Manifesting Is the Verb. Manifestation Is the Result.

Manifesting vs. Manifestation: How to Anchor Your Desires and Clear the Blocks to Abundance

You’ve probably heard the words manifesting and manifestation tossed around in spiritual and self-help spaces like glitter in a craft room — sparkly, exciting, but sometimes a little messy if you don’t know what you're doing with them. While they’re often used interchangeably, there’s a distinct difference between the two. Understanding that difference can make or break your ability to call in what you desire.

Let’s clear it up — and then I’ll show you how to anchor your wishes into your now, plus the one hidden block that almost always sabotages abundance: unprocessed pain.

Manifesting Is the Verb. Manifestation Is the Result.

Think of manifesting as the process — it’s the conscious choice to align your thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and actions with a desired outcome.

You're manifesting when you:

• Set a clear intention.

• Visualize what you want.

• Say affirmations.

• Take aligned action.

• Work with energy, mindset, and belief systems.

  
  

Meanwhile, manifestation is the thing that arrives — the evidence that your internal alignment worked. It’s the dream job, the partner, the money in your bank account, the healed relationship, the perfect opportunity.

Manifesting = the doing. Manifestation = the being/having.

You can manifest daily. That doesn’t mean everything will instantly manifest. That’s where patience, energy, and embodiment come in.

Hack 1: Anchor Your Desires in the Now

The biggest trap people fall into is keeping their desires stuck in the future. The language usually sounds like:

"One day I’ll have a thriving business."

"Soon I’ll meet my soulmate."

"Hopefully this year, I’ll get that promotion."

But guess what? The universe responds to now energy, not someday energy.

Here’s how to anchor your wishes into your present reality:

🌀 Try This: The As If Practice

Pick one thing you’re manifesting — let’s say financial abundance.

Now ask: If that were already true, how would I feel today? What would I do differently? What would I believe about myself?

Maybe you’d:

• Wear your nice perfume, just because.

• Tip a little extra.

• Open your bills without stress.

• Track your finances with confidence.

• Say no to things that deplete you.

  
  

Do one of those things today. Live it as if. When you act in alignment with the belief that it’s already done, you signal to the universe that you’re ready to receive instead of chase.

Hack 2: Emotional Rehearsal — Train Your Nervous System to Receive

Your body holds your past experiences. If you’ve spent years in survival mode, your nervous system may not feel safe receiving abundance, even if your mind wants it.

Try this 3-minute technique daily:

💓 Emotional Rehearsal

1. Close your eyes.

2. Picture your manifestation already here.

3. Feel the joy, peace, safety, or excitement as if it’s real.

4. Stay with the feeling for at least 60 seconds.

5. Anchor it with a physical gesture — place your hand on your heart, press two fingers together, or smile intentionally.

   
   

Over time, your body starts to believe that this new state is familiar, safe, and sustainable. And when your body is on board? Manifestation comes much faster.

Why Old Pain Muffles the Magic

This is the shadow side no one wants to talk about when it comes to manifestation:

You can’t manifest freedom while clinging to the chains.

Here’s the energetic truth: holding onto old pain, betrayal, bitterness, and fear will always dull your manifesting power. Why?

Because those energies send a message that you don’t fully trust the universe, yourself, or others.

You can say affirmations until you're blue in the face, but if you're still angry at your ex, bitter about being overlooked, or replaying old stories of not being enough, you're sending out mixed signals.

Imagine trying to call in a loving partner while still rehearsing old wounds like:

"All the good ones are taken."

"I always get hurt."

"I’m too much / not enough."

These internal narratives act like static interference on your abundance frequency.

You Always Get to Choose: Let Go or Sabotage

Let’s not sugarcoat it: letting go is uncomfortable.

It might mean grieving something you never got. Forgiving someone who never said sorry. Releasing a story that made you feel safe, even though it also made you feel stuck.

But here’s the power: letting go creates space.

And manifestation needs space to land.

So you get to choose:

• Keep rehearsing old wounds and unknowingly block your desires.

• Or gently, deliberately, and compassionately let go... and make room for miracles.

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You don’t need to be perfect. You just need to be honest. Are you more committed to your pain, or your potential?

Bonus Trick: Create a Manifestation Portal

Here’s a cool, simple ritual to help bridge the energetic and physical:

✨ Manifestation Portal Ritual

1. Write your desire on a small piece of paper.

2. Add a word or image that represents the feeling you want to anchor (joy, peace, freedom).

3. Place it somewhere meaningful — inside a candle jar, under a crystal, behind a photo frame.

4. Every day, pause in front of it for 10 seconds. Say aloud, “I am open to receiving this or something better.”

5. Close with gratitude. Then go live your day as if.

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This portal isn’t magic because of the paper. It’s magic because it’s a daily commitment to alignment.

Final Thoughts: You’re the Portal

You don’t need to beg the universe to give you what you want.

You just need to become a match for it.

Manifesting isn’t about chasing. It’s about aligning.

Manifestation isn’t about hoping. It’s about receiving.

And the more you release what’s heavy — resentment, fear, doubt — the more space you make for what’s light, alive, and truly yours.

So today, ask yourself:

What am I willing to let go of to become the version of me who already has it?

And then — let it go.

Breathe.

Open your heart.

And get ready to receive.

💫 Ready to Manifest What’s Meant for You?

I love working with my online clients to strengthen their ability to embody what they choose to manifest — not just in theory, but in real, grounded ways. Together, we uncover and clear out the subconscious patterns, emotional residue, and hidden beliefs that may be quietly sabotaging your process.

If you're ready to release what no longer serves and align fully with what your soul is calling in, let's work together.

👉 Book a Spiritual Kinesiology session with me or learn more about my offerings: www.elaya-jane.com — and start manifesting from your most empowered, authentic self.

You don’t have to do it alone. Let’s make space for your abundance, together. ✨