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yes, pranayamas are breathing exercises that aim to calm and awaken the mind, enhance your lungs' capacity to retain oxygen, strengthen the muscles involved on breathing and elevate the pH of your blood. i've been practicing the wim hof method and breath of fire. they are both extremely powerful and i recommend practicing them on the morning. the results are amazing.

i watched that video and it's the kind of video that can trigger internal anguish and conflict. there are several fragile people who come here looking for help. that's certainly not the kind of content that can help those who need help the most.

there we go again!

@thematrixyz no. meditation can train your ability to ditch addictions. meditation itself will not do the work.

@John West i am controlling you. i wrote this message and you are reading it, just as i planned.

nah, i love partying, dancing and traveling. i just don't use it as an excuse for distractions, like drinking alcohol or getting high. i like parties where children are welcome. in fact, that's an interesting parameter for me. i like to be at places where children are as welcome as adults.

try first and see how it feels after a few weeks? i've been into ayurveda doshas in the past. in the end, the only thing that really made me feel different was the diets, because i was ditching meat. the pitta/vata/kapha division didn't catch up.

the breathing technique and gradative exposure to cold showers.

you cannot separate healthy intimacy/sexuality from emotions and true friendship. thinking of women as mere tools for your own satisfaction will harm you severely.

petty, shallow and egoist. sorry, i need those words to shake your beliefs. build a solid foundation grounded on virtues. the true beauty of men has nothing to do with looks. it's all about our power to live a healthy and virtuous life.

this is the main problem of the scientific mind when trying to grasp spiritual practices. it craves for results in advance. health is something you feel.

@Tistepiste it is painful no matter how you slice it. we, humans, usually crave for some kind of justice. sorry, can't be done. you can devote your life to serve and help, though. depending on your maturity level, it can be a blissful life.

@Tistepiste i can only speak for myself. "what about the blind people?" "what about thse who are raped?" "what about people who starve everyday?" "wait, what about those babies that are born without brains?" the list can become as big as you want. what are you going to do about it? does it make your life less worth living?

@Tistepiste nobody has a life purpose unless he/she chooses to. you can live the life of an aimless zen monk forever if you want.

there's no easy way out. you have to face it. find the proper dosage for you.

@KeenokF start very simple. find the thin zone between anxiety and boredoom. i'd start with 20 minutes of daily meditation. that should do it for now. be careful with loading your brain with too much information. we need a brain with spare mental energy.

@MTR i agree. although, some topics require several investigations from several different perspectives. that's how you master a subject.

no. you'll have to go to the source by yourself... through your self.

@Giulio Bevilacqua imagine how your daily life would feel, from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep. can you visualize yourself facing those challenges and overcoming your difficulties? personally, i encourage you to pick the hardest choice, if you feel you can go through it.

@Lynnel affirmations/visualizations are useful to reshape the mental self-image. it can help you ditch vices and build new habits. it's not that helpful for realizing True Nature, though. i used it to change the way i felt about Life. i didn't say "i am rich". i said "i feel rich right now". it's a very different approach.

i'd ctrl+c ctrl+v these words.

@lostmedstudent i've been where you are. it's scary because we think that it's a lifetime commitment, but it's really not that big. just pick something and try it out. see how it feels. you'll know when it feel right. you can't know before you feel it. i chose electric engineer and studied it for 2 years. then i quit and started studying computer science. i've just finished my master's and i've been working as a data scientist. how the hell could i know it before actually experimenting how it feels to program and think about mathematics in terms of programming? it was impossible!

@Emanyalpsid just don't forget that medicine is an experimental discipline in the first place. not a inductive one. if you really want to make progress, design experiments to test your hypotheses with test/control groups.

be happy regardless of what people think/say about you you can be that healthy. authenticity heals.

@Nadosa you won't be able to overcome an addiction if you don't replace them. instead of trying to cut your tv/internet usage, start something else. go out and take a walk by the trees.