Then stop and become motionless, with your
palms upwards.
Become aware of the vibration along the line.
After a few seconds, resume the throat
friction and connect it with the vibration in
the meridian. Spend half a minute or more
building up the vibration along the line.
Then become aware in the eye at the same
time, so you connect the throat friction, the
vibration in the eye and the vibration in the
line. Continue for about 1 minute.
Next become aware of the hand on the same
arm. Even though you have not applied any
physical stimulation to this area, could you
feel the extension of the line of energy in
the hand? To which finger does the path of the meridian extend?
Then become aware in the shoulder and the chest. Where does the
line of energy go in these parts of the body? Could you also feel it
in any of your organs?
Stop everything and remain ‘just aware’ for a few seconds.
Repeat the same sequence with the same meridian on the other
arm.
Snap the fingers of the right hand and open the eyes.
4.7 Shou shao yin, ‘Heart Meridian’
The part of the meridian that we are
looking for starts at the root of the palm
of the hand, on the inner side. If you
explore with your fingers, you will find a
little round bone, called the pisiform
because it has the form of a pea.
Then slightly contract your biceps, and
you will find another point of this
meridian about 1 centimetre inside the
tendon of the biceps, just at the line of
the elbow. (Acupuncture points often give
the feeling of a hole under your fingers,
like a depression.) You just have to draw a
line from the pisiform to this point and
you have the part of the Heart Meridian
that circulates on the forearm.