[sciencemike]

I found that when learning this technique i slowly breathe out while doing it. It seems to me much harder to do without any air flowing out. I would pop my ears then slightly breathe out to reset my uvula and palate then pop again then reset. Then I can now do it wile not having any pressure upward into my nasal passage and with my soft palate completely relaxed with no air flow at all.

Although i have never heard my "Loud" breathing I can crackle the drums in very rapid succession, when totally isolated from my palate it often triggers my ear wiggling muscles slightly. If i retract my lower Jaw inwards as far as possible the uvula seems to become detached from the response completely, while the further out I jut my lower jaw the uvula becomes more involved.

As for the roaring noise after the crackle, do you open them slighly for the slow and longer smaller cracks that i can get to last up to 5 seconds? Or is it a relaxing after the crack or a maintaing the fully open formation? Or pushing the crackle as far as it can go, whereby my ulvula gets retracted greatly?

I would like to gain control over this better, I can also do just my right ear, but never just my left.