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Beautiful community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope this love note finds you cozy and feeling loved up.  I want to share with you a little of what I\u2019ve been processing, in hopes that you can find tiny bits you might relate to and feel nourished by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year I have experienced a lot of inner resistance.  The kind of resistance I thought I had worked through years ago!  Do you know that feeling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to remind myself that our bodies are crazy amazing.  We are a walking library of everything we have ever experienced and we can never fully predict when aspect will bubble\/rebubble up to the surface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes the timing of what comes up can seem inconvenient and we might automatically resist it.  Resistance is that state of rejecting some part of our reality, a contraction against some part of our experience.  However,  it\u2019s ok to resist things, and there is so much we can learn from our resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes when we feel some kind of resistance, we slather on another layer of resistance on top of the original resistance.\u00a0 This creates a kind of double armor in an attempt to secure a kind of safety from discomfort. \u00a0 However, instead of safety, this creates a double contraction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When resistance shows up, if we can melt a little instead of contract, like softening into the pungent flavors of what\u2019s showing up, then, the information that\u2019s held there, can be digested.\u00a0 It passes.\u00a0 It not only passes, but it transforms us from within, we grow from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a little video where I share some of my thoughts on the wonderful alchemy of getting into the pond with our resistance.\u00a0 This video snippet is from my online workshop, \u201cSlow Motion Potion<\/a>\u201d, a 9-hour practice journey through the art of slowing down on and off the mat.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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