Let’s talk resistance…
Resistance has been a recurring theme over the last few weeks and it’s one which has cropped up throughout the year among all of us I believe.
Resistance arises when we make a move out of comfort into something new, unfamiliar, challenging or which takes more courage than we're feeling. Often when we are feeling overwhelmed by all the goings-on, external and internal, we struggle to contemplate fitting in the things we need to do and the things we need, the two being entirely different.
What we resist is often the exact thing which will help us feel good. When feeling anxious and overwhelmed we crave the gaps between the to-dos yet still somehow avoid the feel-good gaps.
I'm not talking about the resistance you feel to politics or that football match on in the background. I'm talking avoiding calling a friend, the one who will see right through you're, "I'm fine". It's skipping your walk, run or yoga, because, heaven forbid, it might shift you out of the comforting slump you're stuck in. Resisting the feel-good is us resisting the feels, the good, the not-so and the uncomfortable.
I call it a 'comforting slump' because it's familiar, it will likely be more familiar to you than whatever activity you're choosing to avoid. There's this idea of nothingness which draws us in and holds us in the slump; nothing to do but zone-out, sound right? Truth is, that slump likes to make friends with that overactive mind of yours and before you know it along comes the sh*tty committee with their guilt and criticism.
I'll be honest with you, rest is the best thing ever! Fact. We all one-million percent need more of it, but I invite you to notice your resistance next time it creeps up and ask yourself honestly, are you avoiding something that might actually make you feel better? I’ve asked myself this so many times in the last few weeks and I don't always fight the resistance sometimes I simply let myself feel into it, where it shows up and how.
I'll never invite you to try anything which feels scary or which I haven't invited myself to try, time and time again. As I write this I'm so aware of the irony that this journal entry has been in my mind since July, now that's resistance, my friends!
Wishing you a great week, one of ease and goodness.
Bx