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Learn by example. Each example walks through a complete skill lifecycle.

Available Examples​

Simple Meditation​

A minimal working example demonstrating the complete healing swarm skill lifecycle.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Gathering traditional and clinical background
  2. Content - Writing the meditation script
  3. Quality Review - Ethics and accessibility checks
  4. Deployment - Final output ready for use

Details:

  • Skill: simple-breathing
  • Purpose: 5-minute guided breathing meditation
  • Traditions: Pranayama (yogic breathing), 4-7-8 technique
  • Evidence: Moderate (HRV and anxiety studies)

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WHM Breathwork​

A complete example demonstrating Wim Hof Method breathwork with safety-first design.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Clinical evidence (Kox 2014, Muzik 2018) and tradition context
  2. Protocol Design - 3-round breathing session with safety briefing
  3. Safety Review - Physiological safety, no competitive framing
  4. Deployment - Ready-to-use breathing protocol

Details:

  • Skill: whm-morning-session
  • Purpose: Beginner 3-round WHM breathing session
  • Traditions: Tummo (Tibetan inner heat), Pranayama
  • Evidence: Moderate (Kox et al. 2014, Muzik et al. 2018)

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Language Awareness​

A complete example demonstrating cognitive deautomatization practice with psychological safety.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Deautomatization evidence (Deikman 1966) and tradition parallels
  2. Protocol Design - 5-minute label delay practice with grounding
  3. Safety Review - Psychological safety and grounding adequacy
  4. Deployment - Ready-to-use observation practice

Details:

  • Skill: label-delay-practice
  • Purpose: 5-minute beginner observation practice
  • Traditions: Zen (shikantaza), Phenomenology (epoché), Vipassana
  • Evidence: Moderate (Deikman 1966, semantic satiation research)

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Coherence Meditation​

A complete example demonstrating Grinberg-based interhemispheric coherence meditation with the consciousness skills.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Grinberg's EEG studies at UNAM and self-allusive meditation theory
  2. Protocol Design - 6-phase additive awareness structure (20 minutes)
  3. Safety Review - Preliminary evidence honestly labeled, disorientation guidance
  4. Deployment - Ready-to-use coherence meditation protocol

Details:

  • Skill: morning-coherence
  • Purpose: 20-minute beginner coherence meditation
  • Tradition: Grinberg's self-allusive meditation (UNAM, 1970s-1994)
  • Evidence: Preliminary (small sample EEG studies)

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Group Perception​

A complete example demonstrating group perception facilitation with consent framework and structured debrief.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Deautomatization theory applied to group settings
  2. Protocol Design - Collective Label Delay workshop (3 phases, 20 min)
  3. Safety Review - Full consent framework, facilitator requirements, distress response
  4. Deployment - Ready-to-facilitate group exercise

Details:

  • Skill: collective-label-delay
  • Purpose: Team workshop exploring perception and language
  • Participants: 8 people
  • Evidence: Moderate (Deikman 1966, group dynamics research)

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Cold Exposure​

A complete example demonstrating WHM cold exposure with progressive safety architecture.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Cold adaptation physiology, norepinephrine, afterdrop awareness
  2. Protocol Design - Level 1 cold finish (15-30 sec) with progressive levels
  3. Safety Review - Cardiovascular screening, head submersion prohibition, non-competitive framing
  4. Deployment - Ready-to-use cold exposure introduction

Details:

  • Skill: cold-finish-introduction
  • Purpose: First cold exposure experience
  • Level: 1 — Cold Finish (gentlest entry)
  • Evidence: Moderate (cold adaptation studies)

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Healing Research​

A complete example demonstrating multi-agent research coordination across traditions, clinical evidence, and mechanism bridges.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Traditions Scholar - TCM meridians, acupoints, classical texts
  2. Clinical Researcher - Systematic reviews, RCTs, safety data
  3. Mechanisms Neuroscientist - Fascial planes, mechanotransduction bridges
  4. Synthesis - Evidence language calibrated to evidence level

Details:

  • Topic: Acupressure for hand ligament healing
  • Depth: Comprehensive
  • Traditions: Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
  • Evidence: Moderate (pain) / Limited (ligament-specific)

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Integral Theory Examples (Wilber)​

3 complete worked examples demonstrating the integral theory skills lifecycle. Each includes framework research, practice content, safety architecture, and quality review.

