When a person dies the physical body ceases to exist however the rest of the existence or consciousness continues the existence of the person minus the physical body is known as the subtle body linga deha and it comprises of the mental causal intellect and supracausal subtle ego bodies. After death is confirmed the timeline of physical processes is as follows at hour 1 at the moment of death all of the muscles in the body relax a state called primary flaccidity 3 eyelids lose their tension the pupils dilate the jaw might fall open and the bodys joints and limbs are flexible. Since we cant hear directly from the dead its up to scientists to explain what happens when a person dies death just like life is a process scientists say the first stage of the process is. What happens to your body after you die medically speaking death happens in two stages the first clinical death lasts for four to six minutes from the moment a person stops breathing and the