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Outwitting Dullness In Meditation - Yogi Explains

Summary

, 10 min

Overcoming dullness, boredom and stupor in meditation by stacking short sessions: stop when enjoyment fades, get up, then repeat a brief sequence of stretching, Navi Kriya, HRV resonance, sitting very still, the Four Proofs, OM Japa in the chakras and enjoying. Pushing past enjoyment builds a habit of dullness; a qigong teacher's story shows small gains compounding.

In this video

Teaches
Dullness in meditationShort meditations
Discusses

Key moments

00:00Shorter meditations and the problem of dullness01:13The answer: build skill in short meditations, then stack them01:48Preliminaries: Mahamudra stretching and Navi Kriya02:29The session sequence, ending in learning to enjoy03:44Pushing past enjoyment brings dullness and stupor04:22A habit of dullness defeats deep meditation05:16Get up, take a break, and do another short session06:11The qigong teacher's students who stopped at a little bit07:07Training to notice, become quiet, disengage and enjoy08:09The deep brain lottery: keep playing and stack the wins