Incarnum - grappler Monk(!) questions

[MerricB]

1. Bonus Essentia feat - if your character already have the feat Shape Soulmeld, you should get 2 essentia from this, right? Even if you have no other meldshaping abilities?

Yes. (I find this unclear as well...)

2. Open Least Chakra - Do this actually give one chakra bind, and not only just access to a chakra when you already have a bind (from a meldshaping class) ? Specifically, if I have a meld solely from Shape Soulmeld, could I use this feat to be able to bind it?

Yes. The open chakra feats increase your bind limit - there'd be little point otherwise.

Cheers!