AQAL Check-In​

A complete example demonstrating four-quadrant self-inquiry based on Wilber's AQAL metatheory.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - AQAL framework origins, developmental psychology evidence
  2. Protocol Design - 6-section check-in covering all four quadrants (I, It, We, Its)
  3. Safety Review - Theoretical framework honestly labeled, no clinical assessment claims
  4. Deployment - Ready-to-use self-inquiry practice

Details:

  • Skill: aqal-check-in
  • Purpose: 15-20 minute structured four-quadrant self-inquiry
  • Framework: Wilber's AQAL (2000)
  • Evidence: Theoretical synthesis (Piaget, Cook-Greuter, Kegan)

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Shadow Work​

A complete example demonstrating the 3-2-1 shadow process with multi-layered psychological safety.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Shadow concept (Jung), Wilber's 3-2-1 adaptation, psychodynamic tradition
  2. Protocol Design - 3-step pronoun shift (Face It → Talk to It → Be It) with 3 intensity levels
  3. Safety Review - Scope exclusions, trauma screening, "not therapy" framing
  4. Deployment - Ready-to-use shadow integration practice

Details:

  • Skill: shadow-work
  • Purpose: 15-25 minute guided shadow integration process
  • Framework: Wilber's 3-2-1 Shadow Process (Integral Life Practice, 2008)
  • Evidence: Theoretical (psychodynamic tradition)

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Spectrum Meditation​

A complete example demonstrating progressive state training through the gross-subtle-causal spectrum.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Three-body model (Vedantic), spectrum of consciousness, meditation neuroscience
  2. Protocol Design - 6-phase progressive meditation with scope options
  3. Safety Review - State training contraindications, pre/trans discernment, grounding adequacy
  4. Deployment - Ready-to-use spectrum meditation with multiple scope levels

Details:

  • Skill: spectrum-meditation
  • Purpose: 20-30 minute progressive state training meditation
  • Framework: Wilber's Spectrum of Consciousness (1977, 2000)
  • Evidence: Moderate (meditation) / Theoretical (state mapping)

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Hyperhumanism & Sound Consciousness Examples (Carl Hayden Smith)​

3 complete worked examples demonstrating the Hyperhumanism & Sound Consciousness skills lifecycle. Each includes archaeoacoustic research, practice content, safety architecture, and quality review.

Archaeoacoustic Toning​

A sacred site frequency toning practice with volume safety and evidence-honest framing.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Cook et al. (2008), Jahn & Dunne (1992), Smith et al. (2023)
  2. Protocol Design - 5-phase toning (listen-hum-tone-harmonics-silence) at 110 Hz
  3. Safety Review - Volume limits (85 dB), hearing screening, preliminary evidence labeling
  4. Deployment - Ready-to-use toning practice

Details:

  • Skill: archaeoacoustic-toning
  • Purpose: 15-minute beginner toning at 110 Hz
  • Framework: Archaeoacoustics (Smith, Museum of Consciousness)
  • Evidence: Preliminary (small-sample EEG/fMRI studies)

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Holotechnica Stack​

An endo-technology experience stack targeting equanimity as an altered trait.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Smith's Holotechnica framework, Goleman & Davidson (2017) altered traits
  2. Stack Design - 3-ingredient stack (breathwork → body scan → silence) with transitions
  3. Safety Review - Additive contraindication logic, pharmaco-technology hard exclusion
  4. Deployment - Ready-to-use experience stack recipe

Details:

  • Skill: holotechnica-stack
  • Purpose: 30-minute standard stack targeting equanimity
  • Framework: Holotechnica (Smith, Museum of Consciousness)
  • Evidence: Theoretical (stacking) + Moderate (individual ingredients)

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Umwelt Practice​

A perceiving-as-forest exercise with dissociation safety and return-to-default protocol.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Von Uexkull (1934) umwelt theory, Smith's perceiving-as-other extensions
  2. Protocol Design - 4-level progressive exercise (inventory → foregrounding → perceiving-as-other → integration)
  3. Safety Review - Dissociation screening, 5-minute max segments, return-to-default protocol
  4. Deployment - Ready-to-use sensory augmentation exercise

Details:

  • Skill: umwelt-practice
  • Purpose: 20-minute standard perceiving-as-forest exercise
  • Framework: Von Uexkull (1934) + Smith (Museum of Consciousness)
  • Evidence: Theoretical (umwelt shifting) + Moderate (sensory attention)

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Practice Skill Examples (v1.1.0)​

10 complete worked examples demonstrating the research-content-quality lifecycle for each new practice skill. Each includes tradition research, clinical evidence, practice content, and quality review.

Sound Healing​

A humming practice demonstrating vagal stimulation through vocal toning.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Vagal nerve stimulation evidence, Vedic mantra tradition context
  2. Content - Beginner humming practice with progressive levels
  3. Quality Review - Safety screening, hearing condition awareness, open/closed practice boundaries

Details:

  • Skill: sound-healing
  • Tradition: Cross-tradition (Vedic, Gregorian, Tibetan)
  • Evidence: Moderate (vagal stimulation research)

Somatic Movement​

A gentle qigong sequence with universal accessibility modifications.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Qigong evidence base, polyvagal theory context
  2. Content - Standing form with seated/lying/wheelchair modifications
  3. Quality Review - Modification completeness, pain boundary enforcement

Details:

  • Skill: somatic-practice
  • Tradition: Qigong (Chinese internal arts)
  • Evidence: Moderate (movement therapy research)

