The instinct is to push harder on a stuck body — lighten up instead.

The dosing rule for the entire method. Working a migraine trigger point too hard doesn't just fail — it actively pushes the nervous system into the very states you're trying to leave, because force reads as threat. Every technique in the book runs on the lightest effective touch: slide the skin to the first sign of resistance, stop, wait for the sigh. "If I can give the body the right information with a soft touch at the right place, the body will balance itself." Safety is the input; the body does the work. More force is not more treatment.