Okay, feel my hand - check. Pull my senses into Open Focus - check. Next up - follow my own bloodstream, which is apparently an Apache technique for putting the mind in a state of Sacred Silence.
To begin, I take a few breaths. That's easy.
Okay, the next part loses. "Exhale completely, pausing before inhaling." Is that before or after I take the few breaths?
My guess is that I take a few breaths first, then go onto the heavy lifting.
So, now I exhale completely - pause - then inhale (I am assuming, although it's not spelled out, completely, too.)
No - back up!! It said to pause before inhaling, but didn't really say to inhale.
Instead, in the space that is that all-important pause before inhaling, I focus my attention on my heart until I feel it beating. Frankly, I think it's going to take longer than a mere pause to do that (am sure I'll get faster with experience).
Take another breath & then exhale. Along with my heartbeat, I need to find the sensation of my pulse moving through my hand, my scalp, my entire body. (That's definitely taking longer than any itty bitty pause.)
Staying focused on the feeling of my entire (!) circulatory system as it channels my lifeblood through my torso, including my individual organs, my arms, my legs, my head, my brain, eyes et al.
THEN, while doing this last step, perform some simple task as I continue to feel my heartbeat & experience the my circulatory system pulsing through my body.
The promise is that I'll feel strangely blissful. Makes sense, since my body will be totally whacked out (in a good way). Definitely cool.
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