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>Should the breath be long in duration? Like, 30 seconds of inhalation and 30 seconds of exhalation?
>But it should also be slow? (Meaning that the air is inhaled at a slow rate?)
the breath duration should be gently extended as allowed by your current state
if you try to extend it too far, you merely hit feedback walls like high co2 concentration which will force the body to want to breathe more, its just thwarting the endeavor if you keep running into your body's protection mechanisms in this way too often.
the longest I was able to do was perhaps a minute 40 or slightly longer, but I definitely measured a minute an a half just for the data gather on a few occasions.
it is important to note these are average breath durations, which should mean that you're consistently executing these durations for pretty much the entirety of the session once you've settled in. taking a really long breath or two isnt going to help a ton, but being able to execute long durations for 2-4 hours is most certainly not insignificant.
the air should be inhaled at a slow rate, passing through the nose but without the nose or sinuses assisting in its flow
it is important that anywhere that air touches be relaxed and passive
any action in these areas translates to stimulated olfactory nerve and the attendant cascades of neurological potentials
the diaphragm should be like there's a little guy in your gut pulling a giant sail
the perineum and abdomen relax while inhaling
transition seamlessly between inhale and exhale
perineum and abdomen support the exhale
transition seamlessly, the breath falls beneath the threshold of turbulence, the air becomes a sparkly glowy amniotic dew

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Do we even NEED to meditate?I feel like its pretentious, im told im meant to get all these out of body feelings but i never do.

Do we even NEED to meditate?
I feel like its pretentious, im told im meant to get all these out of body feelings but i never do.