My First Attempt.

[Chase]

Hello I am Chase and this is my first post    Last night was my first attempt at Astral Projection. After reading up a little and becoming interested in the topic it was eventually 11pm and time for bed. I layed down and prayed silently but with everything I had asking God for help to reach success in AP. I was laying in bed doing deep breaths and muscle tension/relaxation and I blanked out for a moment. I regained consciousness but I felt different. The black behind my eyelids was intensly dark and my body soon after started shaking like crazy! I was shaking almost as if I was cold but more intensly so. My eye lids started to twitch in the same way I have experienced while attempting to speak in tongues (Christian Term) a couple times before. My heart at the same time was pounding more than I ever have experienced in my life to the point that I could audibly hear the *Lub-Dub*. One other thing I noticed was that my body felt really loose and comfortable even though I started to lightly sweat (From the shaking I assume). My body especially my arms and legs almost felt as if they were becoming wider or like it could have been my astral body sinking at the same time as I could feel my body laying in bed. The shaking seemed to last about 10-15 minutes and my clock was nearing midnight. I could move my body and look around at the same time so I didn't have sleep paralysis and I think I tried too hard to hop out as my astral self because I moved my normal hands. The sensations slowed down and faded to normal smoothly and I experienced a very light headache afterwards. My question is whether this sounds like the onset of AP? Does the shaking sound like the vibration stage that I read about online? If so what should I do next time this happens? Im going to try to make this happen again tonight. Thank you!

[ChopstickFox]

I remember the first time I actually really attempted. It was actually pretty similar. I ended up expelling so much energy from myself in the attempt, I was exhausted the next day. In hindsight I don't know how healthy that was. But that's besides the point. The first time I intentionally projected, it didn't have any of those heavy physical feelings. I just slipped out like nothing. So it makes me wonder if we just make it difficult on ourselves sometimes?

I don't want to sound like I'm being discouraging, not at all. Just sharing that I needed to learn how to relax and let things just happen. And maybe I'm just flat out wrong, hehe. I'm no guru.

[Greytraveller]

Greetings and welcome Chase
That was a good first try. Be aware that it Could take several weeks or even months before that first OBE happens, so try to be patient and remain optimistic.

Good Luck 
Grey