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All of the Freeze Response - Pratyahara - Yogi Explains

Summary

, 28 min

A catalogue of the freeze response sensations that can arise in meditation, framed as pratyahara: deep stillness, shell-like skin, numbness as a dimming of body perception, missing or stretched limbs, a ghost-like body, a cool trickle along the dorsal vagal, expansion, and samadhi. Resonant breathing plus sitting very still is given as the way to induce it.

In this video

Discusses
Parasympathetic nervous systemHRV ResonanceSitting Very Still (SVS)Meditation postureLeft and right brainEnergetic sensationsDorsal Vagal ComplexBlissExpansionSamadhi
Mentions
Eight limbs of yogaLahiri MahasayaMahamudraSympathetic nervous systemVentral Vagal ComplexOM Japa in the ChakrasRoll-Up of ConsciousnessAshok SinghSpiritual eyeOut-of-body experiencesPatanjaliLow-Idle-StateThree Essentials

Key moments

00:00The many ways the freeze response appears in meditation00:39Long breathing presses on the dorsal vagal01:05The freeze response is pratyahara, step three of six01:40The parasympathetic healing system and refreshing sleep03:55Sitting very still, stretching and a comfortable posture05:52First sign: a deep stillness06:46Shell-like, frozen skin07:58Comfort first, and aches and pains fade08:58Numbness as a dimming of body perception10:06A dimmer switch, not on-off: parts of the body disappear12:46Stretching and dislocation of the body map14:50The ghost-like body16:25Cool drip along the spine and the dorsal vagal17:55Cool wave through the whole body and building bliss19:36Mini absorption: expanding into a cool ocean21:25Just a head, then the spiritual eye; Ashokji says no sides22:45The body freezes every night in sleep23:25Samadhi: no body, no breath, no astral body25:31Low-idle-state, the trainings and the two-part recipe