holotropic breathwork

>>18821188

sounds like spooky pseudoscience but I've never tried it myself

>>18821188
shit like this is what makes me believe in the Mandela Effect

there's no way an /x/ junkie of 7+ years such as myself can manage to be here since 2010 and yet never hear of this term or see of it. and yet here it is, in my existence now. "Holotropic breathwork." Holy fuck so cool

>>18821188
delete this

>>18821376
Its really interesting subject anon.
Basically an breath inducted LSD-like state.

>>18821376
Ive been actively psychic for 30 years ive never heard of it

>>18821444
OP here.
i think that this thing has been around since the 70's

here is more info for those of you who are interested.
http://iahip.org/inside-out/issue-55-summer-2008/twelve-things-you-should-know-about-holotropic-breathwork

>>18821376
>>18821188
>>18821444
>This, I just got here. Was doing some reading about how not real reality is. I didn't even know this phraseology existed.

>>18821456

>>18821444
Also check these
Ithink its just a breathing tecniques these guys renamed theyre trying to sell lessons

bump for more info and experiences.

here is a trailer for a film about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsh2TuVEytk

>>18821188
Holotropic Breathwork™

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>>18821444
Hello psychic friend, I believe you. The triple fours don't lie.

As someone who's been flung into their psychic ability, do you have any suggestions on managing to keep it all in? Psychicly, mentally. To be honest, a good link would suffice.

>>18821188
That is a better biological explanation for how I have heard breatharian describe their practices.

>>18821599
the next vaporwave sensation or my name isn't David

>>18821456
>Holotropic Breathwork ™
wew laddie

I hope to see a lot of new seemingly coincidental discoveries like this in the near future

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>>18821599
>>18821829
OMG the HiveMind is real
plz hlp I'm part of the hive

>>18822011
You don't know what a hivemind is, faggot.

lurk moar

So it's basically just Westernized pranayama?

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I tried using this technique a few years back. Probably did it successfully 4-5 times. It was cool I guess but I'd rather just eat some shrooms or something. I have asthma so it made this sort of thing more difficult. That's why I stopped pursuing it.

>>18822349
Can you get to those states of mind by using pranayama?

>>18822565
Would you recomend it ?
I'm thinking about going to a workshop.

so its what wim hof does to be able to subject himself to freezing temperatures for hours

>>18825398
i think that is more similar to meditation than to this kind of breathing

How do you do this?

>>18825810
"The process itself uses very simple means: it combines accelerated breathing with evocative music in a special set and setting. With the eyes closed and lying on a mat, each person uses their own breath and the music in the room to enter a non-ordinary state of consciousness. "

How would it be compared with an isolation tank ?

>>18825986
Poorly, they are very different experiences.

>>18821615
Zen

>>18821188
none because im not a hamon user

>>18821376
the entitlement
how dare someone post something you know nothing of

>>18822011
I use spiritual breathing to defeat negativity in hive minds

>>18821188
A good book on holotropic breathwork?

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How to Be Psychic: Eat porridge at the foot of a suburban guru you paid inordinate amounts of money to teach you how to hyperventilate.

Yeah OP, do the workshop. Do it twice. It'll really clear up that problem you have with the weight of your wallet.

>>18827270
you could always just do it yourself couldn't you?

>>18825398
It's not Wim Hof uses tummo meditation not holotropic breathing. Look it up.

>>18827367
so what's the difference between the two methods? I can't tell. they seem like they're describing the same thing to me.

>>18827711
also, both tummo and 'holotropic breathwork' sound like the 'rebirthing' that bob frissell writes about

>>18823484
never ever go to workshops. youre just throwing money down the drain or better put, at some pseudo guru .

Oh and btw, on topic, its basically controlled hyperventilation
Just normal breathing like you do in meditation will serve just fine.

Just fucking meditate guys. its vital to our health. meditation can be anything. I feel like im meditating when i work in the garden with plants and the like, i dont even know what im doing at teh moment but im doing it right and good.

>>18821376
>>18821444
I have a book from the 90s that mentions it.

>>18821615
Prometheus Rising, Robert Anton Wilson

>>18821188
Tried it but it feels really wrong like your body is fighting with all it's power to make you quit it.
Probably really unhealthy.

>>18828757
Did it hurt?
In some vídeos it seems like people are having a fucking seisure.

>>18821376
>>18821444

It's developer, Stanislov Grof, was one of the most prominent and respected psychedelic researchers of all time... and you've never heard of him?!

He developed holotropic breathwork as an alternative to psychedelics because it produces a very similar effect. It's also called connected breathing or circular breathing and is essentially the same breathing pattern used in rebirthing.

>>18822349

No.

>>18829932

That's because it can release subconscious traumas. You need to breathe through them to clear them from your psyche.

It's very simple to do. Here is how:

Make the inhalation forceful, relax the exhalation - as if you are gasping for breath. Pay close attention to what you're doing and try to ensure that there are no pauses between the inhalation and the exhalation. It can be done fast or slow, with either deep breathing or shallow. Faster and deeper produce more intense experiences. If you feel that whatever is happening is too intense for you (and it CAN get to feeling pretty wild!), then slow it down a bit or breathe more shallowly (or both).

That's it in a nutshell. All the little extras that make up Holotropic Breathwork proper are just "set and setting" affects from Grof's psychedelic days. The main technique of connected breathing can be done without them.