Originally Posted by CFTraveler
Trance induction techniques- In English
To be done after (A) physical relaxation, and perhaps (B) mental relaxation.
The purpose is to achieve the body asleep mind awake state. B)
Do any of these breathing exercises examples: Pranayama, counting breaths, color breathing
(visualizing colors as you breathe in and out.) Robert calls it cloud breathing, adding colors to the cloud. Cobra breathing (I made this one up, as far as I know). Imagine a halo around your head, big and bright. When you breathe in, imagine you're absorbing the light into your head and shoulder region, through your pores. When you exhale, instead of directing the air the same way, direct it at your belly, below your navel, and store it there.
Imagine you have a bucket there circular breathing: Breathe in, imagine that when the air comes in it comes down the front of your body, and when you breathe out it goes up the back of your body until it reaches the crown. Don't do it more than twenty times.
Do trance methods such as:
Imagine going down an elevator, feeling the movement, going down.
Going down a rope, seeing how everything around you is going up. The idea is to feel the downwards movement.
Do it for at least ten minutes.
Mantras. You can do any mantra, over and over, in your mind (not with your mouth) until something happens.
Visualization- this is a real visualization, unlike tactile imaging. You will use your imagination to create a visual experience, although you don't have to 'see' it. Just imagine it.
1- You're walking in a meadow. You can see bushes around you, and trees in the distance. Walk slowly, carefully, feeling the green grass under your feet. You feel the heat of the sun on your skin, and the cool breeze. As you walk, you see a meadow full of wildflowers, and can smell their scent, that is delicious. You keep walking until you first hear, and then see a babbling brook. You walk by its side, going down a gentle slope until you see a waterfull. You can see and hear how the water, refreshing as it is, runs through the boulders.
Add whatever you want to your visualization.
2-You're sitting on the beach, very comfortable. Around you are stones that are lit up as in a bonfire that has gone out. You observe how the smoke that remains is trickling up in the air, around you. You can see how the upward movement of the smoke makes you feel like you're descending.
3-You're on the top of a hill. You can see the valley below where you are. You start to walk slowly, going downhill, observing your surroundings, the terrain, the trees, everything that is around you. You're going down slope slowly. When you get down you start walking around a meadow.....etc.
The rest of the visualizations, such as coming down a staircase, are obvious, you're creating the illusion of downwards movements. If you go with this, when you get to the bottom of the staircase you can use another visualization, such as walking to the beach from there, or walking in the woods, etc.
You can recreate things that you may do in waking life, such as downhill skiing, or just taking a walk in a familiar place. The point is to create the illusion of movement, or just to 'almost' fall asleep without falling asleep, the activity is to anchor your conscious awareness while your body goes to sleep.
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