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\u2018I know that I need to make changes, but I just can\u2019t do it\u2019\nSound familiar? Damn right.\nWe all experience resistance to change.\nEveryday.\nSo why not try to work with it, rather than against it?\nIn this episode, I talk about different kinds of resistance and how to utilise the resistance to be a driving force for change.\nI also talk about understanding resistance and the different kinds of resistance that you may face.\nSometimes we face intuitive resistance \u2013 where we can\u2019t bring ourselves to do something, but then it turns out that NOT doing the thing was actually for the best.\nFor example, this year I was very resistant to organising workshops at the Centre for Shamanism. Now I\u2019m VERY glad that I didn\u2019t, because I would have had to cancel them all. \xa0That\u2019s intuition disguised as resistance & we all need to be able to tell the difference.\nBut if there\u2019s one thing we all need to know\u2026 it\u2019s that Resistance is real, affects us all & knowing Resistance is a skill you to develop. Like everything, it takes practice. There\u2019s no magic bullet!\nIn this podcast I talk about the process of knowing & releasing Resistance:\n\n Identifying\n\n Understanding\n\n Utilize\n\n Release\n\n\nIdentifying Forms of Resistance \u2013 this list will help you to identify the different type of resistance in your life:\n\n Believing you\u2019re not good enough\n\n Numbing with TV, alcohol, exercise, drama, concentrating on what everyone else is doing\n\n Getting uncontrollably angry (for example during a healing circle or at a therapist)\n\n Scepticism \u2013 \u2018you guys have no idea what you\u2019re talking about, this is a load of rubbish\u2019\n\n Avoidance of a potentially healing situation\n\n Projecting issues onto others \u2013 I\u2019m so angry at x person/self-consciousness/that person looks terrible in that outfit\n\n Avoiding group work\n\n Rejecting help\n\n Being the saviour, victim or perpetrator of your group\n\n Time management \u2013 I\u2019ve got so much to do and don\u2019t have time for spiritual work\n\n Counter-will \u2013 I\u2019m not doing that just because you said so \u2013 in fact, I\u2019m not doing it BECAUSE you said it! You can also experience counter-will from within yourself too.\n\n\nJourneys for this week\n\n Find a place in nature that you love. If that\u2019s not possible for you right now then use a house plant, your garden or go into NOR (Non- Ordinary Reality) to find a place for this work\n\n\nNature is a wonderful teacher and can help us to understand that everything is in its right place without hierarchy. I invite you to think of how your resistance manifests for you. Is it anger, jealousy, greed, numbing, being emotionally closed off, \u2013 the only way to work through resistance is to identify it, understand it & process/utilise it. Write down your thoughts and take them to your place in nature. Open your sacred space, be with your guides and then ask the Nature spirits to begin to shift your resistance. Give yourself over to the experience. Listen to the sounds in nature or listen to a track of nature sounds.\nTo deepen this work over time, continue to write a journal of your resistances and work with Nature. Remember to work compassionately with yourself and from a place of love.\nKnow that Resistance is your greatest teacher if you choose to look at it that way!\nDon\u2019t know how to Journey? No worries. I got you.\nYou can sign up for my free monthly live online introduction to Shamanism training here.