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  3. Posted

    Unlikely i can do sep too. Will try for oct. 

     

    On another note.  I have a bunch of seeds to giveaway if one of melb crew wants them? On the priviso that somewhere down the line you try and bring some of the seedlings to giveaway at a meet.  Im just having trouble finding time to plant anything.

     

    Some acacias, ephs, sida cordifolia, sun opener, cactus (rosei x) (psycho x) etc. Just pm me if interested.

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    On 7 August 2016 at 1:42 PM, etherealdrifter said:

    yes dood!!

    :)

    Tecoma pavillion , gate C entrance, RBG, melb.

    Noon onwards normally.

    Everybody is welcome. Bring some seeds or plants/cuts if ya want to offload something or maybe a trade with a fellow sabber.

    If you are new don't be shy come and say hi...........it was a few years ago now i came along to a meet and had a great time and connected with a whole bunch of diverse people who are now tiptop friends!!

    Funny thing is that i might be there as early as 9am(i know pretty unusual) but my lift heads into the city at 8am on Sunday!! lol

    cheers

    https://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/documents/MelbMap_A3_13.2.13.pdf

     

    I'm hoping to make it.  If people are thinking of rocking up earlier than midday then I will too.  I have more time available earlier in the day than later.

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    4 hours ago, niggles said:

    So Just a little update... Im coming to the end of week 2 in the course..

    It feels like I am starting to get to grips with the whole mentally tightening my circulatory system before I get in the cold. (meaning i can make my body do the constricting peripheral blood vessels before I get in the cold) which makes getting in a cold shower much less shocking. It is still a bit uncomfortable to stand under fully cold water, but at times it almost feels pleasant. I find my skin warms up quite quickly now after the showers, I dont feel any discomfort from it. My stretches are getting better, more pushups, much easier. Feel a little bit supermany already.

     

     

     

    I'm kind of at the beginning of my second week and am having some progress.  Holds are longer, showers are fun, the cold hot cold etc is great, each progressive cold is easier and doing the breathing at the same time today I didn't notice the coldness of the cold at all.

     

    During one of the breathing cycles this morning I had a spontaneous intense heat experience which I wasn't expecting.  I imagine that is what we'll consciously be generating and directing later on.

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  12. Posted

    1 minute ago, courage said:

    It relates generally to the bliss experience of the ages.

     

    I'm speaking broadly for all, as words have that manner of affect. It is never directed at you personally.

     

    We can see a drain on our energy here through the violent manner in which the Earth is treated, through food production on a mass scale, mining etc. This inevitably affects the intrinsic interconnected nature of our universe, which is again a product of the beings moving through here who feed from the light.

     

     

    yeah, but, whatsit have to do with the Wim Hof method?

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    7 minutes ago, courage said:

    I guess my first thoughts would be around where the bliss energy itself emanates from.

     

    I walk the ancient path so see a lot of problems intuitively in restoring what once was.

     

    I don't see any problems - personally, with the practices themselves as ways to connect to higher vibrational light.

     

    I'm just looking at the reasons why I have criticisms with Eastern philosophy in regards to the reconnection of true light.

     

    I guess my first thoughts would be around where the bliss energy itself emanates from.

    Thoughts?

     

     

    I'm still not sure how this relates to the topic at hand.  My mention of full body bliss earlier was a description of a physiological experience.  I'm not particularly worried about where it came from.  It felt good.  How does an idea of true light relate to wimhof?

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    1 minute ago, niggles said:

    simhanada: Haha! Thats a good idea. I have been thinking about maybe trying to hit the beach before I go. I used to grow up on the beach, down near sandringham. Fucking hated the cold water and the wind.. maybe I will have to try and do that :)

     

     

    If you find the time just msg me.  I grew up in highett, a longer walk/ride to the beach but we were down at half moon every other day during the warmer months.

     

    I'm now a quick jog from elwood beach or a short walk off the north road pier ;)  Someone was doing some cold training off the boat ramp there the other day, they didn't look like they were wimhofing!  Looked decidedly uncomfortable.

