Intense but did you get any lasting change from it? Are you still practicing? I did some breathwork and disturbed something with my natural breathing pattern. For about two weeks I had insomnias and was constantly lightheaded. Im reluctant to try again..
I used to teach various pranayama’s (yogic breathwork) and we tend to go easy, especially if you are not going to go into a 3 year seclusion as a lifetime yogi.
All practices were 3 breaths only. If you really enjoyed one or the other, you can do them a few times a day.
Because exactly as you say, you don’t want to disturb the natural pattern. If you have an unhealthy breathing pattern, the idea is that yoga, rest and relaxation will take care of the rest.
Beyond that we are not doctors, so if I noticed something peculiar with someone’s breathing, or it came up, I would direct them to a professional.
I never liked the Hof method, it works on the wrong side of the nervous system for me, as it’s too activated. I feel it’s good perhaps if you got to do something stressful and you need resilience.
Yeah the Wim Hof breathing feels more like a challenge or test that you come down from than a relaxing thing. Consistent with his "jump in ice water" thing.
I did it when I was really working on myself emotionally and it was for a limited time. It could be a bit scary because of the extreme feeling of lightheadedness. But it did cause a pseudo euphoric feeling too. Afterward I felt invigorated.
But yeah it had a layer of
unpleasantness that made me not continue long term.
Circular but without outside supervision. Not sure if I did something wrong or if I need some customized practice. I am often running out of breath/out of sync breathwise when singing, often getting lightheaded effect which I do not like at all.
Tiktok is not more guilty than any US company. Instagram, facebook and most modern social media went this path long before Tiktok. We shouldn’t singlehandedly blame one party but go to the root of the issue.
They’ll surely enjoy playing fewer games rather than an avalanche of content that will leave them disoriented, bored and anxious. It happens with adults too.
Oh please, kids will detect alcohol as a foreign substance and will hate it, nobody has to teach them that. And spiked drinks are usually alcohol based drinks spiked with other substances. Good luck detecting that!!
I did the same and it’s great. At some point normal boredom kicks in and no bad habits are formed. I realized a while ago that many kids are primed early throug so many channels, it’s beyond despicable. At this point a big share of blame needs to fall on the parents turning a bling eye to it all.
Download content of your choosing (yeah, you can even DL from youtube), put it offline and let kids watch from a playlist you curated yourself. Yank off any wifi connectivity, it’s poison finds ways to dumb down the kids.
I'm not sure if they have a soul either. However, they hate losing money! Which we can call motivation to fight back in ways that us normals can't. After Elon loses enough money we may see a political divorce of epic proportions, that will be very entertaining to watch. (Can you imagine what it will be like if trump threatens the Starlink contracts?!?)
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