Put the candle in front of you, and watch the flame for a bit. If it flickers too much, see if you have a window or door open, it'll mess up the game.
There are at least three different ways you can do this exercise. You can work with your hands and use the mini-chakras in your palms, or you can try to influence the flame with your mind, or you can direct energy at it in any other way you like. Personally, I like doing this with hands.
Hold a hand up to the candle and move it around slowly. You'll see that the flame will move as your hand moves: it'll be pulled toward your palm and follow it around.
You can try holding a hand on either side of the flame, and hold a tug of war between them (I've found that the left hand tends to push away the flame, whereas the right hand pulls it in). You can also hold only one hand up and not move it at all, and watch what the flame does. Then consciously send energy through your hand at the flame, and watch it react.
When I tried it last week, it looked something like this. The flame was holding perfectly still when I just let my hand sit there, but would bend towards my palm as soon as I started sending energy at it. With a little practise, you can probably get it to bend even further than 45 degrees.
Try it! There are lots of different things you can experiment with in this setting, I'd love to hear which ones you discovered!
