpiritual eye