Many actions are controlled by autonomic nerves, except some, like breathing, can be interfered by the conscious, while others, like the beating of the heart, cannot. In fact, for breathing, the conscious decision can override the autonomic nerves such as holding your breath until a certain point. It’s like an admin user vs a guest user. But how does such privilege system work in terms of neurons? How does the control alternate between the conscious and the autonomic system?
“You are now manually beating your heart”. Nope, that doesn’t work no matter how hard you try it (except for Buddha monks I suppose), so does this mean there are no physical neuron connections between the conscious and the heart?
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Yogis, through practice, patience, and dedication, have the unique ability to control their heart rate, blood pressure and even body temperature and can do so in a moments notice. We have so many many unknown abilities, we’re just not normally taught how to harness what is nessisary to do so. We are amazing creatures when we focus and put our mind to something!
Yogis have gone out to mountain tops where the temperature is well below freezing, and they make themselves sweat while nude in the harshest climates.
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