Spinal Breathing Kriya Mistake

Summary

July 30, 2021, 13 min

The mistake of trying to force the breath into the sushumna during spinal breathing, and the alternative of flowing with a long outbreath that stimulates the Dorsal Vagal Complex, equated here with the sushumna. Meditation then crosses from left-brain identification into right-brain expansion, with a dividing line drawn between absorption and samadhi.

In this video

Teaches

Spinal breathingLeft and right brain

Discusses

Ida and PingalaStruggle in meditationDorsal Vagal ComplexAMOLSushumnaExpansionSamadhi

Mentions

OM Japa in the ChakrasSympathetic nervous systemFreeze ResponseFour Proofs of MeditationUpper nervous systemSpiritual eyeRight hippocampusDual and non-dualRoll-Up of ConsciousnessTranquil BreathThree EssentialsSurrender

Key moments

00:00A problem in the philosophy behind spinal breathing 00:55What spinal breathing is: the breath up and down the spine 02:03Ida, pingala and sushumna: hot, cool and neutral channels 03:40The mistake: trying to pierce and force into the sushumna 04:43Force awakens the sympathetic system, the hot pingala 05:23Flow with the breath and chant OM into the chakras 05:49The longer outbreath stimulates the dorsal vagal complex 06:51The dorsal vagal complex is the sushumna 07:11Freeze response and the four proofs draw you upward 07:35Crossing from the left brain into the right; the spiritual eye 08:27Letting go of memory, time and the body map 09:15The dividing line between absorption and samadhi 11:07The one-two process: flow, then identify with the right brain 12:17Never squeeze in: a little tension frustrates the process