anyone know how to get around it?
Ruined an OBE today because I had too much spit in my mouth :-(
I swallowed and woke up.
i always have that problem. and i also get tight throats, but i think that means my throat chakra isn't right ... lol i try to have my mouth sligthly open, and breath out my mouth, so it just evaporates.
I find that if I'm already in a trance when it happens and I swallow, while it might take me out of it, it's not hard to get back into it. Same thing with itches - just go ahead and scratch it and forget it. Or like with hypnogogic imagery, make quick note it, fix it, let it go.
If you think about it, you don't have to keep swallowing as you're falling asleep every night, so it's really more of an unconscious process that has become conscious. As your senses shut down, all the little things you don't normally notice seem on overdrive.
It's annoying, but learning to work through these little annoyances is essential.
I'll add a little to Stookies' comments,
The swallowing reflex and itches still nag me from time to time; it seems very dependant on which side of the 'trance transition period' I am in. Before the transition they can be noticeably bothersome, and I think they may be natural or possibly a component of...what do I call it? the ego/physical side of my awareness still trying to exert some irritating influence on my control of the situation/my attempt to 'let go'. In that case, like Stookie says, swallow or scratch it and take a couple minutes more to move deeper into trance...At some point you have to choose to try ignoring these physical symptoms, at which point you'll eventually find that they subside or quit altogether. That is a definite signal that you've successfully made it into the deeper trance stage.
That's not to say that a noticeable swallow reflex may not occur later, or an arm or leg uncomfortably positioned may not signal that it requires slight attention, but the effect and repair should not need more than a few seconds attention or distraction, your OBE/Phasing experience only being disrupted momentarily; this is what many report as one form of momentary 'dual body awareness'.
Basically, as Stookie alluded to... whatever you do whilst falling asleep at night is what you want to do while practicing projection/trance.
If you have a scratch do it slowly and calmly.
If you have to swallow, do it slowly and calmly.
You technically should be able to move slightly without breaking it.
And if you do break it, you're comfortable enough to get back into it quickly.