First time doing holotropic breathwork, looking for guidance
So I did it this morning before I went to bed for maybe about an hour maybe and a half, so here’s what happened: First off, I’m not the most experienced with this kind of stuff here, have done shrooms once, and other stimulants a few more times have never tried “natural” ways of manipulating one’s mind.
It’s kind of blurry now, the whole experience, but I remember that I got my teeth, hands and feet really tingly and numb, at one point even my forehead and head as well. I was hot! At some points I felt really hot, like a hot wave but way longer but it didn’t feel bad, just like its hugging me. At one point my back felt numb and I felt like I was slowly falling down/into my bed. About visions, I had my pillow over my eyes and face with a space to breathe near the mouth. The most I got was: Tracers, like when you do psychicslics, LSD especially, blue, red, yellow ones, I saw a face at some point but it was connected to many other faces like a wall, I saw yellow/orange rays comming towards me really fast but that’s if I really focused.
Questions part: My nasal passages are not the best, had my nose broken at a very early age so I breathe mostly with my mouth, I switch between breathe IN, OUT, IN, OUT like what the regular way of doing holotropic breathwork I’ve read is, but I alternate it with breathe in, out fast, hold for a min and a half, breathe in, out fast again. Also, a big question, since I am also into buddhist meditation, should I try keeping my mind clear while doing holotropic breathwork or should I let it go all over the place, cause at one point I was singing a song in my mind, another time I was eternally grateful for the existence of Redbull haha
**What should I change to go deeper? First of all, music for sure! Did it without at first, need to change that. Recommendations? Holotropic Breathwork exercises? Do you have suggestions on the way I do stuff, corrections and etc? Honestly, tell me anything you think would benefit me in doing this, Its really interesting and fascinatingly to me, cheers!