The rise of meditation music
In 1970, master yogi Swami Rama reportedly stopped his heart for 17 seconds during a demonstration at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. He was participating in a study on voluntary control over the autonomic nervous system, demonstrating his ability to fluctuate his muscle temperature, form cysts beneath his skin, and rapidly cycle through different brainwave frequencies using yoga nidrā, a form of meditation where the mind is conscious, but the physical body enters a state of restful “psychic sleep." According to a summary of lead researchers Dr.