Before lockdown I met someone over the internet and we decided to explore ways to connect through an out of body experience. She said: “Self-isolation led to an incredible desire to expand upon my existing knowledge. Participant Katie, enrolled on Jade’s 4-week online course with the intention of meeting her new partner in lockdown. Each week builds on how prepare the body and mind, implement techniques and navigate the experience through breath work, visualisation, mindfulness, physical exercises and conscious sleeping. This involves learning the mind-awake-body-asleep state, vibrational state and exiting process in order to have a self-initiated OBE. In her online courses, Jade teaches a three step process to self-induce, navigate and integrate an out-of-body-experience. Jade has now opened up a fourth course, which will run in October. The courses, co-hosted by Jade Shaw and The Psychedelic Society, launched with 40 places on each, but after selling out on both within a short space of time she had to offer up a long waiting list for her third. During these times many people have been napping more and having extra sleep, which is giving us time to reconnect with our self and others”. We might be exerting caution or self-isolating still but we needn't be locked down. I’ve heard from people from all walks of life - lawyers, artists and cab drivers, they’re all giving it a go. Jade Shaw said: “Interest in astral projection, also known as having a self-induced out-of-body-experience, has soared since lockdown. OBE teacher, Jade Shaw, has seen three of her online courses sell-out within days of their release, as the nation embraces alternative ways to explore the world. There is said to be a plethora of benefits to the person’s wellbeing should they experience an OBE while they sleep. Not to be confused with lucid dreaming, which is when you are aware that you are dreaming, during an OBE the individual’s consciousness seems to leave their body temporarily, enabling them to visit places, and even travel the world, while their body remains asleep. During an OBE, it’s possible for an individual to see everything that is going on from outside the body, but from a different perspective. It’s estimated that around 10% of people in the world have had an out of body experience (OBE) of some kind. As a result, there has been an increasing number of people interested in learning how to have an Out of Body Experience (OBE) as a way to engage with the outside world safely and without breaking government travel restrictions. While the nation navigates the new normal, there continues to be some hesitation in booking holidays further afield.

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