Risto_Saarelma comments on Vipassana Meditation: Developing Meta-Feeling Skills - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 19 October 2010 10:35:59AM *  0 points [-]

I tried breathing as slowly and deeply as I comfortably could, and got 2 minutes 20 seconds for four full breaths without much effort. And I'm not even very athletic. Maybe I should try to keep it up for 10 or 20 minutes to see if there's any trouble.

ETA: 11 breath cycles in 6 minutes, then I got bored. It's very deliberate breathing, filling my lungs as much as possible with each inhalation, but doesn't feel uncomfortable in any way.

Comment author: wedrifid 19 October 2010 10:59:21AM 0 points [-]

I tried breathing as slowly and deeply as I comfortably could, and got 2 minutes 20 seconds for four full breaths without much effort. And I'm not even very athletic. Maybe I should try to keep it up for 10 or 20 minutes to see if there's any trouble.

You can do 2 minutes 20 seconds for ZERO full breaths reasonably comfortably. :P