"I
lay down with my head on a pillow and covered by a sleeping bag.
Julia told me how to breathe. I felt a little anxious but I knew
I would be alright with Julia guiding me. I felt energy, tingling
in my hands, a little in my feet, sometimes in my knees, then
in my belly. Sometimes the energy felt very strong, almost too
much for my body to contain. I felt tension in different parts
of my body, which went away as I breathed. I felt many emotions,
sometimes joy and lightness, sometimes sadness and grief, and
as Julia said I accepted them all. None were overwhelmingly strong.
I tried to stay focused on breathing, and accept whatever came.
These emotions came and went as I acknowledged and accepted them,
and kept the breathing connected. The connected breath was like
a completed circuit, and the energy flowing helped the emotions
and physical sensations move through me. It was like a wheel turning,
and as it turned, everything moved. The physical tension seemed
for the most part to move up my body, especially in my shoulders,
throat, back of my neck, to the top of my spine where my head
rested. I would feel the tension and pain in one place, and then
it would disappear. Later I would feel it somewhere higher up.
Then it would go from that place too. |
