Resolving Resistance and Fear

It is the energetic breathing Bradley introduces around the sixteen-minute mark to circulate the old energy you have just met. You practise it for as long as feels right, and if it doesn't feel restorative you simply stay with ordinary breathing. After it, you slow down, pause at the top of a breath and let new light settle where the old energy was.

The opening breaths switch between in through the nose or mouth and out through the nose or mouth. Along the way you are invited to let go of tension, pull your energy back to you, ground and grow roots, and take your deepest breath of the day. It prepares the body, so that the later scan has a settled place to start from.

After scanning for an area where energy isn't flowing freely, you notice a colour there and move closer with each breath, as if swimming toward a light. You eventually arrive at the centre of that cell, where all you see is that colour. From there you let a feeling or emotion surface.

You ask what words it keeps repeating, where that untruth came from, and what moment it was planted. Then you ask what belief it carries, whether holding it still serves you, what lesson you can take, and whether you are ready to release it. Each is followed by an exhale, often a sigh of relief.

You fill the cleared space with a slow, deep breath of pure light, then ask what you are choosing to create now. A long stretch of quiet follows so you can feel that and imagine it at your own pace. Afterwards you return to the area, give thanks for what your pain taught you, and are encouraged to come back to the practice often.

Bradley suggests treating discomfort in your body as a way it communicates with you. When resistance comes up, take a moment to listen and clear it then, rather than waiting. He also reminds you that you can create this spaciousness any time by drawing your energy back in with deep breaths.