Sleep Healing​

An evening wind-down protocol addressing the screen paradox.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - TCM organ clock, Ayurvedic dinacharya, sleep hygiene evidence
  2. Content - Progressive relaxation with screen paradox acknowledgment
  3. Quality Review - CBT-I referral criteria, dream practice contraindications

Details:

  • Skill: sleep-healing
  • Tradition: Ayurvedic, TCM
  • Evidence: Moderate (sleep hygiene, CBT-I research)

Nature Healing​

A forest bathing introduction with urban alternatives.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - 60+ shinrin-yoku studies, Five Element observation
  2. Content - 20-minute forest bath with urban/indoor adaptations
  3. Quality Review - Environmental privilege awareness, accessibility

Details:

  • Skill: nature-healing
  • Tradition: Shinrin-yoku (Japanese forest bathing)
  • Evidence: Moderate to Strong (forest bathing meta-analyses)

Water Healing​

A contrast shower protocol with cardiac safety architecture.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Contrast therapy evidence, Kneipp method history
  2. Content - Beginner contrast shower with temperature guidelines
  3. Quality Review - Drowning/cardiac warnings, relationship to cold exposure skill

Details:

  • Skill: water-healing
  • Tradition: Kneipp method (German hydrotherapy)
  • Evidence: Moderate (contrast therapy research)

Grief Healing​

Acknowledging loss with crisis resources and multiple exit ramps.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Jewish mourning structures, Buddhist impermanence, grief psychology
  2. Content - Gentle acknowledgment practice with 3+ exit ramps
  3. Quality Review - Crisis resource placement, suicidal ideation screening, psychological safety

Details:

  • Skill: grief-healing
  • Tradition: Cross-tradition (Jewish, Buddhist, Latin American, Celtic)
  • Evidence: Moderate (grief processing research)

Expressive Healing​

A Pennebaker-style writing practice with privacy protections.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - 200+ expressive writing studies, bibliotherapy evidence
  2. Content - 20-minute writing practice with privacy-first design
  3. Quality Review - Privacy protections, no artistic skill requirement, closed practice boundaries

Details:

  • Skill: expressive-healing
  • Tradition: Pennebaker expressive writing
  • Evidence: Strong (200+ studies on expressive writing)

Community Healing​

A healing circle with consent framework and facilitation guide.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Talking circle traditions, group healing evidence
  2. Content - Facilitated healing circle with consent and confidentiality
  3. Quality Review - Trained facilitator requirement, power dynamics, confidentiality

Details:

  • Skill: community-healing
  • Tradition: Cross-tradition (talking circles, Sangha, Quaker meeting)
  • Evidence: Moderate (group therapy, social support research)

Contemplative Inquiry​

A self-inquiry practice with tradition context and progressive levels.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - Advaitic self-inquiry, Zen koan, Ignatian Examen traditions
  2. Content - Structured inquiry practice with 4 progressive levels
  3. Quality Review - Closed practice boundaries (Dzogchen), safety escalation

Details:

  • Skill: contemplative-inquiry
  • Tradition: Cross-tradition (Advaita, Zen, Ignatian, Socratic)
  • Evidence: Preliminary to Moderate (contemplative practice research)

PNI Research​

A psychoneuroimmunology research brief mapping practices to biological pathways.

What This Example Shows:

  1. Research - HPA axis, vagal tone, telomere biology
  2. Practice Mapping - Traditional healing concepts to documented PNI pathways
  3. Limitations - Honest documentation of evidence gaps

Details:

  • Skill: pni-research
  • Focus: Mind-body-immune pathway documentation
  • Evidence: Variable (strong for some pathways, preliminary for others)

What We Demonstrate​

Complete Skill Lifecycle​

Research > Content > Quality > Deployment
   |          |         |          |
Background  Draft    Review     Ready
gathered   created  passed     to use

Ethics-First Approach​

  • Started with safety considerations
  • Included disclaimers from the beginning
  • Built grounding techniques into content
  • Never made promises we couldn't keep

Evidence Grounding​

  • Matched language to evidence level
  • Acknowledged limitations
  • Cited traceable sources
  • Distinguished traditional from clinical

Cultural Respect​

  • Named tradition specifically
  • Provided historical context
  • Noted adaptations made
  • Preserved meaning while adapting form

Try It Yourself​

1. Create Your Own Skill​

Use the simple meditation example as a template:

mkdir my-healing-skill
cp -r examples/simple-meditation/* my-healing-skill/

2. Modify for Your Focus​

  • Research your tradition and evidence
  • Write content following templates
  • Run through quality review
  • Iterate until approved

3. Use the Full Swarm​

# Research
/healing-research "your healing topic"

# Content
/healing-content --type visualization --topic "your topic"

# Review
/healing-review ./your-content.md

# Or full lifecycle
/healing-swarm "Your Project" --focus "your healing area"

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