A Kind of Magick. Manifesting From Your Heart by Nils Klippstein - HTML preview
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Releasing the Resistance
Awareness of our fear is the first step. But when this deep, cellular resistance arises, as it will on the path to true freedom, it is important to know how to move through it.
This fear is not just a thought; it is a nervous vibration stored in the very memory of our cells. Therefore, the key lies in using the body to release what the mind cannot reason away. Here are some ways to work with these energies when it surfaces. However, follow your intuition and do whatever feels right in those moments:
- You could stand up and move. Allow your body to lead the way in releasing the energies of fear. You can shake intuitively – let your hands, arms, legs, and torso tremble and jiggle without control or thought. Alternatively, you can jump, focusing on pushing the energies down through the soles of your feet and back to Gaia. You could also imagine yourself leaping into your power. Or, you can free yourself through intuitive, ecstatic dance, allowing your own inner rhythm to flow through you and break the grip of fearful emotions. All of these practices will shake the stagnant energies loose from your field, and transmute them into momentum.
- Go for a brisk walk, ideally in nature. Feel your feet connecting firmly with the ground with each step. Breathe. Internally affirm: "I am here. I am grounded. I am capable." This practice anchors your nervous system and helps you to reclaim your physical space in the world.
- Your voice has the power to release trapped emotional energies. Find a private space where you feel safe to express yourself, and allow your body to make whatever sounds it needs to make. These could be deep moans from your stomach, long sighs, or even strong, releasing shouts. Don't judge the sound; focus on the sensation and feel the relief spreading through your body.
- Inhale slowly and deeply through your nose, gently filling your lungs to a slow mental count of nine. Then, exhale just as slowly and completely through your mouth or nose, counting to nine again. Keep the breath smooth and avoid straining. This practice physically calms the amygdala, the brain's fear centre, and activates the parasympathetic nervous system. This signals to your brain that you are safe and not under threat, directly counteracting the fight-or-flight stress response. The extended count forces your focus onto the rhythm of your breathing, pulling it away from the cycle of fearful thoughts and creating a powerful, calming anchor in the present moment.
- Return to the foundational practice of heart-centred breathing. Place a hand on your chest if it helps you focus. Breathe normally, imagining you are drawing pure LOVE directly into your heart centre with each inhalation. As you exhale, send that same LOVE out into your body and energy field. This conscious act fills your entire being with the primary substance of creation, gently dissolving the constricting energy of fear and reminding you that your true nature is strength, balance and safety.
- As fears are associated with the air element, you can call upon the other elements to restore your balance. Earth can ground you with its stable, steady presence. Water can help to release energies and let them flow instead of fighting them. Fire can transform fear into courageous action. And Ether (Spirit) can remind you of the vast, peaceful consciousness that exists beyond the temporary storms, reconnecting you with the bigger picture.
- You can also work directly with this fear using the Healer & Creator Energy Flow exercise. As you inhale, consciously draw the sensation up from within your body. As you exhale and lower your arms, visualise integrating these energies back into your being and accepting their presence without judgement. After several rounds of this practice of acknowledgement and acceptance, shift your focus. Now, with each inhalation, draw up feelings of innate courage and unshakable strength from your core. As you exhale, allow these qualities to fill your aura, cells and tissues.
When you feel this fear, don't try to think your way out of it. Work through it. By releasing the physical vibration, you are signalling to every cell in your body that it is safe to embrace your full potential. You are transmuting its energy into fuel for your liberation.
Awakening is not a linear ascension, but rather a series of waves. Each phase of intense sensation, tingling nervousness or surreal 'weirdness' will reach a certain height and then eventually calm down. The key is finding a way to hold space for the intensity without resisting it, trusting that just as the wave arose, it will also pass, leaving you in a new and more balanced state.
The greatest kind of magick is hidden in the mundane, when we practise it with a conscious heart. Using our authentic power rarely involves dramatic acts like those seen in superhero movies. More often, it looks like lovingly cooking a meal for our tribe, holding space for a friend without judgment, or sharing our vulnerable truth. By focusing on the here and now, we ground and stabilise our energies. It is through these simple, grounding acts of deep presence and care that we truly change the world. The larger, collective shifts happen automatically as ripple effects from this embodied peace in the collective consciousness.