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Its a dark field microscope. Very interesting stuff! Its great to see the real effect of supplements, not just the subjective "I maybe feel a little better... maybe"-feeling

I have been eating Purely Greens and Fulvic Zeolite while checking my blood in a microscope. It definitely cleans the blood! In 6 weeks all the unwanted stuff in my blood was gone, and only stuff that comes from cleansing the tissue was left. That takes a lot more time to clean out. I going back to check my blood again in two weeks to see how it goes. Then Ive been at it for 13 weeks.

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Wow! very interesting article!

With the StressEraser there is a function where you can find the breath frequency that works best for your nervous system.

I'm a wannabe taoist. And proud of it!

Definitely agree with that!

Hello markern. Many questions here. I will try to give my part, and then other might fill in or give an other perspective. Socially Engadged means that the nervous system does not react to the surroundings as a threat. It is not under stress in social situations. For many people the nervous system is under constant stress, which makes it difficult to be safe and confident in social relations. you can read more about this if you search "polyvagal theory" I dont know what strengthen it will do the way Drew talks about it, but just normal, gorunded, physical strengthening will make able to relax and regenerate better. Instead of being slowly eaten by stress. Having a great HRV score means your heartrate is in sync with your breathing. It indicates a balance in the autonomic nervous system: sympathetic and parasympathetic activity. This does not necessarily mean that you are relaxed. It means that you are able to deal with stress in a much more healthy way, and that your nervous system is strong. You are able to stress when you need to stress(eustress-good stress), and relax when you need to relax. I dont think it should replace regular meditation or other cultivation. It is not a spiritual thing. Though it does help and strengthen regular meditation. Especially breathing meditations. Just do a search for StressEraser. I bought mine from MindModulation, but they have really bad and slow customer support so I would recomment finding someone else.

Today I ate potatochips with pepper and salt... definitely not good for me, nor my HRV I tried the 4-step-sipping-breath and it worked very well! Thanks for the tip! After a while I naturally started to do regular smooth breaths and the HRV stayed with me through the whole seesion. The sipping-breath(thats not really sipping) erased the potatochips! I did, sort of, enjoy the McD. It does satisfy something. I eat there maybe once every 6 months. But every time I just get reminded why I should not eat there. I just loose my grounding and get blurry vision. But it does satisfy something... I will try once more to see if the HRV is the same as before. I will heroically sacrifice my self for this cause!!!!

Thats really interesting! I noticed my HRV was perfect after eating at McDonalds once... I thought there must be something wrong with that... I would not want to see McDonalds market their food as "good for the heart and stressmanagment" And after eating eggs, my HRV goes completely crazy. Dont know why... must be some elements that influences the nervous system in some way or another. Or maybe its just the effect of emotions? I did compare the skin conductance with HRV one time, and I noticed my SC didn't drop until maybe 5 min with HRV breathing, even though my HRV was fine all the time. It puts things into perspective. I have noticed that half way through my in-breath I often get a flat line before it rises again. Mostly its not enough for my StressEraser to start a new count in the breathwave, but its still consistent enough to acknowledge there is something there. Could you please say more about how you deal with the levels of each count? I would like to try to smooth this out I always start with 4:4 rhythm and then increase gradually up to 5:5 or 6:6. Other thing Ive noticed is that circular breathing(Longevity breathing?? - without pause at the bottom or top of the breathing) works best with the StressEraser. Also when I get heat in my belly its much easier to keep a stable HRV.

Yes, StressEraser has really given me better sleep! It works! Also Fang Song Gong/Yoga Nidra/deep relaxation, is good for sleep.

With "high HRV" I mean both high amplitude and high variability. It means that the heartrate follows the breath and is not interrupted by stressfactors that make the sympathetic nervoussystem fire off unnecessarily and disrupt the work of the parasympathetic activity. HRV show the condition of these systems, and "high HRV" show a balance between those two systems. I'm not too good in english so its all a little "so-so" when I write here... With "stability" I mean that the HRV is a sine wave. Not a chaotic and broken wave. And yes, the proof is in the pudding! With a biofeedback device you see objectively if the pudding really contains proof... I have met people who meditate everyday and consider themselves very relaxed people, but who really have a very low HRV(an almost straight line/wave on the StressEraser). Most people are like this. Not necessarily a straight wave, but at least a very chaotic wave. They need practice and training to strengthen their nervous system so it can deal with everyday life without accumulating stress. But I met one woman who had the perfect HRV, best Ive ever seen, and she still had a lot of troubles and pain. So high HRV is not a proof of the perfect human condition. Its just an indication. I don't know why this woman had the perfect HRV. But I suspect her use of Holosync every day for many years has something to do with it, and the fact that she has received many treatments for her condition.

