Can't activate base chakra!
I started week 4 of MAP 3 days ago, and have stayed on the first day since I cannot get any sort of feelings from doing the excersizes outlines in the book for activating the base chakra. I do the twirling, ripping, scratching, sponging energy to it, imagining a big ball of light emerging, but nothing works. At the very least I may be getting very very slight and barley noticable buzzing or pressure, but its so slight I'm not sure if thats just normal feelings I get with meditation or not.
Also while placing my awareness down there I noticed that the muscle down there tenses up ever so slightly every single time i breath in, and no matter how hard I try to keep it relaxed I can't, I almost have to push like I'm trying to force myself to go to the bathroom, which tenses up a lot of my leg muscles to keep it relaxed for just 2-3 seconds during an inhalation.
Can anyone help me with this? I've never read anything about those specific muscles for relaxation, but assume they would be included in "total body relaxation" and am a bit aggrivated that when I can barley even notice my entire body, these 2 muscles just won't stay relaxed.