Meditation is vague word. There's guides for how to do this online and in books. I tried a bunch until some worked. Basic thing was just letting go of most thoughts, focusing on one thing, intending it to happen, and letting it happen without forcing it. You need feedback like a monitor showing you numbers and paying attention to feel of your own body. Eventually, some part of brain delivers. It delivers better over time.
Best I can describe. The breathing tricks were most valuable as breathing and mental state are so interconnected. Comes in handy for calming down or pumping up. Also helpful in forms of meditation.
Any specific techniques/pointers for pumping up? It seemed to me meditation was all about relaxation, and my problem is it seems I can easily calm down but anything that would increase alertness without needing chemistry, that would be much appreciated.
Lost most memory to a brain injury in an accident. I'm coming up blank on this one unfortunately. The thing I remember was that it was about association. You associate certain songs, words, thoughts, actions, etc with emotional states. So, just as you can calm down to some, you can pump up to some faster.
Little things like walking around or even a proper warm up can help. I do remember repeating the same songs during key phases of a workout. I still have to avoid listening to those songs as I go to sleep at night as my brain gets wide awake.
With intense focus you can trick it so it feels like your body is in a different position than it is. But you usually still know your body's true position from other senses so it ends up feeling like you're in two positions at the same time.
Never heard of that. Trippy. I always wanted to try the Crane and Piantanida experiment to see what those colors looked like. Was afraid it would screw up my brain haha.
What's practice for that like?