I have done pranayama at 12:48:24 for over an hour, and even 14:56:28 for almost an hour.
At 12:48:24, that is one breath every 1'24", and at 14:56:28, it is one breath every 1'38". At 16:64:32, the max I managed was 32 minutes, which is one breath every 1'52". The yogis say that in order to levitate you need to do 20:80:40 for 100 reps (which takes 4 hours at one breath every 2'20"). Theos Bernard, the famous Englishman who studied yoga in India, describes in his book a series of pranayama exercises where he was taking one breath every 6 minutes for a long period of time.
I would tell the divers involved in the 'record' to hyperventilate as much as possible before starting, so the CO2 accumulation is damped.
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Eric Fattah
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"I encourage you to be free in the way you measure your success. I don’t claim to know what it will be like to be in your position, but I know that when you leave here, grades will be handed out differently. Your ability to gauge your success will largely depend on how you perceive it. You can shape it, set it up, feel it, and define it. Allow competition to turn inward. Do not depend on awards, money, or other validations." -Jonny Moseley
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