What Are You Resisting?

Resistance often appears quietly. It can sound like, "This shouldn't be happening," or, "I'll be okay when this changes."

Rather than asking you to overcome resistance, this contemplation invites you to become curious about it. Through gentle awareness and unhurried presence, you'll discover what becomes possible when you stop struggling with your experience and begin listening to what your resistance may be trying to protect.

Recommended if you're feeling frustrated, emotionally reactive, resistant to what life is asking of you, or simply wanting to meet yourself with greater compassion.

Transcript

Welcome. I am Luisa Rivera. I'm glad you're here. This is an Ever-Rise Contemplation. What are you resisting? Let's begin by meeting this moment together. There's nothing you need to accomplish here. Nothing to solve. Nothing to become. Simply arrive. Notice your breathing. Without changing it. Feel where your body needs to share the floor or whatever is supporting you. Become aware of the sounds around you. Allow them to come and go. Recognize that you are ready here. Resistance. Isn't always loud. Sometimes. It's so quiet, We barely recognize it. It can sound like this shouldn't be happening. Or I'll feel better once this changes. Or simply, I don't want this. Resistance is a very human response. We all experience it. The invitation. Isn't to make it disappear. The invitation. Is simply to notice it. Often, The hardest part isn't what we're experiencing. It's our quiet insistence. That it should be different. As you continue breathing. Notice whatever is here. It might feel comfortable. It may not. Or maybe. . . Nothing stands out right now. Whatever is here, Become curious. Is there any resistance? Not to judge it. Not to remove it. Simply to notice. If you discovered resistance. Stay curious. What might your resistance be trying to protect? What would happen if you stayed for one more breath? You do not have to find an answer. Stay with the question. Sometimes. Our resistance softens. Sometimes it doesn't. One is not success. The other is not failure. The practice is becoming aware. Because what we can gently notice. Begins to lose its need to hide. As you move through the coming week. Notice what moment. When something inside you says. This shouldn't be happening. Pause. Take one breath. And ask yourself. What happens? When I become curious. About my resistance. Don't rush to answer. Stay curious. Until next time.