Technique 06

Gridding

The practical four-step process for working with the field of a place. Feel it, offer it something new, ask what it needs, then receive whatever it offers back.

Jacob Cooke-Tilley · Session Techniques · Free teaching

01 / Feel it first

What does this place actually feel like?

Stand in the field, whether physically present or working remotely, and ask a simple question: if I were to name this area, what would it feel like? What am I seeing beyond the surface level?

There will be a feeling attached to what you see, drawn from your own experience, your intuitive sense, or something less explainable. Someone can give you a fake smile and you know there is something else underneath it. A place works the same way. There is often something energetic present that the visual surface does not fully account for.

This first step is simply honest noticing. No correction yet, no offering yet. Just an accurate read of what is actually there.

02 / Offer it something new

Use whatever tool is naturally yours

Once you have a feeling for what the place is carrying, decide what you would like to offer instead. If the field carries melancholy, you might envision the sun shining, or light pouring down onto the land as droplets of energy. There is no single correct method. The tool you reach for is whichever is naturally yours.

Hands

Move stagnant or heavy energy by brushing the air, extending your reach etherically beyond your physical hands.

Voice

Sing whatever comes naturally, speak a mantra, or call in a particular deity or angel and let your connection to them do the work.

Light language

If your hands or voice know light language, let the intention move them automatically rather than directing every motion consciously.

Visualisation

Picture the scenario you want for the place directly. People shaking hands, sharing a meal, a friendly exchange between neighbours.

03 / Prime your intent

A statement that narrows everything that follows

One addition that has worked well recently: before offering anything creatively, speak a single priming statement out loud while directing your attention toward the place, hands weaving gently in the air if that feels natural.

For the highest good of all, and perfect alignment.

The priming statement

This single line acts as a protocol prime. Everything you offer creatively after speaking it is automatically narrowed to that frame: the highest good, not your personal preference for how the place should be. From there, ask what the place specifically needs, and offer whatever arises.

04 / The full sequence

Four steps, in order

Speak the priming statement

For the highest good of all, and perfect alignment. Direct your attention to the place as you say it.

Offer what you creatively want to give

Within the frame of the priming statement, offer whatever arises through hands, voice, or visualisation.

Ask what it needs, and what would excite it most

Listen for the response. It may arrive visually, as an inclination, or as a simple knowing. Offer that too.

Open to receive whatever comes back

Say simply: I now call for whatever energy or message wishes to give back to me. Then leave it on the table and collect whatever arrives.

This can be practised in person, while travelling, or through astral travel to other locations entirely. Not every field wants to be touched, and a small amount of training helps. A general approach of love, peace, and harmony goes a long way and keeps you out of trouble. You can also work through a person who is physically present in a location, with their consent, using them as an anchor and a chord into that resonance.

You can use your hands, your voice, your mind to envision, and you can ask questions to invoke the response. Then take whatever action is being asked of you.

Jacob Cooke-Tilley, Session Techniques

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