Activating the Dorsal Vagal Aspect in Meditation - the 3rd Proof

Let's dive into the Parasympathetic System through the easy activation of the Dorsal Vagal Complex in this video.
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@@ForrestKnutson Freaky warm went from -45 to +5c in 12hrs. +6 today. -45 is great for meditation cant do anything else. _40 is the same in Fahrenheit and celsius.

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Forrest, no one, I mean no one, explains this as well as you! Sadhu x3

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Thank you Ellen!!! 🙏🙏🙏

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You have been my spiritual teacher with your love & wisdom. In one of my recent meditation, I saw myself being in space and I saw my body, starting from my feet to slowly disappear as golden dust particles, until it reached my hips. So half my body was gone, then when I put my attention in my trunk of my body, slowly the hip, chest and my hands too dissolved in to no-thingness, until only my head remained and when I surrendered completely the face too disintegrated as dust particles. Then there was only awareness. In that awareness around the space, I can feel myself in every fibre that was around me in that space. You taught us that the right brain is spatial and expansive. It’s your HRV technique and your tranquil breath which really helped me to go deeper within my sanctuary. So I give my utmost gratitude for guiding us all. In my today’s meditation I focused on you and sent you a lot of love. The spirit of God in me bows to the spirit of God in you. Thank you! Love you! ❤️🙏🏻🌟👁

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[@bobseehafer5414]

I definitely felt lots of warmth in my back and hands were tingling. Feels so good. 🙏

[@ForrestKnutson]

Fantastic, Bob! That's perfect!

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Great morning

[@ForrestKnutson]

Good morning!!

[@Tylerbag]

With this longer exhale I experienced all that you were saying! Normally I get one or two out of the four proofs. But even after stopping the practice & writing this the whole body is still buzzing. The HHH, lip tingling all at the same time with in 5 breaths! Thanks for sharing

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Amazing, Tyler! So fantastic! Well done!!

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[@desertportal5517]

Tried it and first time actually noticed 1st + 2nd + 4th proof today because I knew what to 'look for'. Remarkable! About 5 minutes in to medit, hands feeling a little tingly at first then more and more leaden and warm. Didn't feel starved for breath any more. Felt 'silky' somehow. Noticed a sense of vulnerability yet knowing of security brought a kind of sweet sense of being in the vulnerability. To stay in the sweet vulnerable checked in to the truth "not knowing anyTHING" occasionally - Just knowing being. Easy, that. Slightly tingly upper body. Thanks for this very much!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Wow, Fantastic!!! The 4 Proofs are so amazing just for that. What to look for. Well done!!!

[@earthtones9111]

I forgot to add. About 10 minutes into my meditation I feel heat coming down from head and goes down to my face, throat and into my body. I do feel peaceful after this. 🙏

[@ForrestKnutson]

Wonderful! Your immune system might be turning on which will heat the body.

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@@ForrestKnutson Thank you 🙏

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I like your explanation of what happens with the diaphragm and the 'nerve' and also the two sides of it. I have been doing kundalini meditation and yoga for nearly a year, and some do not explain to use the breath and movement of the diaphragm in a certain way - - -little by little - listening to people like you - and Gabor Mate as well - helps to explain how this benefits scientifically - not that i NEED proof - but it makes it easier to remember when i am doing it - and what might be happening on bad days (asthma attacks day 3) thankyou for this.

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I feel the tingling in my shoulders.

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That's very good!

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Thank you Forrest!!! This is Abhi from India.. The techniques you show are extremely useful and work instantly.. I can feel all 4 proofs during this video itself.. ur meditation hacks are awesome👌👌👌

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Wonderful! That is so fantastic! Well done!!

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Thank you! Not sure why I've never heard this breathing exercise before. Good one to have in the toolkit!

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Exactly! Well said!

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This is fantastic! Thank you so much! You know I had to look up intoception, but got it, thanks again for helping all of us.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Thank you Janna! ... Introception is the very best way I can describe the beginning of interiorization. It's a great word, isn't it?!

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Very!

[@robscott351]

The Hands Hot and Heavy are a great sign of the parasympathetic nervous system working, just wondering, is the tingling due to hyperventilation? I used to have a lot of anxiety and over breathing could cause tingling sensations everywhere. Great Stuff! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and insights!

[@ForrestKnutson]

Rob!! That's a really important question!! Thank you so much for asking that, because I really need to differentiate between HRV and Hyperventilation. It is absolutely NOT due to Hyperventilation and Hypoxia. What's happening is the opposite. By the longer breath we kick start the exchange of carbon and oxygen in the body, and MORE oxygen goes into the tissues. This, and the process of introception causes the tingling.

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Hey Forrest, again, great explanation!

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Thank you Mattijs!

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Hi Forrest! staying perfectly still and relaxing is so much easier laying on the back so why do we sit?

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All these things are happening to me and I was curious, my guidance system led me to this channel 👍Thank you for sharing. You can't find this info on Google. I'm doing my magnesium soak as I type this 😀🙏

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Yeah!! I love magnesium soaking!

[@negligent666]

I've noticed doing kriya pranayama, my exhale can go almost twice as long as my inhale, about 10 second inhale 20 exhale, and this feels quite natural. Is this to be expected or is it too extreme? It puts me into an almost hypnagogic state afterwards where the thoughts that come up in the silence are sometimes almost nonsensical like when your falling asleep

[@ForrestKnutson]

That's okay for some of your practice. You could use that to drop down quickly, and then adopt a more balanced breath, with a slight emphasis on the outbreath (one second longer, or so). That breath seems to be the most effective. I have a training on where these breaths go here: www.meditativemellows.com/ Those unconscious thoughts also need to resolve and be released. What's happened is you've silenced most of the conscious talking of the left brain, and then 2nd, these deeper unconscious thoughts arise. Totally normal. Just let them pass.

