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Freediving and Hypnosis

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TampaBrian

TampaBrian

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I've studied hypnosis/self hypnosis....couldn't this be more powerful than yoga? since in theory you can control your body subconciously to retain oxygen and slow the heart rate......has anyone ever looked into this?...perhaps i'll start some studies and post the results. That is if anyone is interested.....I think i may be onto something????
Any thoughts are appreciated.
-Brian
 
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TampaBrian said:
I've studied hypnosis/self hypnosis....couldn't this be more powerful than yoga? ..I think i may be onto something????
Any thoughts are appreciated.Brian
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You certainly are. At Nordic Deep we had a "staff" hypnotist (Ulf Dexten) doing hypnosis on big groups of freedivers. A "programme" we have been trying out for Annelie Pompe for some time. On the other hand I think many freedivers have training methods thast boorder to hypnosis: visulisation, self "suggesstion" (I lack the english words)...

Sebastian
 
I just did a simple suggestion with some self hypnosis for my heart rate to slow down and conserve oxygen...then I did my first static which is never much over 1:15 and i hit 1:30 no problem, i also noticed my heart rate did slow down a little bit but not as much as i was hoping...not like the mammalian reflex...i'd love to be able to go into a good mammalian reflex everytime i hold my breath.,..this is just a starting point though, so I would say with enough work and doing it the right way, it could work and improve, i also put in a suggestiong for my body to let me know when its time to start thinking about air.....just for the heck of it....the good thing about hypnosis is that your survival instincts are stronger so you couldn't really overdo it!
I'll probably make a tape and see how that goes, if all goes well, i'll put an mp3 online and you can tell me if it helps at all......off to work now, but i'll work on it more in the following days.
-Brian
 
Go read my blog for some more cool info on it.....theres some interesting results from what I just did......heart rate dropped instantly 10 bpm consistantly.

I just did another breath and it went from 94 bpm to 64...in a matter of 3 seconds.
I should take a video to prove it.
 
I have considered the possibility of hypnosis as well in the past. Have not attempted it yet however. Never had any luck with self-hypnosis or being hypnotized. But I think it could have good results on some people.

I would not expect any relevant findings to surface except from hypnosis on people that are very experienced with statics, have no regular noticeable improvement, and have very little deviation in times day-to-day. Testing on yourself as a beginner could not be seen as credible since a beginner is likely to improve significantly, if not immediately, at some point. Every person I have ever taught to do statics has done no less than three minutes within a handful of attempts and up to over six minutes in the first few attempts.
 
So how different is the technique of self hypnosis to concentrated meditative techniques?

One of the techniques I use to drop my heart rate:

1) listen to your own heart beat, just center your awareness on the heart or the pulse under the chin at the top of the throat/bottom of the jaw, behind the ears. Just feel the pulse.

2) match your breath, inhales and exhales to line up with a fixed number of pulses.

3) Do slow inhale and exhale matching the rhythm of your heart. So the inhale begins right as a heart beat is full swing (systolic) , and the exhale end as heart beat is in a low (diastolic). This multiples of heart beats of course, you would hyperventilate if you did one for every heart beat.

4) Now that you are in sync and aware of how your body is doing start slowing down both the breath and the heart.

This works fairly effectively for me, and it is a nice trick to calm yourself down when agitated in daily life.

I learned this from a guru as yogic meditative technique, but it works fine for freediving.
 
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that technique is great and all, but the hypnosis seems immediate..its been 10 or so hours since i did it and i can still calm down immediately with one breath...i think your really have to be in tune with the whole hypnosis experience and want it to work though..i dunno, i believe in it very much so , so it seems easy for me to give myself a suggestion and it work...
thanks for your input though, its great advice!
I'm just looking for instant gratification and think i found it.
-Brian
 
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