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    23 hours ago, niggles said:

     

    I have experimented with a sort of similar thing maybe the breathwork you are speaking of.. things did get very intense and uncomfortable.. i dont mind that but i didnt really feel like i got much out of it (plus it was costing me a lot to have 'guided' sessions where i felt the facilitator really wasn't putting her heart into it)

     

    Sounds the same.  I felt like I got a bit out of it but that was a long long time ago.

     

    23 hours ago, niggles said:

    The big sessions do have some weird/intense/uncomfortable moments, but i can breathe through them into lovely spaces.

    That's probably similar to what I was coming up against.  Yep, it passes :)

     

    23 hours ago, niggles said:

    Another thing I like about WH is that he has gotten scientists to study him doing his thing, so they have a bunch of scientific backing for his methods. I have not yet made it through all the material, but it is interesting reading and experiencing. :)

    Yeah, its a big draw card.  In this day and age it inspires confidence in a system.  Also hes happy to put his abilities up for show and scrutiny which is great.

     

    I'm in the inner south, close to the beach now.  If you want to come down and test yourself one morning in the ocean before you head north let me know :)

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    19 minutes ago, courage said:

    Yeah I just am worried of speaking openly on things I am not 100% certain on, as it would cause offence.

     

     

    It didn't cause offence.  I'm not sure how it relates to the topic at hand though.  

     

    Are you implying that we are fucking up our souls, planetary bodies, small baby animals and whatnot?  If so, that is kind of offensive that you are telling us that breathing and improving our physical/mental/emotional health is detrimental without a clear explanation why.  Maybe you need to consider what is being discussed and come in on a similar level.  

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  17. Posted

    16 minutes ago, courage said:

    In my own experience with working on transformation of the body I personally start with two differentiations that I'm aware of. That of cultivating the body in the higher light and that of cultivation in the bliss realms.

     

    Sri Aurobindo & Mirra took a good look at this work with the higher light and made the criticisms a change of state was for all humankind, Earth and otherwise to complete this.

     

    What does any of this mean though?  break it down.

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    The circular breath (in out with no break) is the foundation of the rebirthing technique developed by Leonard Orr in the 70s which I think they just call breath work these days.  Only they don't stop after 20-40 breaths but keep going till uncomfortable physical and emotional symptoms come up and they keep going till they dissipate.  

     

    I did some training in this a long long time ago and one of the weekends had a focus on overcoming fear of the cold where we did this technique progressively ending out into the sea (during the middle of winter), two people doing the breath, looking at each other to keep the focus and motivation.  It was difficult till the moment my head went under and then it was a full body bliss experience.  That was unexpected because I had spent the prior week going for morning swims to gear myself up for it and didn't experience anything approaching that.  That week and weekend showed me that same thing you mention about how much of our reaction to cold is mind based.  Of course, thats easy to forget :)

     

    Tibetan yogis have a practise called Tummo where through breath techniques (which can also involve long periods of breath retention) they're able to generate heat in the body and survive in low temperature conditions.  Good if you're in a cave or monastery in winter with no heating.  Besides the yoga/excercise he uses learning yantra yoga would be a good adjunct I think as they use techniques so you can get very specific about where and how you can hold the breath(in kumbhaka/vase breath)  in certain places as an aid for meditation.

     

    I just had a go at the 1st bit of the WimHof and it definitely builds up charge in the body quickly.  I reckon I'll try it out and see how it goes.

     

    I like that he's using yoga as part of his system.  As mentioned earlier the body can get very uncomfortable doing this kind of stuff so I like moving/jiggling/shaking to loosen some of the charge before going in again.  

     

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  20. Posted

    I'm out for a little while, moving house in a few weekends so have a lot to organise. I'll be back on board for any meets come May.

    That being said if anyone is around Coburg area and wants a few small cacti for free just msg me. The less I have to take with me the easier the move will be :)

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