Chapter 62

ELENA WATCHED THE GIRLS RELAX further and further into their seats and continued.

'I want you to become aware of your hands. With your mind's eye feel your way around and through them, until you are intimate with them.'

LOI FELT THE TINY HAIRS on the back of her hands prickle when she traced over the skin in her mind, the creases and cracks, even the roughened edges of her nails. She focused her mind on them until she could see how the nails were woven together. Then moving inside, followed the veins and pricked at the nerve endings. Her fingers jerked and her muscles twitched as she tugged and probed at them. It's fascinating, she thought, I can truly see how my hands work. She pushed deeper until she came to the bones, seeing the cartilage between the joints and the tendons which fastened them together.

ELENA SMILED AS SHE WATCHED their hands twitch and the frowns they wore while they studied them.

'I can see you are aware of your hands, so I want you to focus on your heart.