Fight it, and it hurts like hell

Pain. Try to look the other way, pretend it’s not there, and it barks its head off. Try to make it go away, and you can’t get rid of it. Fight it, and it hurts like hell. Once you understand this, you relax.

Don’t try to stop or remove the symptoms. They only get worse when you try to stop them. You don’t need to make them right, but at least don’t make them wrong. Relax into them and go on breathing.

You know you’re resisting it because you’re not feeling it. The fastest (and most painless) way to get past this autonomic resistance is to breathe through it without trying to get rid of it. Open to the pain (or whatever the pattern of energy might be at the moment) and breathe through it. Breathe through it, but don’t push through it. Your breathing should flow.

Yogendra, Are You Breathing?