Turning the Volume UP!!
- haquan
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16 years 1 month ago #54437
by haquan
Turning the Volume UP!! was created by haquan
Sometimes we may want to accelerate the intensity of our practice either to break through a barrier or get out of a rut. Here are some ideas on how to do that:
Inhibitory methods: profound muscular relaxation, fasting, sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation.
Excitatory methods: Physical exhaustion, chanting, connected breathing and other breathing techniques, drumming, dancing, pain, sexual stimulation, sensory overload.
There is a particular technology associated with each of these techniques which I may go into below, but be sure you've researched each thoroughly before attempting any - though the practices of muscular relaxation, drumming, dancing, and chanting are relatively safe at any level of skill.
Obviously this goes along with the thread "Turning the Volume DOWN..." The more I think about it, the more I think this goes well with the "Three Speed Transmission" theme and instead of a sonic metaphor, I should have called these "The Brake" and "The Accelerator". Technically, however, these are first gear practices - though I wonder how things like fasting might impact not only 2nd gear, but even 3rd?
Inhibitory methods: profound muscular relaxation, fasting, sleep deprivation, sensory deprivation.
Excitatory methods: Physical exhaustion, chanting, connected breathing and other breathing techniques, drumming, dancing, pain, sexual stimulation, sensory overload.
There is a particular technology associated with each of these techniques which I may go into below, but be sure you've researched each thoroughly before attempting any - though the practices of muscular relaxation, drumming, dancing, and chanting are relatively safe at any level of skill.
Obviously this goes along with the thread "Turning the Volume DOWN..." The more I think about it, the more I think this goes well with the "Three Speed Transmission" theme and instead of a sonic metaphor, I should have called these "The Brake" and "The Accelerator". Technically, however, these are first gear practices - though I wonder how things like fasting might impact not only 2nd gear, but even 3rd?