How to Practice Releasing Resistance to Manifest Your Desires

Are you working with the law of attraction but finding that your manifesting efforts aren’t getting you the results you want? Do you sometimes feel like you're pushing rather than attracting and allowing what you desire? If so, you might be experiencing resistance—one of the challenges to successful manifesting.

When you understand how to identify and release resistance, you create space for the law of attraction to work more effortlessly in your life. This law of attraction guide will help you recognize when you're in resistance and provide practical tools to shift into a more receptive, aligned state for manifesting your desires.

What Is Resistance in Manifesting and the Law of Attraction?

In the context of conscious creation and manifesting, resistance refers to any internal opposition or struggle that restricts the natural flow of your creative power. It can show up as emotions of doubt, worry, frustration, or disbelief.

Resistance shows up when you're trying too hard to make something happen instead of allowing it to unfold naturally. It manifests as:

• Anxious thoughts about whether your desires will come to fruition

• Feelings of urgency around your manifestations

• Physical tension in your body when thinking about what you want

• Negative self-talk or limiting beliefs about your worthiness

• Obsessive monitoring of whether your manifestations are "working"

• Forcing actions from a place of fear rather than inspiration

When you're in resistance, recognizing it’s an opportunity to create more internal alignment and congruence can help you work with the law of attraction. In order to send clear signals to the universe cleaning up internal resistance can help you broadcast or emit a clear vibration.

Assessing Your Resistance: Key Questions to Ask Yourself

To effectively work with the law of attraction, developing awareness of when you're in resistance is valuable. Try using these questions to assess your current state around your manifesting desires:

About Your Mindset:

• When you think about your desired manifestation, do you feel excited and open, or tense and worried?

• Are your thoughts predominantly focused on what you want, or on the absence of what you want?

• Do you catch yourself thinking "What if it doesn't work?" or "I need this to happen now"?

• Are you constantly checking for signs that your manifestation is coming?

About Your Emotions:

• Do you feel at peace with the timing of your manifestation? Where are your emotions on the emotional guidance scale?

• When you visualize your desire, do you feel joy and gratitude?

• Are you experiencing emotions that create tension around your manifesting goals?

About Your Actions:

• Are you taking inspired action that feels good?

• Do you feel like you're trying too hard to make things happen?

• Are you micromanaging the "how" of your manifestation instead of focusing on the "what" and "why"?

About Your Body:

• Do you notice physical tension, tight breathing, or stress when focusing on your desires?

• Does your body feel relaxed and open when you think about your manifestation, or contracted and tense?

If you answered "yes" to several of these resistance indicators, don't worry—awareness is the first step toward alignment.

In my book Anything You Want I list a set of states that reflect openness and receptivity or resistance. For more in-depth guidance on how to manifest from a place of empowerment, I recommend getting a copy of my book.

How to Relax into Receptive States for Better Manifesting

The key to working effectively with the law of attraction is shifting from resistance into receptivity. Any area of your life where you're carrying an emotional tone and mental narrative of “I can’t do this” or “it's not going to work" or "this is too difficult" is an area you can release on. Conscious releasing practices can help you relax into alignment. 

Here are some proven methods you can practice to consciously release resistance:

Meditation for Manifesting Alignment

Regular meditation helps to create inner quiet. Try this simple practice:

• Set aside 10-20 minutes daily for quiet reflection

• Focus on your breath and allow thoughts to come and go without judgment

• When you feel centered, gently bring your desired manifestation to mind

• Notice any tension or resistance that arises, then breathe into those areas

• End by feeling grateful for what's already flowing into your life

Releasing Resistance with a Journaling Practice

Writing helps you process and release resistant thoughts and emotions:

• Resistance Release: Write about your questions and concerns around your manifestations, then consciously choose to release negative emotions. 

• Gratitude Practice: Daily gratitude writing raises your vibration and aligns you with abundance

• Future Self Journaling: Write from the perspective of already having what you desire, focusing on how it feels

You can leverage the power of structured journaling with my annual Manifestation Journal and Planner that includes prompts to help you stay aligned and moving forward.

Emotional Awareness and Processing

Your emotions are valuable indicators of your alignment with the law of attraction. Here are a few practices that can help you regulate your emotions:

• Emotion Check-ins: Throughout the day, pause and ask "How am I feeling right now?"

• Feeling Improvement: When you notice resistant emotions, gently reach for thoughts that feel slightly better

• Body Scanning: Notice where you hold tension and breathe healing energy into those areas

• Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): Use tapping to release specific resistant emotions and limiting beliefs

Visualization and Energy Work

• Relaxed Visualization: Instead of forcing detailed visualizations, practice feeling into the essence of your desires

• Energy Clearing: Imagine breathing light into areas of tension or resistance

• Chakra Balancing: Visualize your chakras (energy centers) open and flowing freely, and try these chakra affirmations to support healing and balancing your chakras.

• Grounding Practices: Connect with nature to restore balance and receptivity

Lifestyle Practices for Ongoing Vibrational Alignment

Releasing resistance and staying vibrationally aligned are speaking to the same internal process. There are valuable practices that can help you maintain ongoing vibrational alignment, here are a few of them:

• Breathwork: Practice deep, conscious breathing to release tension and center yourself

• Movement: Gentle yoga, walking, or dancing helps move stagnant energy

• Sound Healing: Use music, singing bowls, or chanting to shift your vibrational state

• Nature Connection: Spend time outdoors to naturally reset your energy

• Adequate Rest: Ensure you're getting enough sleep, as sleep helps you naturally release resistance

Creating Your Daily Practice

To maintain alignment with the law of attraction, establish a consistent daily practice that includes:

1. Morning Alignment (10-15 minutes): Meditation or quiet reflection to set your intention for the day

2. Midday Check-in (2-3 minutes): Brief emotional awareness practice to notice and adjust your state

3. Evening Release (10-15 minutes): Journaling or energy clearing to release any accumulated resistance

Releasing Resistance on a Specific Situation

If you have a specific situation that is creating stress, you can try using the following releasing prompts to return to more empowered internal states:

While focusing on the situation, ask yourself questions like:

• "Do I acknowledge and recognize that this is resistance?"

• "Can I let go of this internal resistance?"

• "Can I let go of the interpretations or internal narratives I've been creating and holding onto on this subject?"

• "Am I willing to let go of this resistance?"

• "Can I let go of these emotions for the next 60 seconds?"

• "Can I allow myself to experience more ease in this area?"

• "Can I let go even more now?"

You can cycle through the questions until you feel the release in mind and body. 

Remember, the goal isn't to never experience resistance—it's to recognize it quickly and have tools to return to alignment. The more you practice releasing resistance, the more naturally you'll flow with the law of attraction, making your manifesting efforts feel effortless and enjoyable.

When you're relaxed and receptive, you become a magnet for your desires. You stop pushing and start allowing, creating space for the universe to deliver what you've been asking for in ways that meet and exceed your expectations.

About Kidest OM

Kidest OM is an author, teacher, and educator guiding individuals through personal development and consciousness evolution. As a futurist and co-creator, she offers insightful perspectives and practical tools for manifestation and cultural evolution. Her books include "Manifesting Health & Longevity: New Realities from Quantum Biological Human Beings" and "Nothing in the Way: Clearing the Paths to Success & Fulfilment" which are available globally in eBook, print, and audiobook on her website and through online book retailers. You can also find more inspiration and motivation from Kidest on her blog and social media channels.