[@negligent666]

Good, honestly I was getting worried I was developing schizophrenia with some of the weird visions I get lol. Nothing disturbing, just really goofy, like stuff you'd imagine after smoking too much weed from my teen years lol

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@negligent666 that's very normal. You can chant OM in the medulla especially, and in all the 6 chakras (not the top of the head or the 3rd eye), and see if that gets it to calm down a bit. Or chant OM directly into what you are perceiving. Let me know if it helps.

[@Positive742]

Forrest Knutson thank you for the clear details. One question .. how to chant OM in the medula or chakras?

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@Positive742 I have a video called how to find your chakras mentally. So you find them mentally and then you put your mind in one, then chant OM into it mentally. Like dropping a mental bomb.

[@kitpatino3833]

How would i do this for a meditation? Would it be during the HRV? Or just before meditation?

[@kitpatino3833]

Reason I ask, is because I do some yoga energizing exercises, mahamudra, then Navi kriya before actual meditation. Been reading your new book too and so far the level one mastery is giving me so much. But I am interested in diving deeper in level two with the tranquil breath.

[@mildmanneredmercifulmouse1839]

Hi Forrest, greetings from Australia : ) Q; is this what is referred to as "Yoga Ratio" ? Thanks in advance, I love your work and the great input you contribute to my life and the entire planet 🖤

[@ForrestKnutson]

I can't speak for other yoga teachers. But HRV and the Holy Trinity of Breath that I teach are absolutely necessary in order to begin to enter into meditation.

[@olimpiagarcia3980]

I really thank you for your videos full of (easy to understand) information. I get very easily into the freeze response, even if I am about to sleep. The first time I felt it, I thought it was incredible confortable, like a mother's womb. But, as you say, it is different each time. It is possible to be there one or two houres. What's the next step, Forrest?

[@ForrestKnutson]

The next step is the process of expansion. To induce the right brain more.

[@paratharamgini8363]

Does activation of DVN help to relieve lower back pain and other aches and pains in the body? 2. So, do we increase the outbreath in every breath cycle or do we keep it consistent throughout the meditation.

[@ForrestKnutson]

1. It does as you get into the freeze response. 2. We don't increase it incrementally if that's what you mean. We increase it for every outbreath roughly the same amount.

[@paratharamgini8363]

@@ForrestKnutson wow! Yes, I did mean if there is an incremental increase in outbreath! Thanks so much for guiding.🙏

[@bharathyaadavk.n1470]

Sir pls make a video about subconscious mind.

[@ForrestKnutson]

Sure I can do that. What specifically about the subconscious mind?

[@bharathyaadavk.n1470]

@@ForrestKnutson how does it work and how to reprogram it .

[@JK-nt8ou]

@@bharathyaadavk.n1470 I would love to see a video on this too :-)

[@stephensylvester1834]

Another great and enlightening video.🙏 Thanks Forrest! While I have been feeling the other 3 proofs for a while, it took your explanation for me to focus on and realize the DVN sensation too, especially during BPV. It feels like the DVN is where the anahata chakra is located or is their a slight difference in location?

[@ForrestKnutson]

That's exactly right! So with your previous meditative experience that's where you're probably going to notice it the very most. It's actually all along the spine opposite the rib cage. So we're talking all of the upper nervous system into the medulla.

[@jksatyal]

I can do HRV very nicer or longer than you have nicely explained because I have been doing for 10 years but how long (time) I have do HHV to reach on blissful stage (no breath stage) I had that experience couple of times but not ever times or ever day. Please! I need your guidance. Love you Guru🙏❤️

[@ForrestKnutson]

Hi Jaya! That's what I teach on the 4th Phase / Tranquil Breath Training at www.meditativemellows.com/

[@raamkumar1979]

Brother...how come you know all my Experiences......😅😅😅💖💖💖 Whenever I breathe with awareness 24/7 my breath goes up and down the spine Beautiful Experience....🙏🙏💖💖 In my meditation I feel like holding my 6 chakras at a time for few seconds .....Great Experience....💖💖

[@ForrestKnutson]

Wonderful Raam!

[@raamkumar1979]

🙏

[@raamkumar1979]

Sometimes in meditation I feel like holding all 6 chakras for few seconds.....this process happen spontaneously......just wanted to know about this.....😂

[@amyrose8371]

Wait you want to activate the dorsal vagal? I thought the aim was to be in ventral?

[@gwenaelconan4016]

4th proof, I see your aura increasing.

[@ForrestKnutson]

That's cool Gwenael!

[@patmureithi]

🙏🙏🙏

[@rajasen541]

Do I need to focus on my third eye while doing it?

[@ForrestKnutson]

Yes, that's a great practice to add in! Very complimentary to this exercise.

[@bharathyaadavk.n1470]

I get a heavy head

[@ForrestKnutson]

As the prana rises into the upper nervous system, it's very common to experience heaviness or energy in the head. This can culminate in the 1st Knot of Lahiri Mahasaya that I often speak of.

[@bharathyaadavk.n1470]

@@ForrestKnutson sir i am experiencing that my chatter mind has calmed.

[@ForrestKnutson]

@@bharathyaadavk.n1470 Well Done!!! Fantastic!!

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@@ForrestKnutson next wat to do

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@@ForrestKnutson but I feel very sad emotion