Bilateral-Stimulation activates root up to third eye gently?

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Hello,

I am currently reading about Western psychology. Recently, bilateral stimulation has been employed in trauma therapy. This technique is something that has been borrowed from indigenous peoples and sleep research. It seems that humans have historically used it in rituals, for example, during ecstatic dancing. The goal in therapy is to achieve a calming effect and to accelerate the processing of distressing thoughts and emotions.

The implementation involves alternating stimulation of the right and left sides of the body, or alternating the focus of attention from left to right. This can be practiced by moving the eyes horizontally in a strong left and right motion, or by alternately tapping the shoulders with crossed arms. Another way is to rub the fingers of each hand together in parallel position while paying attention to the sensations. The effect is enhanced if the attention follows the alternation. You will find your own rhythm for this alternation (around one second) and notice how it feels.

My personal experiences after about 30 seconds to one minute included a slowing of the breath and automatic abdominal breathing. While lying down afterward, I felt activation in the root chakra and the third eye; I would even say in the central channel in between.

Note: The mantra used in deep meditation typically results in a pulsation beneath the crown for me; however, this bilateral stimulation did not produce that sensation. Instead, I experienced a pulsation and energy awareness directly between the eyebrows. Currently, I am undergoing a premature energetic awakening, and my inner senses are not yet well developed. Therefore, I am curious about what more advanced individuals might say about this and how they assess its effects and usefulness.

My questions are:

  1. Can you confirm any activation of the first and sixth chakras?
  2. If so, how would you compare the effect of bilateral stimulation to other techniques, such as spinal breathing or alternate nostril breathing (Im thinking it is a gently effect)? And if not, what would you suggest is the spiritual significance of bilateral stimulation?
  3. Could this technique serve as a tool for hypersensitive meditators or in cases of premature Kundalini awakening, especially if the weaker breath meditation is used instead of the mantra to help center the energy between the first and sixth chakras?

For the third question, it’s also important to clarify what else bilateral stimulation might do, as it could potentially induce a state of drowsiness unsuitable for meditation, although I do not believe that to be the case.

I am looking forward to hearing what you can discover.

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Hi, very interesting!

I gave it a try and it immediately triggered ecstatic feelings just like SBP does.
But anything that I do with intention be it an action or a thought has the potential to create exciting feelings. That is because of years of practicing AYP.
But I have to say that it is a pretty effective kundalini primer. Those kind of manipulations using the internal energies and simple gestures or movements are similar to mudras and bandhas, nothing’s wrong with that. At one point a yogi develops his own “whole body mudra” that comprises all or some of the practices he has learned over the years.

“ I always believed there was a switch I could use to go into oneness. But I could never find it. Then I was told It was already inside me, again no luck finding it. I gave up looking for it everywhere and started doing AYP and at one point the switch appeared, And I understood that I had to patiently build it.”

:pray:

To acknowledge the writer’s;

  1. It activated all chakras including the crown.
  2. It is apparently as effective as most pranayama techniques, that said it will not make you progress any differently nor give you any additional bonus. What you experience during your regular practices depends on your level of purification not your techniques. There is no special spirituality potential in techniques, spirituality being of the mind/hearth it can make a technique of almost anything, specially for the advanced yogi.
  3. I don’t know, more research is needed to answer that question.

About your Note,

If you are worried about getting too much energy, you are right, now is a good time to take a break, let the energy die down. Then try later and evalute the results. Don’t worry about not getting it done now or lose it, with almost every new experience you get some purification. The trick is not to get stuck with one and to explore a lot.

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Hi Alain,

Thank you for sharing your experiences with this technique. I agree with you that once Kundalini is awakened, everything we do with concentration and inward focus can be a potential amplifier of energy flow. I believe Yogani compared this process to a flywheel or to a motor that needs to be started.

I was fortunate enough to encounter spirituality from the beginning through the teachings of a German healer and over AYP (Advanced Yoga Practices). In both teachings, awakening is portrayed as a path or a process that must be walked step by step, rather than something one suddenly leaps to at the top of a mountain. Additionally, AYP introduces the concept of a self-regulating practice, which I cannot emphasize enough in terms of its importance. Currently, I am practicing very little; instead, I find that body awareness while lying down greatly helps balance my energies and regenerate my nervous system. I’m managing to navigate through this in my own way.

My inquiry regarding bilateral stimulation stemmed purely from a sense of curiosity, as I am very interested in various spiritual practices and how they function, even though I prefer not to engage in them at the moment. I notice that there is a significant need for research in this area. It seems that spiritual practices are increasingly being utilized in psychotherapy, yet therapists may not fully understand how these practices work or what processes they initiate. Bilateral stimulation, for instance, is employed in a well-respected method known as EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). It is generally assumed that this technique activates areas in the forebrain that hasten the “integration of experiences.” While that appears to be true, there is much more to the experience when it comes to how individuals with ecstatic conductivity perceive these sensations.

Furthermore, all kinds of meditations are being used in courses for stress management or relapse prevention for depression and anxiety disorders. Sometimes, these practices are implemented to such an extent that participants become overwhelmed, while at other times they are used simply to promote certain moods or work with aspects of personality, without the awareness that spiritual processes may also be triggered, potentially developing their own dynamic.

I am particularly interested in bilateral stimulation, as it seems to resonate deeply with the dawn of humanity. It would certainly be intriguing to hear how individuals with developed inner senses perceive this practice, and whether there are differences in methods of engagement. At this moment, I can only experiment with limited scope, as much is already unfolding within me. I have noticed, as I mentioned, that while using the eye movement technique, there is a pronounced activation along the axis from the root chakra to the third eye, and this occurs after a very short application—sometimes within a minute or less.

I only mentioned my own premature awakening because I wanted to say that at the moment I myself cannot judge exactly what comes from an exercise and what happens on its own.

I would be eager to find out if more people wish to explore this practice.

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