I had an Check In Session with one of my remote students the other day. He had been working with Tree Wrestling for a while and wanted to check in and get some feedback.
Honestly I was impressed with his progress, as soon as he 'grabbed his tree' the expansion to the six-surfaces was clear. I told him as much and asked him how the practice was going from his perspective.
I hid my surprise when he expressed frustration since he had clearly shown progress. When I asked him why he replied something to the effect of, "I've been doing what you told me and sometime I get this feeling of not being able to move and sometimes I get this feeling of my arms pushing away from each other like magnets. Unfortunately I just can't feel a tree."
At that I just laughed out loud, being vividly reminded of how silly I have been with my own Teacher's instructions. "That is what you are supposed to be feeling, things like that, things out of the norm, a CHANGE in feeling state!!", I exclaimed and proceeded to tell him what I am about to tell you.