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TOUCH THE BODY'S WISDOM
The technique described below is a natural way of controlling pregnancy, inherent within our body. It is a natural function of the body and the only thing new about this technique is the method, and that there is a method to do it. Women, I am sure, have been doing something like it always. Some women know they are doing it and some, perhaps, do not. It was new to me in the beginning. For me the technique was a great discovery that changed my life profoundly.
The technique itself is very simple. Anyone can do it. Since I discovered this technique when I first began exploring meditation, I think that any woman who wishes to, can learn the process whether or not she has ever meditated. The capability lies barely submerged beneath the lid of our consciousness. If you are experienced in some form of meditation or mental discipline then you have already developed the minimal amount of self discipline that the technique calls for.
The technique can be divided into two parts: (1) the breathing part and (2) the concentration part. The purpose of controlling the breath is to relax the body totally and to clear the mind of its constant chatter and to allow the mind to rest. The purpose of the concentration is to direct your thoughts and to hold them where you want them to be. With the mind in a quiet state, the acquisition of this skill is easily accomplished. Combining the two parts of the process in a special way, will cause the uterus to contract. And it is the contractions of the uterus during the latter half of the menstrual cycle that will cause your menstrual period to begin.
When you are relaxed completely and have calmed your wandering mind, you can direct your thoughts wherever you wish, and you can use the breathing part of the process to maintain this relaxed state for a period of time. The moment to focus your thoughts in the sexual area of your body is when you are in a very deep state of relaxation, the moment when your eyes begin to wander in the comfortable, never never land of sleep. But before you fall completely asleep.
Using this technique, a woman can cause her menstrual period to begin anytime after ovulation. I have not been able to bring on my menstrual period during the first phase of the cycle.
While you are learning the technique, it is all right to do it any time during the menstrual cycle. During this time of experimentation, I recommend using some other form of contraception because at this point you are not using the technique for birth control. As a matter of fact, causing your period to come outside of its norman cycle is a way for you to discover for yourself that you can bring on your menstrual period.
Bringing on your period a couple of times earlier than the usual twenty-eight days will not harm you. It will not upset your health, nor interfere with your body rhythms in any way. If you cause your menstrual period to come, say a week early, then do nothing to interfere with the next one, it will begin at the normal time for you, twenty-eight days later or whatever your normal cycle is.
The contractions of the uterus are an involuntary reaction. The uterus as well as the rest of the reproductive organs are served by the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves which are a part of the autonomic nervous system. These are nerves that we ordinarily do not have conscious control over as we do the nerves of the exterior muscles of the body. Not having direct access to this part of the body, we can gain admittance surreptitiously by lulling the conscious mind almost to sleep and side stepping or going around it. Using this technique we are going through a side door. We are an observer. We watch. We do nothing directly.
After two or three years of monthly use, this technique became an automatic process for me. Gradually the time interval between the process and the beginning of my menstrual period shrank. I would start the process and very quickly would go into the contractions, and in a couple of hours my menstrual period would start. The whole process was transformed to little more than a thought. It seemed like I had acquired a sensitivity that allowed my menstrual period to begin with hardly more than a thought.
As I said before, the contractions of the uterus are an involuntary reaction. They are an involuntary reaction to your total relaxation plus the focusing of your thoughts within your vagina. One allows these contractions to happen. You do not cause them to happen directly, you allow them to occur. This fact is very important.
You will feel these contractions in the lower part of your body. They feel like all of your stomach muscles are moving. The movement of the outer muscles may be mistaken for the subtler inner movement but one senses the contractions of the uterus differently. The objective is to discern the difference. The subtlety will be in your reactions or feelings. My experience of the contractions is that they are always sexual.
You can also stop these contractions right in the middle of them by thinking of something else. They are an involuntary reaction, you can stop them from happening but you cannot cause them to happen directly.
When the contractions begin, allow them to run their course for they will subside naturally. What happens then is that within two or three days the menstrual period begins. Your menstrual flow will be its usual normal flow. Whatever your flow has always been it will remain the same. The technique does not change that at all, it only starts it going.
I usually do the technique lying on the carpet or couch or bed, either on my back or my stomach. I make myself as comfortable as I can. Sometimes I do the technique after I have awakened and am still lazily in bed. Bed is a good spot for me because I frequently fall asleep while doing the breathing part of the technique.
I suggest that you find a time when you will not be interrupted or disturbed by anyone, a time when you can be completely alone for a half an hour or so. Or if you want and it makes it easier for you, have your husband or partner lead you through the technique.
THE TECHNIQUE
Lie down and make yourself comfortable, let your arms lie loosely at your sides. Close your eyes. Look around inside of yourself and find a spot in the center of you somewhere where you are comfortable being, maybe around your heart or your stomach or around your navel. Someplace that just kind of feels good for you to be there. Be there for a little while ------------ . Then become aware of your breathing. Don't change it, just become aware of it. Allow a few moment to go by just watching yourself breathing.
