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Is it some cultural heritage, not being an Oriental?

Is it some cultural heritage, not being an Oriental?

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Meditation, Breath Prayer, Yoga, Diaphragmatic Breathing, Resonate Breathing, Self-Hypnosis, Deep Relaxation, Kundalini, Combat Breathing, Pain Management, Box Breathing, Wim Hof, Sensory Depravation Tanks, Mindfulness.

All roads lead to Rome where a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

The centrality of the "focus on your breath" pneumatic mantra embedded in the heart of all these varied contemplative and practical modalities, spanning time, culture & distance, serves first and foremost to activate our parasympathetic nervous system. The PSN brings us back to baseline, lowers the heart rate, dials down respirations and blood pressure. It also provides a focal point. The One. The structure of our neural net precludes an absence of thought, so setting that as an end goal or parameter is an exercise in futility and frustration. Focus on the breath provides a framework to witness thoughts come, pass through and go.

I have played around with all of the protocols listed above. I employ those that work for me situationally as needed and leave those that do not on the shelf. I have achieved varying levels of both pragmatic success and woo failure. Ask yourself what you hope achieve and begin to tinker and tailor you own unique germanshepherd path.

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Thank you. This is a helpful reassurance.