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Static problems HELP PLEASE!!!

Thread Status: Hello , There was no answer in this thread for more than 90 days.
It can take a long time to get an up-to-date response or contact with relevant users.
to continue the topic I must say that most of my statics problems are resolved with some days off , but I would like to something that could build huge CO2 tolerance and improve my recreational freediving
 
I seem to have put my head into a hornets nest ,something I was actually trying to avoid with the "exercise". There is no secret here it is a very common and very basic Yoga exercise , Anuloma Viloma , I am sure one can find a description of it on the internet.But that is not the point !It is my belief ,having studied it in India with an exceptional Master, that it is not something easily self taught.
It is basically just going for the slowest possible inhalations and exhalations.No reputable Master will teach it to a student until he can demonstrate sitting in 1 of the classic positions for at least half an hour ,Padmasana ,Vajrasana , Virasana Sidasana
etc.The knees must be on the floor and the spine erect.
The student is constantly monitored for the quality of breath , this is paramount.If the inhalation is jerky after a long exhale the student is instructed that he is slowing down beyond his capacity.
His sweat is constantly monitored ,great heat is produced in this exercise.
And his bodily position.
MT and I achieved a rate of 60 breaths an hour after 2 months daily practice.A student is required to persist with this for5 months,before trying to master digital pranayama.
About 6 years ago I sent Sam Still ,who at the time had a 5 min breath hold to this Master ,he was there 2 months and came back and immediately broke a world static
record.
Diet of course plays a big part.
WE teach this in our advanced coaching and describe it more fully in our lectures ,I have never attempted to teach it over the internet.
It vastly improves the extraction of o2 ,its transportation and utilization, it builds a big resistance to co2 and done daily with 2 static practices per week has astonishing results. Good Luck.
 
Hi Aharon,

thank you for sharing; after seeing the many addresses I thought oh oh that must be some work responding to them all :-) and I was just about to post my email address as well - a hornet's nest indeed!

So it is to be done 60 minutes every evening? With asanas beforehand?
And det would be vegetarian/sugarfree/wheatfree/or?

Have a wonderful day!
 
Thanks for the understanding ,I let myself in for that one I should keep my mouth shut.
As for diet ,in south India it is vegetarian ,however my vegetarianism comes from a different angle...no sugar , or wheat ,i personally dont have a problem with lactose ,but dont drink milk , cheese yes. Most that I train are lactose intolerant.Very limited simple carbs etc.
Begin with only 15 breaths and add 1 per practice till 60. But time it, not individual breaths but overall time and record it.
I only do asana in the morning as I am stiffer then less chance of over stretching.
 
Aharon if is not to much u could put your website and info about your courses, I do something similar the zazen breathing more specifically working on the muu with bamboo breathing but I don't do it everyday it just one time a week, I pratice meditaion 3 hour a day at least so it is complicated to do it all at once.
I can't do full lotus due to extremely long legs with straight hip but some of positions you mentioned are equally beneficial.
thank you mr. Aharon
 
To everyone else a master or a teacher in the techniques describe above is recomended otherwise you will waste time and effort mostly in vain
 
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