My eyes gently closed with a softness that isn’t present for most of my day. There was no tension in my body and the space between me and the bed disappeared as I allowed myself to be fully held by the bed. 

I began the process of disconnecting from my body, as I had been shown how to do. I was only taught how to do this when I could handle the responsibility that came with it. 

As smoothly and fluidly as water I began to drift in and out of my body, back and forth, side to side, up and down, in every direction creating a sphere. As I played in this space I could feel the tension rising and knew the sensation well. Shortly, I would launch out of my body and out of the earthly plane. I knew the resistance that was rising in my body and understood that it was required to launch. 

I began to feel his presence and then without warning, I exploded and was gone, off into the ethers and far away from my body. I met him almost a year ago now and had been learning intensely from him. He was very different from any other guides or mentors who I had worked with. He was teaching me about things that I would need as I moved through the next chapter in my life and sank more deeply into my souls work and into spirit. I met him almost every day, as if it were school, to learn and grow and expand. 

Snap, my body cramped and twitched intensely and violently. Just like that, I was back in my body, recognizing that I had gotten too far from it and my body was calling me home. Previously, I hadn’t had this depth of trust and had required another person to hold my ground when I would travel this far from my body. The more that I learned, the more that I trusted in myself and the process.