Recently, the changes in my meditation have been that, unlike before, where there would be creaking sounds or a sudden release, I sometimes experience a sensation like a partially inflated balloon suddenly expanding.

It's a fairly significant change in sensation, but not much physically changes. However, I feel like a balloon is suddenly inflating. It's a sensation of the top of my head suddenly expanding upwards. Previously, when I thought of my skull as a balloon, even if it made creaking sounds or suddenly released, the shape of the skull-balloon itself hardly expanded. It felt like the structure was just starting to loosen, and even then, there was some movement inside, which led to a deeper relaxation.

Based on that, but this time, suddenly, I feel the top of my head expanding like a balloon, not just loosening, but actually expanding slightly upwards. However, I can hardly see any change in the mirror, so it's more of an internal sensation.

As a result of the top of my head expanding, the area around the center of my head felt a little constricted. However, during that meditation session, that feeling of constriction loosened and relaxed, like a ring expanding.

Initially, I felt like something was firmly holding my head, like a "ring" that Son Goku wears. From that stage, while the ring was still maintaining its structure, a part of it collapsed and expanded upwards.

Then, the "ring" that was still maintaining its shape suddenly began to collapse, and about half of its structure was released, and I felt like not only the upper part of my head but also the center of my head loosened and started to move.

Previously, the loosening usually happened in specific areas, such as the frontal lobe, the top of the head, the center, or the back of the throat. However, this time, I felt like the loosening was happening across a fairly wide area, along with the sensation of the balloon expanding.

This is a situation where I feel like I'm taking two steps forward and one step back, but I still feel like I'm gradually loosening up.

My expression seems to be changing little by little, and not just my expression, but also the shape of my head seems to be changing. I wonder if it's just my imagination. I've been taking selfies recently, so I might compare them later. I feel like my overall impression has changed a lot. This morning, I looked like "Shingo Takano" from the early days of the "Gourmet Man" manga, with big eyes and a prominent jawline. It's strange to think that I used to look different. Perhaps the loosening of my head has caused my face to change.