by george » June 2nd, 2005, 2:48 pm
Try creating one yourself, or if you can - just talk to yourself. Some people use visualisation, some tense and relax. I try to imagine I have a halo where i can sense the light above my head and feel something similar to heat, then it very slowly lowers until it has gone down my body and beyond my feet, at which time all of me begins to glow like the halo.
My problem was that my mind wandered and if i didn't pay enough attention, would just come straight out of trance or never even achieve it.
This way you are keeping your mind busy while achieving the trance and staying relaxed. At the point you feel like a glow worm reinforce the idea that a certain word or phrase will bring you back to this trance/relaced feeling. I also do another phrase to reinforce concentration so that i focus, trance, focus.
A while ago i got the idea of going down in a lift which was taking me into my subconcious, but my mind started to wander ... i am feeling relaxed, i am being taken deeper and deeper, safe and relaxed while i watch the lights going down... mind suddenly wanders to that clip in spies like us where the 2 men take a coke and godown the express turbo lift - not helpful.
If anyone has problems because they are too aware, use that to focus, becoming aware of not only the words, but the feelings, sensing what is happening and visualising all at once. If you give yourself too much to think about you will lose interest in parts of it, but the remaining stuff should still be able to put you under. Just make nice easy suggestions for relaxing, not rushing and don't expect or will anything to happen - suggestions may be made, but that's all they are. Your subconcious will accept at it's own pace and as long as you are relaxed about that, there should be no problems.
Damn - for a first post i don't half go on.
Well, better go - iam feeling sleepy... very sleepy 8O
George