Generative Trance Quotes

“Settle in, settle down. Take a few moments to find a comfortable posture where you can be both relaxed and aware at the same time … as you do, let yourself settle in and settle down … 2. Shift from thinking to breathing. And as you begin to settle in and settle down, let your awareness move from your thinking to your breathing … just notice how the waves of your breath move in … and move out … move in … and move out … just like the waves of the sea. 3. Release muscle tension. And as you allow your breath to move in and move out, you can enjoy discovering how your muscles can begin to relax … begin to release tension … so that your breath can flow in … and flow out. 4. Breathe through vertical axis. As you relax your muscles and follow your breath, see how you can allow your breath to move up and down through your spine … as you breathe in, let the breath move up, inside the spine, all the way to the crown of your head, and continuing all the way to the heavens above … and as you breathe out, you can sense the breath moving down through your spine, down through your body, down your hips and knees … down through the soles of you feet … dropping all the way down to the center of the earth. 5. Relax and drop hips.8 And as you sense the subtle flow of the breath moving up and down your spine, you can relax your muscles a little deeper … especially curious about how your hips can really relax and drop lower and lower … your hips relaxing and opening and dropping down … so you enjoy a beautiful sense of grounding and feeling more and more calm and present.”
― Stephen Gilligan, Generative Trance: The experience of creative flow