Those first two auxiliary exercises
The fact that my recovery seems to fit in the gradual category, taking more time than is needed for some lucky folks, actually has its pluses. One is that, by constantly observing and assessing what I'm doing over an extended time, I get to learn about aspects of this protocol in some detail. And so I hope readers here will be able to benefit from some of the details I can report. Today I'll say a bit about what I've learned about doing the first two auxiliary exercises (see RFP, 2020, pp. 131-132).
I've been doing those two exercises regularly for some time now, and have noticed substantial progress in my results. With the usual caution that my needs and my results may not align with yours, but might at least provide food for thought, let me jump straight to my best tips:
Exercise 1: Imagining energy at Yin Tang (AKA the third eye or sixth chakra)
Try out the options. In imagining this energy, I have had success with the images suggested by JWH — a glowing ball of light (I make it approximately marble-sized, though I have read a suggestion that it be golf-ball-sized) and a magnet (I often picture the magnet pulling energy forward through the brain to Yin Tang). More recently I have sometimes found it effective to imagine an actual eye at Yin Tang, opening, blinking etc. Though this might seem a strange image, for me it is sometimes oddly effective. (I found this option on a webpage about developing the third eye chakra. It had good graphics, but I can no longer seem to locate it. I'll provide an update if I come across it again.) Or, as suggested in RFP as well, you can simply imagine energy at that spot. That seems to be the direction I have moved in over time.
Feel it. If you're having some success with this you will feel energy at Yin Tang. For me it feels something like a small, subtly vibrating, perhaps expanding marble, or like a fingertip pressing gently on the spot. Your experience may be different, but at some point expect to feel something.
Open your heart. If you're having trouble feeling it, and if you've had some success at experiencing feelings of heart expansion, try opening your heart to your Friend before doing the exercise. These things are connected. For me this makes it easier to feel the energy at Yin Tang. (This can help with the second auxiliary exercise as well.)
Move on to the second exercise and circle back around. Sometimes, when you're not having much success with the first exercise, you might move on to the second exercise which, after all, moves energy through the head directly to Yin Tang. A bit of time doing that may thus allow you to circle back around and feel the energy at Yin Tang more clearly.
Exercise 2: Imagining energy moving through the Du channel through the middle of the head
See a diagram. Take a look at a diagram of this portion of the Du channel so that you know the path of this energy. Find such a diagram in RFP, P. 141, Fig. 13.2. The focus here is on the portion of the Du channel shown in the right hand image in that figure.
Talk it through. Again, the idea is to feel the energy moving along this path. To assist in this you can talk your way along the pathway, moving the energy from the base of the neck, along the pathway to Yin Tang. The full narration might be something like, “Up the back of the neck... in at the base of the skull... up a little more... around and through.” Get that going and then perhaps start abbreviating it with something like, “Up the back... in... around and through.” Then that might become, “Up... in... through.” Finally, as your efficiency increases, you may be able to drop the narration and simply imagine and feel this entire section of the Du channel flowing with a continuous stream of energy.
Both exercises
Ask your Friend for help. You should of course include your Friend in helping you with these exercises.
Surrender to the feeling. Just as feelings of surrender play a role in a number of other areas of the JWH protocol, they can help you in both of the first two auxiliary exercises in allowing, accepting, and being receptive to the feelings involved.
Enjoy the feelings. For me, both of the exercises can produce very pleasant feelings in my head and my heart, feelings of energy and expansion. Though they don't culminate in the same level of joy, these feelings are in fact similar to feelings I have had as pause was beginning to turn off. So I tend to assume they are a good sign, and I focus on feeling grateful for them and thanking my Friend.
Don't give up. As mentioned in RFP, these exercises can be difficult for people with Parkinson's. It may be quite some time before you experience the feelings they promote. It took me many months to have any consistent success with them. Now I feel they have definite value in my building a foundation for long-term success in the recovery process.