Now, inhale and hold your breath in for a count of --one and two and-- . Then exhale and hold your breath out for a count of --one and two and three and four and -- . Then inhale and repeat the sequence of holding your breath in and counting, and exhale, repeating the sequence of holding your breath out and counting. Do the actual counting silently to yourself.
Do this breathing process for fifteen or twenty minutes, a long enough time for you to become totally relaxed. You will be able to judge the length time to spend on this phase of the process after you have done it a few times. With experience you will find your own way.
Keep your awareness on your breathing. If other thoughts should come into your mind, just acknowledge them and allow them to pass right on through and bring your attention back to your breathing. Put all of your problems, worries and cares, anything sitting inside of you, up on some shelf for a while.
Continue with the breathing process and when you are in a very deep state of relaxation, put your thoughts inside of your vagina. Recall how the inside of your vagina feels when you touch it. Or perhaps your feelings are very sexual at this moment. Go with that and hold these feelings or thoughts in your awareness while you continue the breathing pattern.
Do the above for awhile and let whatever happens happen. Allow whatever happens to happen. Often we do not let ourselves experience something completely, we stop the feelings from running their course. But allow them to be. Allow yourself to have these sexual feelings. Allow your uterus to move. When it begins to move let this movement run its course. The contractions will subside naturally.
That is the technique.
Again, what happens to me is that my uterus begins to contract while I have my thoughts focused on the inside of my vagina and while I am experiencing very sexual feelings. I feel all of my stomach muscles moving. I feel the softer feeling of the subtle movement of the uterus. During the first couple of years that I used this technique, my menstrual period would begin within two or three days.
The moment to begin focusing your thoughts on the inside of your vagina is when you come to that pleasant state just prior to falling asleep; you know, that stage of drifting where you are neither awake nor asleep, where your eyes are flirting with sleep.
A Word of Caution
Just a small word of caution; make sure that the technique works for you before you use it for birth control purposes. This may seem unnecessary to say, but the magic is your own doing. Cause your period to come at least a couple of times outside of its normal cycle. Use some other form of contraception while you are learning how to do this. You see, I knew that if I could cause my menstrual period to come I would not be pregnant. When I realized that I could do that, I started using the technique for birth control.
It would be a good idea to follow the medical guidlines for abortion and use this technique only during the first trimester (3 months). Certainly if you have anything other than a normal menstrual period please see your doctor.
Normally conception takes place shortly after ovulation while the egg is traveling through the fallopian tubes. During this time the inner lining of the uterus is building up and developing an appropriate environment to receive and nourish a fertilized egg. If this soft cushion is not there when the egg descends down into the uterus from the tubes it will not become embedded in the walls of the uterus and a pregnancy will not occur.
If you are pregnant and wish to remain that way, don't even attempt to learn this technique until after your baby is born. It is possible that the technique could assist in the birthing process, but I will have to leave that up to others to try.
Give this method a try if you are interested. See what you can do with it. Whether it works for you or not, is entirely up to you. It is you doing it. It is you controlling your own body. Nobody can do it for you. Nobody can do it to you. And nobody can prevent you from doing it.
In using this technique you are taking total responsibility for yourself and for your body. I personally like this kind of responsibility. Being responsible for this part of my life has given me a great sense of myself as a whole, complete, individual human being. This sense of completeness transcends self confidence. It is almost magical. I no longer feel at the mercy of the world. I no longer feel like I am at the mercy of the local drugstore, the pharmaceutical industry, my doctor or the kindness and consideration of lack of it of my sexual partner.
Knowing that I have total control over whether or not I become pregnant has freed me tremendously in my sex life. Using this technique over a period of time one develops a greater sensitivity sexually, with a heightened awareness of physical sensations and an expanded capacity for giving and receiving.
A SUMMARY OF THE TECHNIQUE
Lie down and make yourself comfortable. Close your eyes and find a spot in the center of you where you feel good. Become aware of your breathing. Don't try to change it, just become aware of it.
Then after a few moments begin. . . inhale, and hold your breath in for a count of --one and two and-- . And exhale, hold your breath out for a count of --one and two and three and four and -- . Putting the word and between the counts of 1-2 and 1-2-3-4 adds a different rhythm to the process.
Do this breathing technique for about 15 or 20 minutes. When you are in a very deep state of relaxation, focus your thoughts inside of your vagina and go with your feelings. Maintain your breathing pattern and allow whatever happens to happen. Let the contractions of your uterus to run their course. The will gradually subside.
Given the time within your menstrual cycle that you are doing this technique, your menstrual period should begin within two or three days. If it doesn't, repeat the process, spending a little more time on the initial breathing process. Perhaps watch for anything that may be standing in the way of your doing this technique successfully.
This technique is a process of educating your reproductive system. It is also a process of educating your mind and your body to become sensitive to some of your minute reactions and to use these minute reactions in a new way. This technique uses and takes advantage of natural and normal functions of the body.
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