It felt strange, yes you can midly hallucinate and feel "otherworldly" but I always left thinking "ok, I just hyperventilated for 20 minutes ... this is exatly how I'd expect to feel".
And now we have a scientific study that proves it.
As if we fully understand, brain, conciousness, biology, body & spiritual experiences fully. There is so much to learn.
The questions for instance arises how does this connect to emotional & spiritual experiences that derive from those practices.
It's the same with psychedelics, they are chemically induced but often lead to meaningful experiences due a shift in the way we experience reality & conciousness.
Is it a peak into a wider experience of the world that makes us realize the world as we experience it, might not be as real as we think it is? Who knows, so many interesting questions & options.
The funny thing is I spend my free time learning as much as I can about consciousness, alterered states of consciousness, the nature of reality, spirtual experiences, all that stuff.
That's how I ended up in a breathwork session.
But I still live in the universe, and the universe follows rules.
In this case, my body's CO2/Oxygen imbalance was out of whack, and I probably should have started breathing into a paper bag.
Consciousness is cool and all, but doing solid breathwork for over 20 minutes will upset the balance of molecules impotrant to a functioning consciousness. So while you may feel yourself soaring toward another dimension, it's your brain screaming for oxygen.
It felt strange, yes you can midly hallucinate and feel "otherworldly" but I always left thinking "ok, I just hyperventilated for 20 minutes ... this is exatly how I'd expect to feel".
And now we have a scientific study that proves it.
It seemed pretty obvious to me.