--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > Here's a part of Vyaasa's commentary on YS II 51 > > (baahyaabhyantara-viSayaakSepii caturthaH [praaNaayaamaH]) > > > > caturthastu shvaasa-prashvaasayor > > viSayaavadhaaraNaat krameNa bhuumijayaad ubhayaakSepa-puurvako > > gatyabhaavash caturthaH praaNaayaamaH ityayaM visheSa iti | > > > > We should think that the most crucial words, as it were, > > are these: > > > > caturthas tu shvaasa-prashvaasayor...gatyabhaavash > > > > which might be translated for instance like this: > > > > the fourth (pranayama) [is] stopping(? -- gati + a_bhaavas: > > motion -non-existence) of exhalation[and]-inhalation (shvaasa- > > prashvaasayoH) > > > > But it all depends on whether "stopping" or somesuch is a correct > > translation for "gatyabhaavaH" [gati + abhaavaH] in that context... > > > > Suspending, as in "spontaneous breath suspension?"
Yes, in my *opinion* it's exactly that... > > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi? > cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=7045911&query_hl=2 > > : Psychosom Med. 1982 May;44(2):133-53. Related Articles, Links > > > Breath suspension during the transcendental meditation technique. > > Farrow JT, Hebert JR. > > We observed, over four independent experiments, 565 criterion- meeting > episodes of breath suspension in 40 subjects practicing the > Transcendental Mediation technique (TM), a simple mental technique > involving no breath control procedures. The frequency and length of > these breath suspension episodes were substantially and significantly > greater for TM subjects than for control subjects relaxing with eyes > closed. Voluntary control of respiration was most probably eliminated > as an explanation of ths phenomenon by the experimental design and by > the use of a variety of nonintrusive respiration transducers, > including a two-channel magnetometer, an indirect but accurate means > of monitoring respiration. Many TM subjects report experience of a > completely quiescent mental state characterized by maintained > awareness in the absence of thought. Eleven TM subjects were > instructed to press an event mark button after each episode of this > pure consciousness experience. The temporal distribution of button > presses was significantly related (p less than 10(-10) to the > distribution of breath suspension episodes, indicating that breath > suspension is a physiological correlate of some, but not all, > episodes of the pure consciousness experience. In an extensive study > of a single advanced mediator, pure consciousness experiences were > also associated with reduced heart rate; high basal skin resistance; > stable phasic skin resistance; markedly reduced mean respiration > rate, mean minute ventilation and mean metabolic rate; and > statistically consistent changes in EEG power and EEG coherence (an > indicator of long-range spatial order in the nervous system). > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/u8TY5A/tzNLAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
