In the Tibetan tradition, the practice of tsa lung (channels and winds) teaches us that the energy of the mind, the 'wind', moves through the physical and energetic pathways of the body.
This principle pervades all great traditions. Yoga was perhaps the first to systematize the union of body and breath, describing our existence as a 'Matryoshka': veils embracing one another.
We find the same unification in Kung Fu (as taught by Bodhidharma to ground the scattered mind), in the arts of Qi Gong and Tai Chi, and in the sacred spinning of the Sufis.
All these methods share a common goal: regulating the nervous system so that open awareness can emerge effortlessly.
For a neurodivergent person, energy often moves violently between distraction and fixation. The goal is to learn to ride this wind, cultivating a calmness that cooperates with our brain instead of fighting it.
Tregchod is not a technique. It is not something you do.
It is what happens when you stop resisting.
For the neurodivergent mind — which has been trained for years to control, predict, overcompensate, and mask — the idea of 'effortless relaxation' might sound like a luxury. Like something for others. For those who never had to fight with their own mind.
But Tregchod does not ask you to stop paying attention. It asks you to let the tension of effort drop — like a hand that was holding tightly onto something and now, simply, relaxes. The object doesn't leave. You don't disappear. Awareness remains. Only the violence of holding dissolves.
The 4-Stage practice works by the same logic, step by step.
We start with the Body — not because the body is 'inferior', but because it is the only place that cannot lie. Gravity is undeniable. There, the tension of 'Sem' has nowhere to hide.
From there, the Breath. Not to control it — but to feel it as an internal touch. Every exhale is a small release of tension. A small Tregchod.
Then Attention — which observes mental tension without judging it. It does not fight it. It lets it unravel on its own, like a knot that loosens when you stop tightening it.
And then, effortlessly, Space emerges. Open awareness is not achieved — it is revealed. It was always there, beneath the layer of tension.
Rhythm & Brain Waves / The Veils of the Mind (Manomaya Kosha)
In moments of hyperarousal, the mind emits chaotic Beta waves. To quiet this noise, we need rhythm. The Sufis, through rhythmic movements and the recitation of sacred sounds (dhikr), tune their nervous system to the frequency of love, bringing the center to the heart.
Neurologically, this unification causes the synchronization of the two hemispheres. Chaotic waves give way to Alpha and Theta waves. Presence becomes total and effortless.
Open Space, Mahamudra, and 'One Taste' (Anandamaya Kosha)
When energy flows freely, we brush aside the final veil. There we find Space. In the Mahamudra tradition, this state is called 'One Taste'. There is no longer a separation between the observer and the observed, between 'inside' and 'outside'. Everything – thoughts, sounds, emotions – has the same 'taste' of pure awareness.
At this point, neuroscientists observe an explosion of Gamma waves, which are associated with absolute clarity and the experience of Oneness.
You are not the Matryoshka you see from the outside. You are the water in the smallest Matryoshka (in the heart) — a drop that never stopped being the sea. In this open awareness, the mind may continue to think, but it stops carrying you away. You have learned to ride the wind.