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Extension of Breath

Filed under: lucidcode Halograph FM, Meditation, Pranayama by Michael Paul Coder — 2 Comments
2012-03-04
Effects of Pranayama on Heartbeat
I wrote a new plugin that outlines breathing patterns that can be followed with no need for any hardware. This is my first test run; the line shows the level at which my lungs were filled. The selected minute shows a brief inhalation with the heartbeat climbing to distribute the fresh air, then a long retention and finally an exhalation to a ratio of 1:4:2. I managed to keep this up for a good 30 minutes. 

Strangely enough, my heart rate went up over the course of the session. I counted 62 beats in the first minute and 71 beats in the last. I guess I need to keep practicing! Then again, considering that I had less than a breath per minute for over half an hour, it is a good start.

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REM Wave

Filed under: Dream, lucidcode Halograph FM, REM Sleep by Michael Paul Coder — 1 Comment
2012-03-03
Alternating Rapid Eye Movements
I can sometimes see a 30 second wave-like pattern in the intensity of the blinks; two such waves can be seen in the featured minute. 

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Alternating REM

Filed under: Dj Shog - This Is My Sound, Dream, lucidcode Halograph FM, REM Sleep by Michael Paul Coder — Leave a comment
2012-03-02
Alternating Rapid Eye Movements
The nine peaks in the minute above are part of seven phases of REM that occured during a ten minute window where the blinking started and stopped roughly every thirty to sixty seconds. The track had played twenty minutes earlier, but I have no memory of it. 

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REM Pattern

Filed under: Dream, lucidcode Halograph FM, REM Sleep by Michael Paul Coder — 2 Comments
2012-02-20
REM Sleep Pattern
Another one slipped by. Now that I finally have the playlist functionality implemented, I need to rework the REM detection algorithm in light of all the dreams I have recorded since I wrote the first version. 

Fourteen very solid blinks can be seen in the minute above taken from a dream that lasted over ten minutes. A lot of the blinks drop below the 800 line inside of the blink, which is what is throwing the algorithm off. This can be seen in blinks 5, 6, 7 and 9.

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Short Dream

Filed under: Dream, lucidcode Halograph FM, REM Sleep by Michael Paul Coder — Leave a comment
2012-02-14
Graph of REM Sleep
Eleven rapid eye movements can be seen here in a dream that lasted for just under two minutes. 

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Calea

Filed under: Calea Zacatechichi, Dream, lucidcode Halograph FM, Meditation, REM Sleep by Michael Paul Coder — Leave a comment
2012-02-12
REM Sleep with Calea Zacatechichi
Around six rapid eye movements can be seen after the vibrations. This is one of only two 30-second REM phases recorded during the night. 

Preparation: added boiling water to a cup with a teaspoon of Calea leaves and let it soak until cool.

I have had great success with the tea inducing long, vivid and lucid dreams in the past, so I will have to try again soon.

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Mugwort

Filed under: Dj Shog - This Is My Sound, lucidcode Halograph FM, Meditation, Mugwort, REM Sleep, Vitamin B by Michael Paul Coder — Leave a comment
2012-02-11
REM Sleep with Mugwort
The track interrupted the rapid eye movements after which the dream continued for another two minutes, although I have no memory of it. 

Preparation: boiled two tablespoons of Mugwort in two cups of water for 10 minutes until half a cup was left.

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Z-Axis

Filed under: Dream, lucidcode Halograph FM, REM Sleep by Michael Paul Coder — Leave a comment
2012-02-10
REM Sleep Chart Z-Axis
Eight groups of rapid eye movements registered mostly on the x-axis in a dream that lasted around 12 minutes. 

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Dream End Induced

Filed under: DJ Tiesto - Adagio For Strings, Dream Exit Initiated Lucid Dream, Lucid Dream, lucidcode Halograph FM, REM Sleep, Wake Initiated Lucid Dream by Michael Paul Coder — Leave a comment
2012-02-08
REM Sleep Interrupted
The track woke me up and ended the dream that it detected rather abruptly as can be seen after the eight blinks above. I did, however, manage to remain completely still and awake for the next 10 minutes until the hallucinations started again. 

Although I was focusing on the end of the dream and thinking through all the things that I would have done differently with more awareness, I simply started seeing the room I was in through closed eyes. There were things that I knew could not be there and I was able to get up ever so slowly and set out on an epic adventure.

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REM Onset

Filed under: lucidcode Halograph FM, REM Sleep by Michael Paul Coder — Leave a comment
2012-02-06
REM Graph
This snapshot shows the start of a dream that is very blurry. Six or seven blinks can be seen after 10 seconds of vibrations. 

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