Astral Projection
 

I was trying for a number of months. I felt like a couple of times I sat up and could see the room, but I never looked down at my body. I felt the vibration and tried pushing out further, but I always got sucked back down into my body. It was like I ran out of energy. I didn't have the strength. Then, one night I felt myself sit up without my body and I felt no resistance. It was like I finally broke free. Before I could do anything, I saw a blonde haired woman with her hair up in a bun wearing a white shirt buttoned up to the neck and a long black skirt that went all the way to the ground. She looked like an old-fashioned school teacher. At first I wasn't threatened. She was pretty and stood with her hands folded. So, I tried to continue into a standing position when, suddenly, she flew at me like she was either terrified or angry and started slapping me with both hands so fast and so hard I could do nothing but fall back into my body. I woke up in my empty bedroom and still could almost feel her hitting me, but there was nothing there. I stopped trying that night. It was pretty unsettling. What do you make of that?

I'm not certain, but it's worth trying to exit again and again to confirm you experiences.

Robert Bruce (Astral Dynamics) recommends exiting your body and getting as far away from it as you can. In his experience this will cut down the number of instance that your imagination gets in the way of the experience.

It's been so long...
 

I wouldn't even know where to start again...