I tried counting heartbeats with breathing compared to biofeedback. Counting heartbeats seems to be a little better for HRV than just breathing, but it still cant compare to the effect of biofeedback. With biofeedback I get a stable HRV within few minutes. But with counting heartbeats I just got a little more stable HRV than regular breathing meditation. The HRV machines(ECG with special software) used for research in medicine is something else than the biofeedback devices. For example, with the research HRVs they have seen a higher degree of HRV with something as simple as eating omega-3. This is not the perfect HRV you train with biofeedback. It is just a little higher HRV than usual. Its the same with meditation. They find higher HRV with people who do meditation. Or with athletes. Its still far from the perfect HRV you train with biofeedback. I might be doing something very wrong when I compare a method I really don't know to something I do know, but I still believe it indicates the difference.

Yes, the Cranio-Sacral Social Engagement Protocol is developed in cooperation with Stephen W. Porges. Definately a treatment to consider! I have seen many people be completely transformed by it. I have not yet done it myself, but will do pretty soon. I dont know how TCM do their pulse diagnostic, but if the pulse has a high HRV and stability the TCM doctors would definately not find many problems. Not beacuse it is not detectable, but because the body has a stronger ability to heal itself, and therefore is more healthy. When you strengthen the vagusnerve you also strengthen the bodys ability to heal itself. The parasympathetic activity is what activates restitution and healing. So with a high HRV the body will be healed and healthy. It would be fun to see how a TCM doctor feels the differnece in pulsdiagnostic on someone that does HRV breathing... I definately going to ask some of my TCM friends to check this out!

aha, thanks. edit: Ive looked more through their website and I think I like them too!

With Heart Rate Variability(HRV) kind of breathing, or Respiratory Sinus Arrythmia(RSA) which its really called, you actually strengthen the tonus of the vagus nerve. Now this is magic! If you look a little into the research done by Stephen W. Porges - Polvagal Theory - you will learn that by strengthening the vagus nerve you will actually be "Socially Engaged". Your ability to connect with people increases. Heart Rate Variability seems to be the main scientific explanation of the Heart Rhythm Meditation that you linked to. But the article say nothing about how you actually do this. I dont know how they monitor the heartrate at Heart Rhythm Meditation, but I know for sure that just regular breathing meditation does not give a strengthened HRV. You need biofeedback: The StessEraser.

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I thought I should write something about biotensegrity, what TzuJanLi gracefully refers to as the "energetic coherence" that is activated through the CTS. But then I figured I just link to my article here: http://www.thetaobums.com/Myofascial-Tense...ang-t10483.html The sinking and relaxing of the chest(or the rest of the body) is to relax all improper tensions so that the bodys internal biotensegrity balance can take over. This makes the whole spine longer, the posture stronger and smoothes out all the postural misunderstandings that comes from not listening to your body but forcing it into an unnatural posture before the time is right. Relaxation and bodyconsciousness is the key. Combined with persistance ofcource When I get into "the coherence" it feels like my body disappears and melts with the surroundings, or the universe. Im completely still and supported by the body, just enjoying slow breathing, energy and stillness.

Well, wow, I'm actually very inspired to be a champion tree jumper now!!! Looks great! Thats the first thing Im gona do when the snow comes!

oh my... veeery interesting

I spoon my girlfriend.

oh well... I will bury my respect again...

hahaha, I think I will ressurect my respect for you

Someone at work asked my why I dont get sick when everybody around me is sick. She kept thinking and finally she got it and pointed at me and said "I know why! When you go home after work you rest and relax!" Other than that I also have been eating lots of Vitamin D, zeolites, spirulina, american ginseng and greens, and Ive been drinking alkalized water. I think that helps a lot. I also do my everyday meditation and qigong ofcource. That helps too