3M Meditation - Releasing Resistance - 6-24-2024

The speaker starts by acknowledging technical difficulties before discussing the topic of resistance. They lead a meditation session focused on releasing resistance in the body and mind. They explain that resistance is a natural response to change and can be explored to gain insight into personal limitations. By acknowledging resistance and grounding it out, one can create space for growth and align with their goals. The speaker encourages self-reflection and journaling to uncover and address resistance. The session concludes with a gradual return to awareness. Okay, I cannot hear either one of you, bear with me. Okay, I cannot hear either one of you, bear with me. Okay, I cannot hear either one of you, bear with me. Okay, I can hear you, can you hear me too? And you can hear me. All right, all right, oh my God, it's like when I disconnect my AirPods to my phone, and then also disconnect my microphone. It's like a trip. Good morning. How are you today. Happy Monday right and happy summer I really enjoyed that kind of the weather, even though it was stormy yesterday and the day before, but still, I do enjoy the worms like a lot. So that's. I didn't notice it because there were so many clouds. But you know on an energetic level I think that was quite prominent I want to say. All right, let's dive into it today I was just contemplating this morning and I thought, resistance is a really good topic to work our energies out upon today to anything comes up a lot in my own comes a lot, you know, in a lot of people that I work with. So, it's like resistance is always a good topic. And it's not only that it is to, you know, what we, the obvious but rather, you know, comes in to the hidden little places, or from. All right, so let's go ahead and I will start recording. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to our magic Monday morning meditation. We are today. Looking at the energy of persistence, just around what we're resisting out of which places that comes where we can find it in our bodies and allow ourselves to move that I would release it. So we have a really great start to the week have a very grounded week. And that's always a good idea so let's dive right into it. Have some fun with it, and I'm out there and looking all shiny and sparkly. With that said, you can go ahead and start to close your eyes. And notice that even when you're starting to close your eyes, how the body starts to relax. Have you come more into a quiet space. Yourself to be more present. You can start to focus on your breath. And just noticing how deep your breath might be or how shallow your breath might be. You may notice that it's hard to focus on the breath even. Just even coming to that quiet place of not thinking about anything else. Not worrying about your to do list for later in the day. And we're here in the northeastern US, we are in full swing with our kids being home for summer. It's warm and humid outside. If you notice that you're having a lot in your head, on your mind, the things that you need to do. Allow yourself to just become aware. Notice that you have created the space by meditating potentially more often. Step into that quiet space where your breath becomes deeper. Where your nervous system starts to settle down. Where your muscles get to relax. And you can enhance that by giving yourself a grounding. Giving your body a tool to connect with the earth. You can do that right from your root chakra down through all the layers of the earth. All the way into the middle of the earth. And then just starting to release anything in your body that restricts you. Where you hold tension, potentially even pain, physical or emotional. And just let it melt away like butter in the sun. Creating a safe sanctuary for your body and your nervous system. And a place for your spirit to safely come into your body. And step into its full power. And as you're doing that you may notice that there are places within you that resist that. And resistance might not show up in a really big way. It might be this little thing or an inkling of fear. Or just the tightening of your muscles. It might show up as your inner critic. Can't do that. This is too big for you. Who do you think you are? So just notice what comes into that space of you expanding, releasing. And you may notice that it pops up in different parts of your body. It might show up as a color. It might show up as a feeling or thoughts. And you can allow yourself to ground that out of your body. Whatever you notice, you can let that go down through your grounding. So you create more space within you. And sometimes we even may have resistance to the resistance. We resist looking at the places where we resist. And then a whole lot of energy gets trapped within us. And just follow your body's responses as you're starting to shine some light on some of the places within you that are not in flow, that are holding on tight. Maybe you notice there is something that you would like to do for yourself. Create more space or clear communication. Or maybe you would like to facilitate more personal growth. But you run into limitations that say it's not worth it. You're not going to be able to make it. And just see how they correspond in your body. You may notice where they are coming from. Maybe those are patterns that you've seen other people in your life that are close