Day 6: Play with Resistance

Welcome to Day 6 of the Align + Flow Challenge.

Did you make an ask yesterday to access someone else’s energetic resources? If so, celebrate yourself heartily. You just took a small but profound step towards breaking the harmful myth that we should all aspire to be entirely self-sufficient and independent for success. 

However this challenge is going for you so far, I bet you have been coming up against some kind of mental, physical or emotional resistance to the Daily Alignment Practice, some of my ideas, or the assignments. And that’s perfect! Because it’s precisely what we are exploring today as The Fifth Foundation of Flow: playing with resistance.

Resistance to meeting expectations is part and parcel of life as a human being, it’s not your own personal weakness. Yet, in our world, there are two common approaches to dealing with it: 1) crush it, or 2) hide and self-attack.

In the 5th Foundation of Flow, we choose a third way.

Today’s challenge assignment:

From now on, you’re going to add a 3rd question to your Daily Alignment Practice.

“Where am I feeling resistance today? How can I honour it in even a small way?”

Consider something on your to-do list you’re experiencing resistance against right now, even if it’s this Align + Flow challenge. Get CURIOUS.

Use the 5 questions as explained in the video lesson to see if you unblock something.

1. Is there a better way I can do this? (Imagination over effort)

2. Is this even for me to do? (Question excessive work and obligations)

3. Is this for me to do alone? (Asking for support)

4. Is the timing right? (Energy alignment)

5. Am I missing information? (Seek resources)

In every expression of resistance, there's a really valuable message behind it. In order to decode the message, we have to be willing to play.