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human
With more and more research coming out on meditation and (more specifically) breathwork, how did ancient cultures get so much right? where did their knowledge of breathing techniques (some of which are very specific) come from? they knew how to not just induce restful sleep but to increase spiritual healing with sleep - these breathwork techniques have been shown to increase REM sleep (the stage responsible for emotional processing) how were they so good at manipulating their minds and bodies? just practice and pattern recognition or something else?
gpt
by just...breathing in deeply while sitting still?

like somewhere someone was fed up with all the shit around him, sat down, closed his eyes, breathed in deeply and got rid of all his thoughts and discovering something through it that he then told others about sparking a group of people that just sat still and breathed in calm and deeply and it spread?
I mean its not rocket science, but knowing there is an option just to let go is helpful.
human
this goes further
>breathe in for 4 seconds
>hold for 6
>exhale for 8
>repeat for 20 breaths
>you will now have more restful sleep with vivider dreams
some are way more specific such as breathing in certain ways with certain timings for x breathes then switch to y for z