If You Resist Daily Meditation, Listen To This

We often believe that to start a daily practice, we need to wait for our inner resistance to disappear. But resistance is a natural part of being human. In this talk, we explore how to work with the part of you that wants to stay comfortable, and the tiny spark of you that is curious about what’s possible. By learning to listen to that small, quiet voice of interest rather than fighting the loud ego, you find the ease to show up for yourself every single day.

Transcript

I've taught thousands of people to meditate and when people first start meditating with me,

They say,

No,

I can't meditate each day because I'll resist it.

There's a part of me that won't want to.

And what I say in those situations is there's also a part of you that will be curious about what happens if you meditate each day.

99% of you can totally resist meditation.

And if there's that 1% that wants to know what your life will be like if you do meditate each day,

Even if it's a small 1%,

You can listen to that part of you and you can meditate each day.

And the same goes for any willpower challenge.

There will always be a part of you that doesn't want to do it.

And there might be a small,

Tiny part of you that does want to do it,

Or that does have energy for it,

Or that does have curiosity about the result and sees the bigger picture.

Listen to that small part of you and good luck.