Niraj Naik guides a full SOMA Awakening breathwork session with participant Orlando, combining rhythmic breathing with pelvic-floor contractions and intentional breath-holds that drop oxygen levels into the 50s. The practice includes toning, visualization, and descriptions of euphoric sensations, with guidance to sit upright in early phases and lie down only when more experienced.
Questions this video answers
A fingertip hypoximeter (on the participant’s finger).
When oxygen goes below 90% (around 85% and below).
Readings spoken include the 80s, 70s, 60s and as low as 53%.
Sitting upright (cross-legged or in a chair with a straight back); lying down is recommended only in later phases.
Chapters
Now I'm going to show you one round of the Soma Awakening breathwork meditation. Orlando is going to follow along and I'm going to guide the instructions. So Orlando has a hypoximeter on his finger. This measures the blood oxygen levels and it will allow him to know exactly when he's in the state of hypoxia. So when this goes below 90, around 85% and below, what will happen is it will trigger this intermittent hypoxia state where this positive stress response happens and all the magic happens in the physiology. Okay, so you want to keep that on your finger and be aware of it for the first few times you do this. After that, you'll actually be able to feel yourself going into this hypoxic state and know that you're doing it correctly. Okay, so Olland is also sitting in a comfortable position with his back straight, upright, legs crossed. Some people find it hard to sit like this for too long, so you can also sit in a chair with your back straight as well. The key is comfort. Okay. Later on in the last phase of this experience, you're going to be doing it lying down because it gets a lot more intense. But for the first two weeks at least, try and do this sitting up if you can, because that will allow the energy to move more freely through you. And it also allows you to really connect deeply with your energy within because of the various energy locks that we'll be applying during this. Okay, so get yourself comfortable and then you'll press play on the music.
That's right. Now, just for a few moments with your eyes closed, bring Bring an awareness to your breath. That's right.
Noticing how you breathe in and out.
On autopilot with no control over it. However, through conscious control.
We can actually change our physiology.
This is how we do it by breathing in beats. So you can hear the rhythm now, the music.
That signifies the inhale and the exhale. You can even hear the inhale and the exhale in the music itself. So now you notice Orlando begins phase of breathing and beats.
So he's taking a deep, full yogic breath where his abdomen rises in his chest. And then he lets go.
In 2, out, 2, 3, 4. You notice his exhale. He makes a little sound.
Sigh of good feelings. This actually allows you to get even more into relaxation. That session. With every exhale.
You can also just blow out a sound that's continuous or just a.
An ocean wave.
The key is just to keep it very consistent, regular, rhythmical. That is the key for.
What this rhythmic breathing does is it gets you into this physiological state called heart coherence.
This harmonizes all of the functions in the body.
It brings you from a low energy state up towards a more higher energy state.
As he's breathing gradually building up, he starts to contract the mulabanda at the top of his inhale.
Letting go on his exhale, pulsing it. So contracting, squeezing the pelvic floor muscles and letting go on the exhale. That's right.
Squeeze and let go. That's right.
Squeeze and let go. That's right.
Squeeze and let go. That's right. Start stimulating the sexual energy.
Start feeling this energy. Start to build up inside. Tingly sensations moving around your body.
Start feeling some euphoric senses.
Your vibrational energy starts to rise with every breath.
Sam.
Focusing on those good feelings, good sensations.
That's right. The music starts to build up the passion inside.
Get ready to take a big inhale in.
Now pull it in.
One more pull in.
Letting go.
Holding a breath after exhalation.
Allowing your neck just to relax. And your chin may drop forward. This creates an energy lock, a neck lock that prevents any more air entering into your lungs.
And relax every single muscle in your body.
And try and override the first sensation to breathe. You can even shrug your shoulders. You start feeling like you need to breathe. Your diaphragm just needs to loosen. You can even do a breast shroud like this. And you'll notice now that the hypoximeter, the oxygen levels are starting to drop. Going down below 90. Now he's in hypoxic state.
84, 83. Great.
80. 79, 77. 75. Doing a great job. 73, 72. Amazing.
68. He's in the 60s, doing amazing.
Now the magic of this hypoxic state is creating a positive stress response in the body.
Exit small inhale and full exhale again to maintain this hypoxic state. Relaxing, keeping the egg neck lock, letting the neck drop down.
See, it's down to 53.
55. This is beautiful.
Several minutes in hypoxia. Now you can notice the oxygen levels start to rise quickly.
Controlling the urge again.
Taking a short inhale and full exhale again. Back into the Hypoxia. Down to 67. Doing an amazing job. When you first do this, you don't.
Worry too much if you don't reach these sorts of levels because it takes some practice. Olana's been doing this several times already for several months.
And now you're gonna get this bigger to breathe.
Fully inhale and you're gonna squeeze your mulabanda. Put your neck down and you can even suck in your abdomen. Sl sucking up, pulling up your diaphragm. Imagine you're like drawing up all the energy from your sex up through your spine, up into your head. Boom. Illuminating your head. You can even keep a neck lock. Again, maintaining the air. Now in your head.
Energy starts to really spark up this creative imagination of the midbrain.
You let out a nice tone.
When you can't hold your breath any longer.
As you start to do the toning, you'll start feeling these amazing sensations moving through your body. Toning allows this energy to spread all around the body. And you can even imagine looking up into your mind's eye with your eyes closed, your eyes pointing towards your third eye, your pineal gland.
So like this, with your eyes shut. And you can just visualize colors in your mind's eye right now. Sensations, lights. You may even see visions. You may have some thoughts and new ideas that emerge as you do this.
