Using finger to "direct" energy stimulation

[SuzyAZ]

I am new and can't seem to find where this may be posted. I use the index finger of one hand to "circle" or " brush" , etc. at thesame time I focus awareness on toe, opposite hand, and whatever is being stimulated. If i stop and try to do it without the "director", it feels like I am going through mud. Is this cheating? It seems to work great other than my finger getting tired.

[okie]

It should get easier with practice. I do not think there are any concrete rules when stimulating the energetic body. It is all imagination to me.

[Noobstorm]

I find it a lot easier to stimulate the energy centers with my index finger too, it doesn't matter which way you do it.

[sophia_1984]

i have recently started to use my index finger and it really helps me to focus and direct energy! particularly when slowing energy down or balancing chakras for relaxation however I would like to be able to redirect energy just in concentration as you need to be able to do this in yoga and meditation if anything comes up - I suppose it is something that will get better with practice -
I am hoping someone can help me with useful grounding techniques -

[CFTraveler]

I never learned NEW using any targeting way, because when I did there weren't any videos showing this. So I don't know what to say about this, other than this- if you are doing energy work for health and well being then by all means continue to direct with your physical finger- but if you are doing it for the purposes of projection, then you might find it becomes a problem.
Even though I do not do a full 'energy workout' as part of my projection routine, I do energy raising and energy body loosening, and this requires 'letting go' and is part of the relaxation continuum- so eventually you are going to need to learn how to do this without the physical finger, because it will defeat part of the purpose of energy work, which is also to be able to locate your energy body without using visual input.

[CFTraveler]

I am hoping someone can help me with useful grounding techniques - Idk if this is really going to be useful, but....
There does not appear to be a 'grounding tech' thread in this forum (but a million of posts scattered about.) So I found a few with good techs in them:

viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8600&p=66692#p66692 (http://forums.astraldynamics.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=8600&p=66692#p66692)
The shower and white light techniques

http://www.soulworkings.com/grounding-meditation/

The long one:
viewtopic.php?f=20&t=19935 (http://forums.astraldynamics.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=19935)