Doing Sessions Once a week

Doing sessions once a week is one way to give your brain experience in experiencing whatever state the session you choose creates. If a session is unpleasant in any way, do not repeat it.

Once you've found a session design that works well for you, you can repeat it. The best-tested interval is once a week, having been tried by scores of people.

However, sessions done once a week are liable to bring out metabolic snapback. This is the name given for the process whereby your brain will try to re-establish the states of consciousness that the sessions inhibit, just as meditation can inhibit anger for many people. Sessions done every three days seem to avoid this.

If you choose to do weekly sessions, you should stop them after six, and take a three-week break between series of sessions.

These sessions can be done any time of day, and do not need sensory deprivation. Activities that demand attention (such as working on your computer) can detract from your sessions.

Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
After-effects pleasant, tapering off after four days.	After-effects USUALLY pleasant, tapering off after four days.	After-effects pleasant, tapering off after four days. Less intense than 1st session.	After Effects pleasant, but less intense, tapering off after 4 days.	After Effects pleasant but less intense than 1st session.	After Effects pleasant, but less intense, tapering off after 4 days.	No more sessions for three weeks.

Metabolic Snapback - Uncommon following first session. Usually this is the most intense session in each series. The following first session in a series will not be a repeat of this one. Do not repeat negative first sessions.	Metabolic Snapback after four days, lasting 3 days (until next session). This is the most intense period of snapback.	Metabolic Snapback after four days, lasting 3 days (until next session) less likely, and less intense if it occurs at all.	Metabolic Snapback Less common following fourth session.	Metabolic Snapback After four days, lasting 3 days (until next session) - less intense than week two.	Metabolic Snapback - Uncommon following 6th session.	Metabolic Snapback None. With a successful series of sessions, this is when you might begin to feel a new, pleasant sense of yourself.