Each pressure, speed, and direction has a unique felt sensation in the body. Whether it’s the grounding nature of heavy pressure, the clarity of medium speed, or the release of a downstroke, each aspect offers a unique pathway to a deeper understanding of the experience inside the body, where we are attuned, overly attuned, or not attuned.
Heavy pressure feels like earth, bone, emotion, the mysterious. It is concentrated. If we are not attuned to it, we may lack passion, have a challenging time showing up during difficulties, be a person who seeks spiritual bypasses, be disembodied in either the intellectual or spiritual realm, and have difficulties with the feminine and with control. If we are overly attuned, we may be overly emotional, feel a lot of heavy internal pressure and/or shame, feel we are at the mercy of life, and believe we need the weight of the world pressing down upon us to compel us to respond.
Medium pressure is clear, indicates digestion, feels integrated, and is grounded. If we are not attuned, we may feel dissipated or dysregulated, have either ideals or emotions we are unable to bring to the surface, and experience scattered attention or a feeling of impotence.
Light pressure has a feeling of reverence, dreams, ideas, and the illumined, and is diffuse. If we are not attuned, we may lack intuition, be unable to sense subtle realms, and feel stuck on earth. If we are overly attuned, we may be hypersensitive, fussy, easily irritated, require special circumstances in order for us to let go, feel pride, and have a need to reject the world.
Slow speed feels akin to depth and likes to get inside of things. If we are not attuned, we tend to live on the surface, are moved by appearances, and may feel hyper or impulsive. If we are overly attuned, we may be controlling, demanding, prone to anger, need to withdraw regularly, and be addicted to depth in relationships.
Medium speed feels as though we are embodied and has the marks of integration. If we are not attuned, we may be flighty, as if we are unable to land, and, though we are ready to try everything, we are unable to generate real traction. If we are overly attuned, we are stuck in the horizontal, need more variety in the material realm in order to stay interested, and are overly focused on the mundane.
Fast speed feels like height together with motion or flow. If we are not attuned, we may feel put upon when things move quickly, scared and anxious and wanting to stop the action, and confused when there is movement—hiding our confusion behind irritation and feeling rejected. If we are overly attuned, we are likely to be manic, anxious, and unnecessarily driven, rolling over people and experiences, and refusing to come down.
Upstrokes feel like taking in, building, inhaling, and holding on. If we are not attuned, we may need a lot of upstrokes if we are to respond and we may lack the levity to experience ease and the sublime. If we are overly attuned, we can only consume and may feel internally tight and stressed.
Downstrokes feel like release, falling apart, and letting go. If we are not attuned, we have a hard time letting go. We keep driving for things, experience indigestion, and have challenges with the feminine aspects of embodiment as well as with relaxation and non-production. If we are overly attuned, we are always falling apart, prone to sadness, and subject to sloth.