🌬️ Flowing with Life: Vital Energy & Inner Radiance 💖✨
April 6, 2025
🌬️ Flowing with Life: Vital Energy & Inner Radiance 💖✨
This Week’s Theme: Awakening the Life Force of Qi & Prana
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Opening Reflection: The Breath Beneath It All
Have you ever felt inexplicably tired, even after getting "enough" sleep? Or maybe full of emotion with no clear reason for it?
Lately, I’ve been paying attention to the invisible why underneath how I feel.
Not the to-do list. Not the calendar. Not the news.
But something deeper—like a quiet hum beneath it all. Like a pulse or a breath. Maybe a subtle current.
One day last week, I was drinking my morning latte, and my gaze landed on the swaying branches outside. They weren’t moving randomly—they were responding to the breeze. (It's been pretty windy in the Coachella Valley the last few weeks.) And I thought, “That’s me. That’s us. Responding to the unseen energy moving through us all.”
That’s the life force.
In Traditional Chinese Medicine—the origin of Yin Yoga—it’s called Qi. In Classical Vedic Yoga, it’s Prana.
And no matter what we call it, we know when it’s flowing… and when it’s not.
This week, I’m inviting you to explore these sacred inner currents—to return to the breath beneath it all and remember:
✨ You are energy in motion. ✨ You are allowed to feel it. ✨ You are allowed to flow.
Life Force Healing: Qi, Prana & the Art of Balance
Qi and Prana are not just ancient ideas—they are the sacred threads weaving through your breath, your emotions, your nervous system, and your creative spark. They are the animating force within us.
When Qi or Prana is blocked, we may feel:
🌑 Heavy, stagnant, anxious, or creatively drained.
🌑 Disconnected from purpose or joy.
🌑 Out of sync with our body and breath.
When they’re flowing freely, we experience:
🌕 Clarity, vitality, lightness, and ease.
🌕 Emotional freedom and energetic balance.
🌕 A sense of being deeply rooted and simultaneously uplifted.
In this week’s Yoga Nidra, we’ll explore:
Qi and Prana as sacred inner rivers
Breathwork inspired by Nadi Shodhana, done energetically
Visualization of floating in a radiant stream of life force
Rebalancing Yin & Yang within the subtle body
Sankalpa to anchor vitality and inner radiance
Let this be your reminder: You are not separate from nature. You are nature. You are breath. You are energy. You are light.
How I Can Support Your Energy & Balance
🌿 Sunday Night Yoga: Life Force Flow & Deep Rest Join me for this week’s 50-minute Yin & Yoga Nidra practice as we honor Qi, Prana, and your inner glow. Reserve your spot here.
🌸 1:1 Somatic Yoga & Intention Coaching – If you’re feeling depleted or out of rhythm, I offer personalized sessions to help you reconnect to your breath, body, and intuitive flow. Book a session here.
🔥 Ayurvedic Spring Reset – Feeling sluggish or energetically off? Take a FREE Dosha Quiz here. Then book your reset session to align with the season.
What I’m Working On
📖 Pouring love into the process of creating my upcoming yoga & meditation guidebook for educators—it’s coming this Fall.
🔔 Still exploring singing bowls and their subtle energetic effects. Have a favorite? Hit reply—I’d love to know!
📝 Writing NEW Yoga Nidra scripts with a heart full of creativity and reverence for the unseen energies that carry us.
What I’m Celebrating
🎉 The deep wisdom of the breath—always here, always sacred. 🎉 Releasing old energetic patterns and welcoming new currents. 🎉 Students and clients who are reconnecting with their light, their joy, their flow.
🎉 My goal for the golf season down here in SoCal was to score UNDER 100 on a PGA West golf course. I FINALLY did it! I shot a 98 last weekend!
A Life Force Sankalpa to Carry with You
Place your hands at your low belly and whisper:
🌬️ “Qi and Prana flow freely through me. I am balanced. I am radiant. I am whole.”
Let it settle in. Let it become you.
Journal Prompts for Energy Awareness & Vital Flow
Take some time this week to explore
Where do I feel energy moving freely in my body? Where does it feel stuck?
What nourishes my life force energy? What drains it?
How do I honor the invisible part of me—the breath, the spirit, the spark?
What does vitality mean to me right now?
YOU're Invited to the Next Practice
📅 TONIGHT! Sunday Night Yoga (Yin & Yoga Nidra) Class –
April 6th - 6:30pm Pacific Time Theme: The Life Force Energies of Prana and Qi 🌬️✨ Reserve your spot
📅 UPCOMING Sunday Night Yoga (Yin & Yoga Nidra) Class –
April 13th - 6:30pm Pacific Time Theme: The Second Yama - Satya (Truthfulness)
📅 UPCOMING More offerings coming soon! Subscribers are the FIRST to know! 💖💫😉
Until Next Time…
Check out my new blog post on the sacred life force of Qi & Prana and how we can reconnect with our breath and inner radiance.
This week, I invite you to feel into your energy:
🌬️ Take three intentional breaths, feeling Qi rise and fall.
🌊 Rest in silence and see what flows through.
🎨 Create something just for the joy of it.
You don’t need to do more.
Just be. Just breathe. Just feel the energy that’s already moving within you.
💌 Hit reply and let me know—how are you reconnecting with your energy this week?
Bonus (A week late... 😬🫣🙄)
I'd planned to put this recipe in the newsletter last week and it slipped through editing. I'd fire my editor if this wasn't a one (wo)man band! 🙄
So here it is—a nice, easy recipe for Golden Milk... just in case you need a little treat before bed! 😘
Simple Golden Milk Recipe (1 serving)
Ingredients:
1 cup milk of your choice (oat, almond, or regular milk)
½ teaspoon ground turmeric (or 1 teaspoon freshly grated)*
Pinch of black pepper (important for absorption)
1 teaspoon honey or maple syrup (optional)
Instructions:
Heat the milk in a small pot until warm but not boiling.
Stir in turmeric and black pepper.
Sweeten (after you have removed from heat) if desired.
Pour into your favorite mug and sip slowly.
That’s it—4 ingredients, 5 minutes, one warm hug in a cup.
*Fresh turmeric is milder in flavor but still potent, so this amount keeps your golden milk balanced—warm and earthy without being overpowering. Personally, I prefer the taste of fresh turmeric.
Tip: You can grate it straight into the pot and strain before serving if you prefer a smoother texture.
I’m so grateful to be on this journey with you. Thank you for being here, I appreciate you. 💖✨
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