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Altered states of consciousness induced by breathwork accompanied by music

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557 points gnabgib | 1 comments | 28 Aug 25 00:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.208s | source
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rerdavies ◴[28 Aug 25 05:34 UTC] No.45048760[source]▶
I have to wonder: are there undesirable side-effects of hyperventilating? Deliberately hyperventilating for 15 minutes or more in a time doesn't seem like a great idea.
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1. kagakuninja ◴[28 Aug 25 16:35 UTC] No.45054180[source]▶
Pranayama is 2000+ years old, and has many warnings that you can fuck yourself up if you do it wrong.