Breath, Body & Signal: The Trance Response 🌬️🌀✨
Daily Inspirational Write-Up For Thursday March 19
Channeling does change your breathing, becoming more sensitive in your upper body, and you may begin to feel heat in your hands. When channeling, you will usually notice this shift quite clearly. Your breath may become heavier, deeper, and slower, with an unusual sensitivity in your upper chest area. As you continue to channel, you may also feel an increase in your body temperature, along with subtle energetic sensations moving through the body, such as energy along the spine or a growing awareness and pressure in the forehead.
At the same time, your body may begin to feel very different from your normal waking state. You may experience a complete absence of your physical body, as if you are no longer fully located within it. This can feel like floating, levitating, or being slightly lifted, as though your connection to the ground has softened or disappeared. You may feel as though you are hovering above the ground. Some experience this very strongly, while others feel it more subtly, as a lightness or shift in physical presence.
The trance state is an individual experience, and each person will register these sensations differently.
There may also be a strong heart-centered awareness. You may feel as though your heart is in your hands, or as the phrase goes, your heart is on your sleeve. It can feel as though your heart is moving through your hands, your eyes, and your voice, expressing itself more directly through your entire being. Along with this, thoughts may begin to quiet, your breath may continue to shift, and your body may sway or move slightly on its own. These movements are not forced. They arise naturally. Simply allow them.
As the body shifts, your awareness begins to reorganize. As you relax, whether through music, nature, or quiet activity, your awareness can move into a more internal, semi-dreamlike state. As this relaxation deepens, your awareness of the external environment may begin to fade, but trance does not require full disconnection. Channeling occurs in a slightly relaxed state where attention turns inward and upward while still maintaining awareness.
In the early stages, you may actually feel more aware of your surroundings, as you are actively engaging and forming the connection. You may hear sounds around you more clearly, and in some cases, those sounds may feel amplified. In a light state of relaxation, you are often aware of subtle sounds, white noise, and familiar background noise in a heightened way. Over time, however, the environment becomes less significant. Your focus stabilizes, and you may become so absorbed in the experience that the external world fades into the background.
During this transition, your awareness of the environment can gradually diminish. At first, you are aware of subtle sounds and surroundings, but as you sink deeper into relaxation and connection, you may become almost completely unaware of what is around you. This shift happens naturally and does not need to be forced.
It is important to recognize that trance is not limited to stillness. When you get into the zone of what you are doing, no matter the activity, you are in a trance state. Meditation is not always sitting still and trying to remove thoughts. Walking meditation, or meditating while doing simple daily tasks, can achieve the same state with practice. These are natural entry points into the same shift in awareness.
Each experience is unique, but there are common patterns that begin to appear. You may feel a sense of floating or disconnection from the body. There may be tingling in the hands, lips, or crown. Time may begin to distort, feeling faster or slower than usual. If you are speaking while channeling, you may notice a shift in your voice or posture. These are all natural expressions of the state.
What is occurring through all of this is a transition from active awareness into a more relaxed and focused state of consciousness. The breath slows, the body releases tension, and the senses reorganize. This transition can be understood more clearly when viewed in stages, not as something separate, but as a deepening of the same process.
Before entering trance, the breath becomes slower, deeper, and more controlled. The body begins to relax progressively, releasing tension and reducing unnecessary movement. Sensory focus narrows, often moving inward or toward a single point of attention, while the eyes may naturally soften or defocus.
As the state deepens, the breath may become very calm and shallow, or in some cases more active depending on the approach. The body may feel heavy or difficult to move, while at the same time subtle involuntary movements such as swaying or shifting can occur. Temperature changes are common, including sensations of heat or cold. Sensory perception also shifts, and you may experience a partial or complete loss of awareness of the body, along with sensations of floating, expanding, or moving. Visual impressions may appear, such as colors or internal imagery, and time can feel heavily distorted.
As you come out of the state, the breath gradually returns to a normal waking rhythm. The body may feel heavy or, in contrast, energized, often accompanied by a natural urge to move or stretch. There is usually a reorientation process, similar to waking from a dream, where awareness of the physical environment returns. Sensory clarity may increase, or there may be a lingering softness in perception. Emotionally, there can be a release into peace, joy, or a sense of unity.
As this state becomes more familiar, another shift begins to occur that is often not recognized at first. The body is no longer simply reacting to the trance state, it begins to cooperate with it. Breathing, posture, and subtle movements start to organize themselves without conscious effort. Instead of trying to manage the experience, you begin to notice that the system is self-adjusting in real time. The body is not an obstacle to trance, it is part of the mechanism that stabilizes it.
This is where many begin to understand that trance is not about leaving the body, but about allowing the body to operate in a different mode of awareness. The nervous system becomes less reactive and more receptive. Sensations that once felt unusual begin to feel structured and purposeful. What first appeared random starts to show consistency. This consistency is what allows trust to develop, not through belief, but through repeated direct experience.
There is also a refinement in how sensory information is perceived. Instead of focusing on intensity, the practitioner begins to recognize coherence. Subtle impressions carry a different quality than ordinary thought. They are not louder, but they are more stable. They do not need to be held in place. They maintain themselves. This distinction becomes one of the most reliable indicators of alignment within the trance state.
Another important development is the reduction of interference. Early on, attention moves back and forth between the experience and the attempt to understand it. As stability increases, this internal commentary begins to quiet on its own. Not because it is being suppressed, but because it is no longer required. The experience becomes self-evident. The need to constantly check or confirm begins to fall away.
Over time, the transition into trance becomes less pronounced. What once felt like entering a state begins to feel like shifting emphasis within awareness. The boundary between ordinary perception and trance perception softens. Access is no longer dependent on specific conditions, environments, or preparation. It becomes available through recognition and orientation rather than effort.
This is where the practitioner moves from experiencing trance to stabilizing it. The focus is no longer on what is happening, but on remaining consistent within it. The body, breath, and senses continue to respond, but they are no longer the primary reference point. They become supportive signals rather than something to analyze.
From here, a deeper level of precision becomes possible. Not through force or intensity, but through steadiness. The more stable the system becomes, the more clearly information can move without distortion. This is not achieved by doing more, but by interfering less.
This is the beginning of working with trance as a reliable state rather than a temporary experience.
As this stability develops, the experience of trance begins to move beyond sensation and into coordination. The breath, body, and sensory shifts are no longer just signs of entry, they become part of how the state is sustained and deepened. What was once passive begins to reveal subtle patterns that can be recognized and worked with directly. This is where attention naturally turns next, not to force the state further, but to understand how to remain within it through the rhythms of the breath, the responses of the body, and the continuity of awareness. From here, we begin to look more closely at how these elements organize themselves and how they can be used to support a stable and consistent channel.
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Chris Parr
Sirian And Lemurian Wisdom And Teachings
Galactic Council Of Light And Love
Agartha Shambhala
