energy feels like . . .

[ORIONX100]

Sorry, but I've been trying to get a sense of what energy means. Does it feel like electricity? Or does it feel like water running through your veins? If this is something that everyone can realize, then do we all experience "energy" the same way? When I meditate, I do feel different, but I'm not sure if the sensation is metaphysical energy (or however it is classified). Plus I usually fall asleep before anything significant can come out of it. Maybe I should try sitting up in a chair?
Please don't be offended by my frankness, as I'm not trying to insult; I'm merely very skeptical of my own discoveries, but not of yours. Could someone offer some pointers in the right direction?

[Zephyrus]

I feel energy like a gentle electric current and warmth. When I really gather a lot of energy I feel as if the limb is floating, but when I overwork I sometimes feel pain.

As for practicing...
I also fall asleep but only when my awarness in concentrated inwards i.e. my thoughts, visualisations. It's easy to get lost in the world of thoughts and then you automatically enter the dreamworld.

But...
When I concentrate on practicing NEW (like brushing legs with awareness etc) I get exactly the opposite effect - I feel very fresh and full of energy. That's why I avoid exercising in the evenings, I just can't sleep afterwards.

I think you just have to pay constant attention to your physical feelings. You can even tell yourself in thoughts "I am aware of my legs" or "I'm drawing energy to my hands" every few seconds. It helps me, it might help you

[MW]

I tend to feel it as a cool breeze flowing over me

[Principle]

Depending what I am concentrating on I will recieve different feelings or vibrations.

They can range from Cold/Warm Breezes, Bite-like Feelings, Vibrations, and/or Electric-like.

Try concentrating on different Elements and you shall
start feeling things associated with that specific Element.

[erynys]

yeah. like principle said, the sensation varies on the element. sometimes i feel electric shocks in my hands, and sometimes i feel warmth and softness. other times i feel magnetism or cool water. it all depends. youll know when you have manipulated energy. you can feel it, whatever it feels like to, you can feel it surging though you. it really does take much practice. it took me about 6-7 months and a reiki healing. but now, i can extend my aura to 50 ft and more, i can make shapes and pictures and colors and different things like that(not visible to the nakes eye, id have to lower the frequency for that) and i can feel all of it. i also have a thing where i dont actually see it with my third eye, but i do see it. which is odd. ive seen out of my third eye before. its very different. anyway. just practice, and just visualize the energy. dont be set on using your hands. they arent THAT important. focus on using your mind to mold it. see if you can make streams of energy in the air with butterflies flying around psychic people. its pretty fun.

[andonitxo]

For me it's like an inner massage. As the feeling when you stretch your arms and legs, but continued. It feels as if my cells would relax.

By the contrary, when I do some relaxation work combined with the energy work, the upper half of my skull disappears. It starts as a magnetic-field hat, and after some minutes I feel but nothing above my eyebrows. Weird!

Just a tip: if you want to improve your results in what it's related to energy work do the following exercise for some minutes. Imagine your head glows in white light (the outside, the inside, the organs inside). Extend the light through your whole body. After that, try again your daily routine and you'll experiment a great change.

Good luck!

[Frozen Silence]

Love.

[Zarklon]

For me .. the default feeling of my energy (before I apply elemental feelings to it) it feels like a slight pressure escaping from my hands usually coupled with warmth even though my hands tend to be cold as ice most of the time.  Its a nice way to prove to people that this stuff is real for me because although my hands are ice cold they can feel some nice warm sensations coming off of them and they are confused to say the least.

When I push my energy out from both hands while they are just a couple of inches apart I feel like there is a magnetic force pushing them away and if I reverse it (suck energy back in from one hand to the other) it feels as if they are trying to pull closer... I like to play around with that feeling by constantly pushing and pulling the energy and reversing it faster and faster.. Its brings me to a very trance-like state that nearly makes me zone out sometimes it can be so strong and entrancing.  Its hard for me to do here lately possibly because I've stopped doing energy to random people like I used to on the bus ride from school.. Practicing everyday has benefits for sure... stop practicing and you'll definitely notice it.. so keep it up!

[Awakened_Mind]

The feeling of energy is going to feel different depeding on the type and intensity. Vibrational energy before projection. feels different than the energy from a coconut dropping off a tree onto your head. It's hard to put into words what it feels like, it's really one of those things you have to experience yourself.

-AM