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tavavex ◴[] No.45049085[source]
This is a really strange comment section. The average person sharing their experiences seems very unlike the average HN user.

I feel like I can barely relate to those people, and understanding what they're saying is nigh impossible. The definitions of most things are really vague - even the article of this thread only defines breathwork as "cyclic breathing without pausing, accompanied by progressively evocative music". So... faster breathing while intensifying music is playing?

One issue for me is how anything connected to these topics seems to attract a healthy mix of rational observation, psychedelic users and religious people (old and new). Deciphering which is which is really difficult without already having a foot in the door on this topic.

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1. gaoshan ◴[] No.45053667[source]
The next steps in this sort of pretentiousness might be, "multi-threaded breathstreams unmitigated by interstitial cessation, conjoined with progressionist effervescent and aurally delivered syncopathic acoustic tunework" and people will act like that is perfectly normal.