I’m not super skillful at picking up such things either, but with very committed attentiveness, I found it’s possible to notice subtle changes that tell me there’s something going on.
Look for sensations like temperature change, buzzing, twitching, or even images that spring to mind, or general shifts in feeling.
For me, I didn’t/don’t yet feel much, anywhere, except my right palm. There’s increased warmth, and then I notice that though the sensation of my hands touching remains, in actuality, they separate from each other (in my case), like magnets repelling each other.
I practiced on my dying cat and had flashes of imagery.
Then, after he died and I was working around the house feeling generally a bit tense, I did it for my own heart and there was a visceral sense of relaxation and opening up.
But all of this was incredibly subtle (and easily brushed off as “imaginary” - which it probably IS, but in a deep sense).
My total newbie advice is keep at it, take it slowly, note all your reactions and see what repeats.
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Re: Essene Healing Hands
Date: 2022-12-19 09:07 pm (UTC)I’m not super skillful at picking up such things either, but with very committed attentiveness, I found it’s possible to notice subtle changes that tell me there’s something going on.
Look for sensations like temperature change, buzzing, twitching, or even images that spring to mind, or general shifts in feeling.
For me, I didn’t/don’t yet feel much, anywhere, except my right palm. There’s increased warmth, and then I notice that though the sensation of my hands touching remains, in actuality, they separate from each other (in my case), like magnets repelling each other.
I practiced on my dying cat and had flashes of imagery.
Then, after he died and I was working around the house feeling generally a bit tense, I did it for my own heart and there was a visceral sense of relaxation and opening up.
But all of this was incredibly subtle (and easily brushed off as “imaginary” - which it probably IS, but in a deep sense).
My total newbie advice is keep at it, take it slowly, note all your reactions and see what repeats.