Energy body bouncing

[Isobel]

I'm on day 12 of map and I'm having an issue with the energy body bouncing. Are there any alternatives to this or can anyone give me some advice on it? I just can't seem to get it to work.

Thank you

[CFTraveler]

What are you expecting to feel, what exactly are the issues?

[Isobel]

I understand that I'm supposed to sponge my awareness up and down certain body parts, eventually speeding it up to half a second each way. However I do this for about 30 seconds and I can't focus on it, I end up having to stop and start again and I'm positive I'm even doing it right to begin with.

[CFTraveler]

The sponging exercise started out just that way- but has evolved into two different types of exercises, for different purposes- You start using the image of the sponge to prestimulate an area, in which we sometimes call "tertiary energy centers", or just "inside" but when you are starting to speed up the process, Robert uses a different mechanism, something easier to experience in this way, and it's the energy ball. He usually tells you (depending on what version of MAP you are using) to imagine a blue ball of energy instead of the sponge, and get it into a bounce. This is easier to 'manifest' because most of us has bounced a ball in the past. So get an imaginary ball bouncing in front of the desired limb (after you have used your sponge to prestimulate the area) and transfer the energy ball or sphere into the limb, and continue bouncing. This is not for sensory feedback or stimulation, but to 'clean up' the area using body awareness. Once you get an energy ball bounce going in the limb, you are not expected to feel as much as you did with the sponge, although some people do feel something.