Well, I thought I would finally share my experiences as I have been practicing EE for about 2 years now.
Especially during the first year, my practise would be somewhat intermittent, as there would be periods where I would leave the EE completely due to holidays, very busy schedules at work, etc. (Yes, all excuses in the end).
During the last year however I have been practicing EE pretty regularly.
Within the first year, there was a period where I felt as if I was walking amidst a cloud of darkness, suffocating me like a lump of coal. I felt very depressed and uneasy. As I work with people, I felt the severe distress was affecting my ability to do the job properly. From the advices written on this and the FAQ thread, I concluded that perhaps it is time to cut down on the beatha, as it appeared that more things were surfacing than I could conveniently process.
So I quit beatha for a number of months, and started to re-introduce it on only mondays, for a single ”round”. Things seemed to be going smoothly, so after some time I added a second round, then a third, and then the second full program -day of the week. I am now doing the full program twice a week, with no ”adverse” effects. (occasionally I might leave it at once per week though.)
On off beatha days I tried to do the 3 stage breathing first thing in the morning, PotS the last. I felt in the end, that I was too ”asleep” when trying the 3 stage straight out of bed, and scheduled it for a bit later after a cold shower had woken me up some (but before breakfast). This way the day certainly starts with open eyes! And ends nicely with the pots after some winding down.
I have experienced many of the same benefits others have reported here.
I feel I can think clearer and can observe my programs doing their thing more often. In general, I just feel better and ”cleaner”, (of course cleaning up the diet surely influences here as well).
The daily 3 stage pipe breathing and PotS keep things going swell, but with the full program particularly, after performing it, it feels as if a ”battery” was recharged, and you stay very energized for a number of hours, with gradual lessening until the following day and onwards. Thus it quite inspires to keep doing it twice a week!
During the times I have neglected the EE completely, I have felt the ”battery” becoming emptier, so it really pays to keep things constant!
I have not have any major ”experiences” during the EE sessions except for one peculiar incidence. I was easing into the PotS, after doing the beatha portion, and in general it had been a very concentrated and intense session so far. With the PotS starting, I could feel this curious, in lack of a better word, ”vibration” all over my body. As the PotS progressed the vibrations started to intensify and in a way, I began to feel lighter inside, like the mind was disconnecting from the body. This feeling intensified further and I had this hunch that if things progressed at this this rate, I would ”slide” through the floor with my body left lying above. I really started to freak out, not being ready for this kind of out of body experience, and tried to ease, cool the vibrations down. They did cool down, and the feeling passed. Perhaps it all was just a byproduct of hypervenilating during the beatha, but certainly it was a powerful experience, that has not repeated itself. I thought I would mention this, fwiw.
I apologise for the lenghty post, but I would like to close by sincerely thanking Laura, Psyche and everyone involved with making EE available, it is such a tremendous gift
