Release Resistance And Flow Like Water

This beautiful practice will help you feel a sense of comfort around situations you are struggling with. When we want things to be different from the way they are, we all become frustrated and resist, causing suffering. By being more like water, we invite flow and ease. By being more like water, we trust the universe.

With love.

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Transcript

Hi I'm Nami and welcome to this practice Now so much of what plagues us,

Keeps us awake at night,

Makes us feel tight,

Tense and frustrated is resistance It's resistance to life and circumstances as they are It's wanting things to be a certain way and wanting things to be and go the way that we would like them to There's a wisdom to going with the flow,

Cultivating the ability to let things flow So in today's practice we're going to just spend some time exploring that and inviting that into our lives And with practice and over time we're just able to accept things to a greater extent Allow things to flow,

Trust that things will flow in the right direction,

In a positive direction for us And invite greater ease into our lives So let's start by finding a comfortable position Ideally for this practice we want a strong spine and a soft belly So we want to be sitting somewhere where we're in a dignified comfortable position We feel well supported by our spine But we're also able to invite deep breaths into our belly because there's a softness there So firm,

Strong at the back and soft at the front of the body And then we want to arrive so noticing the weight of the body against the surface that we're resting on Noticing gravity pull us down Ground us Arriving Just turning the attention to the breath,

Just noticing You might notice the breath where it enters and leaves the body at the nose or the mouth Not trying to change anything,

Just noticing You might notice the breath in the chest or the belly,

A gentle rise and fall there Just notice And then gently taking the attention,

The awareness to the body Starting perhaps with the head and the forehead Allowing the brow to soften Allowing the eyes to soften The jaw Feeling the shoulders from the inside out And then allowing them just to relax Fall away from the ears Feeling supported by the spine and the big strong back muscles Feeling a softness in the belly And then allowing the breath to enter into a softening belly And then just reflecting on why you're here,

What's the intention Why are you sitting here right now?

What brought you to this practice?

Just seeing what comes up for you Knowing that as we practice the mind will wonder And knowing that when you notice the mind has wondered,

That's a magic moment in the practice,

It's a moment of awareness And just gently calling the mind back You can either use the sensation of the breath in the body,

My voice The feelings in a certain part of the body like the hands or the feet Just use the present moment and come back to the present moment whenever your mind wonders,

Gently As we sit here visualizing bringing to mind a shower And yourself in a shower Watching the drops of water on the tiles Slowly moving down the tiles The drops of water move down the tiles in the shower with ease And as the drops of water move down the tiles,

They move in slightly where there are gaps between tiles And they move over the grout,

They move easily over smooth tiles Sometimes drops of water come together But there's an ease there The water just flows The drops of water move down the tiles in the shower with ease And in a sense we could do with being a bit more like water Flowing,

Allowing Perhaps if you feel comfortable doing so,

Bringing to mind a situation where you feel some resistance And where you feel like things aren't going the way you'd like them to And it could be anything,

It could be in relationship,

In relation to work Could be a financial circumstance,

A project you're working on But something that's not extremely stressful And just something that you wish was going a different way So just bringing that scenario,

That situation to mind and noticing how it makes you feel You might feel a tightness in the face,

In the jaw You might feel something in your gut,

In your belly Just notice And just consider what it might be to allow this situation To let go,

To be like water To flow freely Over bumps and crevices,

But just to keep moving And not try and fight it What would it mean for you to allow this situation just to flow?

To release any control,

Resistance,

Opposition And just noticing whether when you think about releasing the situation and allowing it to flow Whether there's anything holding you back in your body And just tell me whether you still feel a tightness and a resistance to that idea Whether there's anywhere you're holding on And if there is,

Can you let that go,

Just in this moment And just allow the situation to flow in this moment Releasing any physical tension,

Tightness or holding on And just sense how that feels for you Again,

If the mind wanders,

Just gently bringing it back Releasing the scenario,

The visualization now And just allowing the following words to wash over you I release my control Instead of trying to force things to go a certain way I trust the universe is working on my behalf I know that everything in life has its own time,

Place and pace And I allow all to be as it is I let go I release my control Instead of trying to force things to go a certain way I trust the universe is working on my behalf I see everything in life has its own time,

Place and pace And I allow all to be as it is I let go And one more time I release my control Instead of trying to force things to go a certain way I trust the universe is working on my behalf I see everything in life has its own time,

Place and pace And I allow all to be as it is I let go And just sit with those words for a moment Before gently coming back to the space,

Coming back to your body Feeling the weight of your body against the surface you're resting on Sensing the temperature in the room,

Any sounds or smells And gently opening your eyes when you feel ready Now this is a practice that we need to cultivate And return to over time,

So please feel free to come back to this practice Whenever you feel yourself struggling with resistance And the inability to accept things as they are Just come back to the practice when you feel like it might be useful To invite flow,

Ease,

Surrender and acceptance into your life And take care

Reviews

A favorite- really helps me as I’m navigating health issues and their impact on my ability to make money or take care of myself. Hard not to want to control, but it’s literally out of my hands, and letting it flow is the only option. My perception is the only thing I can change.

I love the ease and flow of the water and your gentle voice. Do you follow the Tao?

This is now my second meditation of the day. Thank you Naami.

I needed that. Ugly crying and everything. Appreciate the ending

I really love your meditations and grateful to have “ found “ you ! Thank you !

Thank you, thank you, thank you and Happy Holidays!🙏🏼🧘🏻‍♀️🪷

I allow things to be as they are 🔥. I will come back to his often. Thank you.

Lovely way to introduce flow into your life! Her voice is so soothing. Thank you and namaste 🙏🏾

A gentle support for the strong force of resistance.

Thanks so much, Naami. That was great. The sound of the water really helped too. I’ll definitely be returning to this. Hope you have a great day 🙏🏼

I love this so much! I've been talking to myself a lot in the shower lately, to let go of any stress in my day and this is going to be perfect for me to use! 💜🧘‍♀️🙏🏼

Thank You Very Much. A little weight seems to be eased of my being. Will surely be back.

Nice, soothing voice to support acceptance and surrender thank you 🌺🌞🌺🌞🌺🌞

Wonderful, I loved the visualization of the water drops in the shower. Thank you 🙏

Beautiful and exactly what I needed! Thank you so much 💖

Thank you. Beautiful and effective at helping me accept.

Thank you, that was so very helpful. 💟🌼 Lovely!💙

I want to release any and all resistance. Thank you.🙏🏾

Great. Helped me to look at things a different way

Lovely gentle reminder and practice thank you 🙏
Very calming. I’m in Portugal, saw that Portuguese is another language you speak and took it as a sign to listen to you ✨
Take care 💕

I have really grown to enjoy releasing control these days, it is such a peaceful and freeing skill, thank you for reiterating the practice in this meditation. 🧘🏽‍♀️🌸