Synthesis:Emergent Modalities

What we call Emergent modalities covers a wide range of different practices and approaches, which we list here according to their target level.

Individual level

Breathing exercises

Note that breathing exercises can be dangerous and contraindicated for individuals with certain conditions such as neurological or cardiovascular diseases, epilepsy, mental health issues, and more. This is especially the case of more forceful approaches, in particular when combined with e.g. cold water immersion, as in the case of the Wim Hof Method. Please consult with a doctor before you engage in such practices.

Cardiac Coherence

High Ventilation Breathwork Practices (HVB)

Grof Breathwork

g-Tummo Breathing

Pranayama

Sudarshan Kriya Yoga

Wim Hof Breathing

Dietary approaches

Fasting

Heat and Cold

Cold exposure

Cryotherapy

Sweat Lodge

Sauna

Individual practices involving mostly mental activities

Recently, some authors have proposed that an efficient alternative when attempting to characterize specific practice styles, is to let go their cultural embedding and type, and instead describe the actual internal gestures and their sequence involved, using a repertoire of structural terms, specifically: "Observe", "Release", "Stay Open", "Let Go", "Focus", "Apply", "Sustain", "Produce", "Imagine", "Create", "Prolong", "Move", "Place", "Maintain", — which can involve and infinite number of possible objects or subjects of "meditation" — which can then form a gestural "score" of sorts. This is a promising approach, yet, for our present purposes we will mention a few common types of such practices.

Épochè

Meditation — Meditative and contemplative practices can be found in the world's religious and spiritual traditions, and beyond into secular and even clinical contexts. It is thus virtually impossible to list all of them.

Hesychasm

Vipassanā Meditation — The Hierarchy of Vipassana Practice; Stage-related recommendations

Prayer

Individual practices involving an external technology, contraption, or support

Electric stimulation

Floatation tanks

Floatation-REST (Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy)

Lectio divina

Listening to a recording of a text

Neurofeedback

Olfactory Epithelium Stimulation with odorless air at a frequency of 0.05Hz

Visual stimulation

3 Hz visual flicker stimulation

10 Hz visual flicker stimulation

Movement-based practices

TaKeTiNa

Yoga

Musical or rhythmic practices

Chanting

Listening to music

Shamanic drumming

Pharmacological approaches

Psychoactive substances

1P-LSD

2C-B

5-MeO-DMT

5-MeO DMT (Synthetic)

5-MeO DMT (Toad)

5-MeO DMT (Yopo)

Ayahuasca

Buspirone

Carvedilol

Clonidine

Cocaine

D-Amphetamine

Dextromethorphan

D-Methamphetamine

Doxazosin

DMT

DMT (freebase)

DMT + Ketanserin

Ergotamine

Ethanol

HeroinIbogaine

Kambô

Ketamine

Ketamine (racemic)

S(+)ketamine

S-ketamine

Ketanserin

Lactose

LSD

LSD + Ethanol

LSD + Ketanserin

Mazindol

Mannitol

Mescaline

Methylphenidate

MDA

MDE

MDMA

Methylphenidate + MDMA

Mannitol + Ethanol

Mannitol + MDMA

MDMA + Pindolol

Modafinil

Naltrexone

Niacin

N, N-DMT(ayahuasca)

Pindolol

Psilocybin

Psilocybin + Ketanserin

Reboxetine

Salvinorin-A

Salvinorin-A (>99% pure)

THC

Triazolam

Sensory deprivation

Ganzfeld

Ganzfeld (brown auditory noise)

Ganzfeld (green)

Ganzfeld (red)

Ganzfeld (violet auditory noise)

Ganzfeld (white auditory noise)