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Have you ever tried meditating after doing Wim Hof's breathing method? Scientists have studied it. People who rarely meditate achieved deeper states of meditative consciousness than people with a multi year long daily meditation practice IF the rare meditators did Wim Hof's breathing exercise first.

I can see that being true. Wim Hof breathing is great and I enjoy it but i wonder about the long term effects of doing it daily because of how demanding it is on the nervous system. You can experience huge breakthroughs doing it though and definitely as a beginner.

Fair points. A lot of Wim's stuff seems to be geared towards the "if you don't exercise your 4 wheel drive once a month, it's probably not going to work so well when you actually need it" philosophy with the extreme temperature and breathing stuff. I'm prone to agree. I tried it a few times and it was interesting. I got pins and needles once in my orbital bones in my face and on the tip of my nose. Very cool experiences.

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I couldn’t agree more! I think this is such an under-appreciated truth that we all should consider. Shameless plug, but for those that are interested. I have written a newly published book about this: The Ancient Way of the Mind.

This is true, the brain does its processing when at rest not active

One giant mind app has been great for me for this nostr:nevent1qqsxs3f4hkg7kyhmhglf04hhtxgeytjcweg60d74cfl5wpa002nypeqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgszq3s3

The left brain scan shows cooler colors (blue/green), which represent lower levels of activity or weaker brainwave coherence. This suggests the brain is still relatively scattered or not yet deeply settled. The right brain scan shows warmer colors (red/orange), which represent stronger activity, coherence, or synchronization across different brain regions. This implies that after sustained meditation, the brain becomes more integrated, calm, and efficient.