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Huh, apparently I can do about stage 2.5 but it makes the inside of my nose hurt. I wish I didn’t know this about myself
Edit: I now also have a massive headache. 0/10 experience
Doing it gradually is the best approach. I built up to 2.5 after a few months of just messing around. It never really gave me a headache that I can recall, but I don’t get headaches very often either.
I think the best approach for me is to keep this one on the shelf of “novel but not to be done”. It will live between my ability to cross one eye at a time at the cost of spotty vision and migraines an hour later, and flexing my back just right to pop a rib out of place which looks amusing but hurts for days
To what end yoga? To what end…
I was curious too, so I went to the Wikipedia page:
The goal is to attain liberation in the body, by sealing in the energy of bindu in the head so that it is not lost.
Haṭha yoga is a branch of the largely spiritual practice of yoga, though it makes use of physical techniques; it was developed in medieval times, much later than the meditative and devotional forms of yoga. Its goals however are similar: siddhis or magical powers, and mukti, liberation. In Haṭha yoga, liberation was often supposed to be attainable in the body, made immortal through the practices of Haṭha yoga. Among its techniques were mudrās, meant to seal in or control energies such as kundalini and bindu. Khecarī mudrā is one such technique.
tl;dr - A spiritual practice of yoga in Hindu metaphysics.
I’m guessing you could blow some wicked tuneful raspberries
In stereo too
A bit like breaking your arm and dislocating your shoulders so you can finally lick your elbow.
…but why
Why not? No real reason other than a novelty and it’s easier to get the dried-on mucus off in the morning or the rare occasion when I’m sick.
It’s also easier to get popcorn kernels unstuck from my back of my throat when that happens and easier to extract tonsil stones without using my finger or a different oral tool.
Also, as I’ve replied to other comments, I’ve got a slightly higher mucus production than most people seem to naturally have. So it helps to not have to blow my nose as often.
My brother in Buddha… how about we don’t do that.