I have some questions about the grounding exercise.

(1) I don%rsquot feel comfortable with visual images. I can easily feel the energy in my body, increase the energy level and direct the energy at will. But I am most of the time not able to visualize visual images for my inner vision. So I just try to feel the sun above and the earth centre below and to feel the energy moving in my body. But I feel somewhat insecure from not being able to %ldquose%rdquo the pictures. I am really comfortable only with the last stage %ndash feeling the energy moving through my body between the sun and the centre of the earth. I also prefer to focus on the energy moving upwards when I am breathing in and going downwards when I am breathing out. So I actually shot the circuit twice %ndash once for each direction. This really works to improve my energy level. But I still feel some doubt, because the exercise I do seems to differ so much from the instruction. Is it still okay? Or should I do some alterations?

(2) Eight times a day! Is that much, or is it just me who needs to increase the number slowly?

Vyana

: I have some questions about the grounding exercise.

: (1) I don%rsquot feel comfortable with visual images. I can easily feel the energy in my body, increase the energy level and direct the energy at will. But I am most of the time not able to visualize visual images for my inner vision. So I just try to feel the sun above and the earth centre below and to feel the energy moving in my body. But I feel somewhat insecure from not being able to %ldquose%rdquo the pictures. I am really comfortable only with the last stage %ndash feeling the energy moving through my body between the sun and the centre of the earth. I also prefer to focus on the energy moving upwards when I am breathing in and going downwards when I am breathing out. So I actually shot the circuit twice %ndash once for each direction. This really works to improve my energy level. But I still feel some doubt, because the exercise I do seems to differ so much from the instruction. Is it still okay? Or should I do some alterations?

: (2) Eight times a day! Is that much, or is it just me who needs to increase the number slowly?

: Vyana

Hey Vyana!
I have had the same problem until more recently. Even though I was able to visualize the entire technique, whenever I felt it wasn't clear it felt like the mind started messing with it. The earth crystal kept appearing and disappearing and the sun over my head would do the same thing..  

What finally helped me was to trust myself fully while doing it! Just allowing it to happen without pushing or forcing it. I allow the imagery to be a bit unclear or whatever, and just like you, I trust my feeling a lot. I can feel the energy moving into me and through as well.  And now instead of creating a very specific vision, I create a vision that is also a -feeling- vision.  Just feel it all the way and trust that it's there regardless how well I see it. It was not until I could do that I was able to center myself in the heart center.  When I didn't trust the grounding, it just all clogged up around my power chakra. Now it works a lot better. I've been doing the grounding meditation daily since I took the Tummo fire initiation last fall.

Though I feel there is something around my power chakra still that messes with my trust, but I feel that it is going bit by bit!

Love!
Gustaf

Gustaf,

That is much like how I practice it to. I don%rsquot %ldquose%rdquo the sun and the crystal, at least not very clear, most of the time, but I can certainly feel the energy moving between those two and through my body. Actually it is elevating my energy level significantly. And most parts of my body are tingling a lot (chest, shoulders, stomach, arms, head) %ndash but not so much my feet! That is somewhat frustrating to!

Sometimes, I wonder if the visual images are just tools, aimed at making it easier to feel and direct the energy movements, which you could drop when you can actually feel and maneuver the energy %ndash something we have already learned from our yoga training. But in the same time, there is something with this image that makes me feel unsure if it is really that easy. For instance, sometimes contacting the earth crystal and the sun above really feels like coming home, as to loving and caring parents I have not seen for a long while.

I am taking this course easy, without to much expectations. As I have already had my share of strong energy movements, visions and other strange experiences, I will just try to let things happen as they do. From the heart charka I can feel the warmth. I don%rsquot know for sure if that is a correct answer or just a result of the elevated energy level, but I just wait and se what will eventually come out of the exercise.

Vyana

  Hello Vyana:

 The way you are doing the grounding is fine! I am a visual person so I tend to describe things visually, but I recognise that is not the primary mode for a lot of people. I offer the animation to help with that, it can be interesting to just focus on it while the anim loops, your body will follow along, getting more grounded and charged with each cycle.

 You can also do the grounding by intention, or by feeling it as you are doing. Sometimes that can even be more powerful.

 Blessings!

: Gustaf,

: That is much like how I practice it to. I don%rsquot %ldquose%rdquo the sun and the crystal, at least not very clear, most of the time, but I can certainly feel the energy moving between those two and through my body. Actually it is elevating my energy level significantly. And most parts of my body are tingling a lot (chest, shoulders, stomach, arms, head) %ndash but not so much my feet! That is somewhat frustrating to!

: Sometimes, I wonder if the visual images are just tools, aimed at making it easier to feel and direct the energy movements, which you could drop when you can actually feel and maneuver the energy %ndash something we have already learned from our yoga training. But in the same time, there is something with this image that makes me feel unsure if it is really that easy. For instance, sometimes contacting the earth crystal and the sun above really feels like coming home, as to loving and caring parents I have not seen for a long while.

: I am taking this course easy, without to much expectations. As I have already had my share of strong energy movements, visions and other strange experiences, I will just try to let things happen as they do. From the heart charka I can feel the warmth. I don%rsquot know for sure if that is a correct answer or just a result of the elevated energy level, but I just wait and se what will eventually come out of the exercise.

: Vyana

Thank you very much! I feel more secure knowing I do the right thing! It is a beautiful exercise!

Vyana

:   Hello Vyana:

:   The way you are doing the grounding is fine! I am a visual person so I tend to describe things visually, but I recognise that is not the primary mode for a lot of people. I offer the animation to help with that, it can be interesting to just focus on it while the anim loops, your body will follow along, getting more grounded and charged with each cycle.

:   You can also do the grounding by intention, or by feeling it as you are doing. Sometimes that can even be more powerful.

:   Blessings!

:
: : Gustaf,

: : That is much like how I practice it to. I don%rsquot %ldquose%rdquo the sun and the crystal, at least not very clear, most of the time, but I can certainly feel the energy moving between those two and through my body. Actually it is elevating my energy level significantly. And most parts of my body are tingling a lot (chest, shoulders, stomach, arms, head) %ndash but not so much my feet! That is somewhat frustrating to!

: : Sometimes, I wonder if the visual images are just tools, aimed at making it easier to feel and direct the energy movements, which you could drop when you can actually feel and maneuver the energy %ndash something we have already learned from our yoga training. But in the same time, there is something with this image that makes me feel unsure if it is really that easy. For instance, sometimes contacting the earth crystal and the sun above really feels like coming home, as to loving and caring parents I have not seen for a long while.

: : I am taking this course easy, without to much expectations. As I have already had my share of strong energy movements, visions and other strange experiences, I will just try to let things happen as they do. From the heart charka I can feel the warmth. I don%rsquot know for sure if that is a correct answer or just a result of the elevated energy level, but I just wait and se what will eventually come out of the exercise.

: : Vyana