Hey All

I have not posted for a *long time*... However I am coming back to the practice more intensely now having done a fair bit of emotional work over the last year or so... It feels like things are *really moving*.

I have had this experience about 3 or 4 times in recent practice and I am wondering what it might signify and if anyone has any insight to offer.

Recently, in coming to a session I have experienced fairly strong echoes arriving within the first 2-3 KS, and then over the next couple of minutes I feel I am starting to disassociate from the sense of my physical body. My body is still present - I can open my eyes and see it, but the space in which sensations are occurring seems to loose association with the body I can see. This 'space' seems contorted; distances and sizes no longer make sense - my body could be a mile long or an inch. It is very hard to describe.

My hunch - and this is provisional only - is that this is a psychological 'safety valve' blowing off steam. In this state, intensity seems to dissipate and literally loose focus.

Apart from working with it - is there anything to do around this? Any ideas of how to remain grounded? (as it feels like this is loosing grounding in my own body).

Any and all advice welcome.

Cheers
Bhikku