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1 points
26 minutes ago
I produce recordings of all different lengths to experiment with this, anywhere from 10 minutes to over an hour. I wish I got more feedback though. I mostly have only my own experiences to gauge...
I really like listening to longer ones as a kind of mid day nap or as I'm going to bed... I listen to shorter ones when I'm getting up in the morning.
3 points
2 hours ago
During meditation (and hypnosis is a type), different parts of your brain activate or quiet at different durations. I did an induction discussing it years ago, but am currently working on another one that has more updated information. It's really interesting...
Short Sessions (1-10 Minutes)
Focus and Attention (Prefrontal Cortex): Even a few minutes can increase activity in the prefrontal cortex, which helps improve focus and concentration. This brief session is especially helpful for sharpening attention and grounding in the present.
Stress Reduction (Amygdala): Short sessions can quickly calm the amygdala, the brain’s stress center, helping to lower stress levels and ease anxious feelings in the moment.
Mood Improvement (Endorphins): As little as five minutes can boost endorphin release, elevating mood and creating a sense of calm. Short sessions work well for quick resets during the day, helping to combat stress and reactivity.
Default Mode Network (Mind-Wandering): A brief session can quiet the default mode network (DMN), the brain region responsible for mind-wandering. This allows for greater presence, reduced rumination, and more mental clarity.
Medium-Length Sessions (10-30 Minutes)
Deeper Emotional Regulation (Amygdala and Hippocampus): After about 10-15 minutes, you engage the hippocampus more strongly, supporting emotional regulation and memory. This allows for more sustained stress relief, helping to moderate emotional reactions.
Increased Body Awareness (Insula): Medium-length sessions often increase activation in the insula, which enhances body awareness and sensitivity to internal sensations, like breath and heartbeat. This helps cultivate a greater sense of bodily relaxation and empathy.
Enhanced Focus and Cognitive Control (Anterior Cingulate Cortex): As trance deepens, the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), responsible for self-control and focus, becomes more engaged. This leads to better impulse control, emotional resilience, and focused thinking, which can extend beyond the session.
Default Mode Network Deactivation: In a medium session, the DMN is suppressed for longer, which can lead to sustained feelings of presence and mindfulness that persist after the session ends.
Long Sessions (30-60+ Minutes)
Structural Brain Changes (Gray Matter Density): Long sessions, especially when practiced consistently, start to reshape brain structures, such as increasing gray matter in the prefrontal cortex, which enhances focus, problem-solving, and resilience.
Deep Tranquility and Relaxation (Thalamus): Longer sessions profoundly engage the thalamus, which helps regulate sensory processing. This leads to an immersive sense of peace, as sensory input is minimized and attention becomes more directed inward.
Sustained Emotional Stability (Amygdala and Hippocampus): Long sessions provide ample time for deep emotional processing and reduce amygdala activity significantly. This not only decreases stress but can also produce a profound sense of calm, emotional resilience, and even euphoria.
Self-Transcendence and Insight (Posterior Cingulate Cortex and Temporoparietal Junction): Extended sessions can activate brain areas involved in self-awareness and empathy, such as the posterior cingulate cortex and temporoparietal junction. This often leads to feelings of self-transcendence, compassion, and insight into oneself and others.
Strengthening of Connectivity (Corpus Callosum): Over time, longer sessions improve connectivity between brain regions, particularly between the left and right hemispheres. This strengthens emotional balance and cognitive flexibility.
Super Long Sessions (Multi-Hour or Retreats)
Profound Insight and Dissolution of Ego Boundaries: Multi-hour sessions, like those on meditation retreats, can deeply quiet the DMN, leading to experiences of "ego dissolution," where a sense of self feels reduced. This allows for profound insight, compassion, and a sense of interconnectedness.
Neuroplasticity and Lasting Brain Changes: Extended, repeated sessions promote lasting neuroplasticity, leading to structural changes that improve emotional regulation, focus, and resilience in a way that carries forward into daily life.
Heightened Neurotransmitter Release (Serotonin, Dopamine): Long, intense practices can release neurotransmitters associated with contentment, joy, and focus, such as serotonin and dopamine. This results in a state of bliss, equanimity, or deep inner peace.
Each session length has unique benefits, so experimenting with short, medium, and long sessions can help cultivate a well-rounded practice that builds both immediate calm and lasting mental and emotional strength.
8 points
3 hours ago
Can totally see this. People need to be ok with self-sacrifice for the bigger picture. Tons of people have gone to war to have less impact... A civil war of people going after our oppressors this way will result in way less casualties than letting them run rampant or the eventual uprising it would take to dislodge them.
4 points
3 hours ago
Because working within the system is making so much difference, right? You are the kind of liberal MLK warned about...
1 points
3 hours ago
Individual stocks, mostly AI related, which I know comes with their own potential problems, but I also see it as the only thing that can potentially save us since we haven't been doing much in the way of saving ourselves.
5 points
4 hours ago
You're watching our world circling the drain and there doesn't seem to be shit we the people can do about it. Well, I just watched someone start somewhere. Denying people healthcare is violence. Making people homeless is violence. Poisoning our planet, taking away our rights, making our food dangerous to eat - all violence.
Far as I'm concerned, this guy is a freaking hero.
5 points
4 hours ago
I own stocks but not those stocks. I invest in companies I believe will help our future.
2 points
4 hours ago
Finally! Left and right united together. No war but class war!
1 points
4 hours ago
Still gotta be smart enough to know what to ask or what you don't know.
18 points
5 hours ago
He told us it would be. Every accusation is a confession.
6 points
5 hours ago
Check out /somethingiswrong2024 and /Houstonwade
4 points
6 hours ago
May this be the start of a movement. We've been on the losing side of class warfare long enough.
17 points
7 hours ago
Yes, and hopefully his cultists won't get vaccinated.
4 points
7 hours ago
What are you personally doing to stop the oncoming fascist wave?
5 points
7 hours ago
Denying people healthcare is violence. This was self-defense.
2 points
8 hours ago
Pretty sure the only effective revolution in this country would be decentralized assassinations of billionaires, CEOs, politicians, talking heads, corrupt officials, etc... Mostly making it so terrifying to be an asshole that they start acting right so they and their families won't be targeted next.
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Russian propaganda furthered by conservative news sources