Energy exercises such as NEW have been a difficult thing for me until last night. The reason was that the cobweb feeling (a very strong itch on the face) during these exercises was unberable and at times painful. They felt like pinpricks on my skin. The change came when I stopped conceptualizing them as pinpricks but as energy plumes coming OUT of my pores. The feelings where still there last night, but they were very easy to ignore.
Just an Idea.