to you. They use them because they couldn't do it in another way. Maybe you've adapted to situations throughout your life that created those limitations as well. Start shining some light onto what your inner critic really likes to get a kick out of. Telling your beautiful self all the things that you're not good at, that you're not going to be able to pull off. And just kindly ask it to take a seat on the side for just a moment. You don't necessarily have to kick your inner critic out. I'd rather accept the fact that they're there. For a really long time they had a job to do to keep you safe maybe. But now they keep getting in your way, so you can ask it to just have a seat on the sideline. If you're wanting to take this a step further, you can even ask your inner critic to take a walk outside. Have a seat outside in the beautiful weather, maybe in the sun. Just to give it a space where you don't get threatened by having to let it go completely right now. Sometimes that is overwhelming to our nervous system. By all means, if you're ready to let it go, go for it. Check in with your own body and with your own nervous system to see what feels right for you at this time. And if you're going down memory lane and you're thinking about all the instances and stories in your head about where your inner critic took over, you can just come back and focus on your breath for a moment. Breathe into all the parts of your body that might have tightened up. Notice how you breathe in through your nose, how your belly extends on that. And when you exhale, you can let go of anything and everything that holds you back. Resistance is a tricky thing. As humans, we really don't like change too much. It's scary because it's new. We don't know what's coming. We have an active mind that can show us any possible scenario and outcome. Naturally, change is scary. If you're wanting to make big changes, you might notice there is a lot of resistance to it. And just noticing allows you already to become aware. And not make resistance the outcast, but rather something to give you a lot of information. And information in regards to your body, to your nervous system, how fast can you move. Maybe you need to slow down. Maybe you need to just allow yourself to have some space and look at all the fears. So they have the space to be there and to be said hello to, acknowledged. They're not this big, stark, lingering thing. And as you're doing that, you may notice your body starts to relax. Because you give yourself the space to look at everything. You're not following down the road of fear-mongering your mind and your inner critic likes to do, but rather from your mind's eye, allowing yourself to take a look. And acknowledge that any time change is happening, it's uncomfortable. You can ground out fear, stress, overwhelm, resistance itself. And just take a moment to sit in quiet and notice how your body responds to that. Notice how your space might become lighter as you're pulling out all the things that are not in alignment with you, that are not moving you forward. Things that may be so old and so familiar. And when you look at it from your mind's eye, you notice how they are not in alignment with yourself today anymore. Allow yourself to notice the difference. And you recognize what's the driving force behind the resistance. That it's not just you procrastinating, not just you being frozen and not good enough and not fast enough. It is maybe a really old pattern that is ready to go. You may notice that your body starts to relax even deeper as you're breathing into that. You may notice there's more space within you. You may also notice there is excitement. Just allow that to be there, let it bubble up. And as you're releasing all of that, you can go ahead and imagine one thing, one goal, one something that is really dear to your heart. And notice if any resistance comes up around that. And very specifically, you can start to ground that out around that. And as you're doing so with every breath, you can notice how it becomes more vibrant, more in alignment with you. How it steps outside of all your patterns and limitations that you sometimes put on yourself. You may notice that there is the feeling of a possibility. Notice your heart space. It might just start to vibrate at the same vibration, that's the goal you're looking at as you're grounding out everything that's holding you back. And just allow yourself for a moment to be there. Take it all in. Notice how with every breath, you're able to relax more into it. And throughout this week, you can keep coming back to that. Keep coming back to that goal that you just imagined for yourself, that is really near and dear to your heart. You can journal around it, see what comes up. You may notice the places where you resisted, why you resisted. And maybe it's not your regular thought, or maybe it's not something really big, maybe it is the little small steps that keep you from really having it. Be your own inner investigator without judgment. A spectator who just observes. And with that being said, you can slowly but surely come back out of meditation. You can move your body a little bit to come back into present time. And I hope you all have a wonderful week. See you next week. Thank you for being there with me. I appreciate you, and I hope you have a really nice week. Bye. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .