Letting Go of Tension {Surrendering to Resistence}

"It is the quality of your consciousness at this moment that is the main determinant of what kind of future you will experience. So to surrender is the most important thing you can do to bring about positive change. Any action you take is secondary. No truly positive action can arise out of an unsurrendered state of consciousness...Start by acknowledging that there is resistance. Be there when it happens, when the resistance arises. Observe how your mind creates it. By witnessing the resistance, you will see that it serves no purpose."

Eckhart Tolle
The Power of Now

Noticing is a change in consciousness. You step back from your usual way of trying to understand what's going on and instead choose witnessing over trying to fix things. As you become better acquainted with how your habitual patterns of excess tension and overdoing come into being, you begin to understand how to prevent them from occurring by simply making the decision, moment by moment, to be aware of the possibility of freedom and ease and let go of trying to control.