Call in curiosity and compassion. Curiosity lets you step into the seat of the observer, and compassion softens your internal judgement.

• Listen to your body. Learning the language of your body is the first step to building a beautiful and empowering relationship with it. If you feel called to walk outside, stretch, rest, practice yoga, go running, dance or engage in any activity – follow that calling. Listening and acting is what starts to build safety and trust in your body and nervous system.
• Create space and time for reflection and self-study. This is where you can get extra curious with yourself! Notice your thoughts, explore your feelings and lean in to embrace the parts of you that present themselves – even the parts that you might not yet accept.
• Be kind, loving and accepting of yourself. You are here in earth school, doing your best every day, and that can look different on each day. Your feelings are valid and you matter. When you learn to love yourself exactly as you are, you will learn to love life with a whole new colour palette.

An emotion takes 90 seconds to complete its cycle, but often at times it never completes because we suppress or the body represses the emotion so we cannot fully access it. This is from a pattern that we carry in our subconscious – from a story, belief or experience – that is trying to protect us from feeling the discomfort of the emotion (not necessarily the emotion itself – it’s how the emotion feels in the body that we avoid.) When we don’t fully feel our emotions – or the energy – it becomes trapped within us. This causes future energetic stuckness as un-processed emotional energy compounds, and Prana (life force energy) can no longer flow freely through the body.

If you feel that your body is full of energy that you want to move up and out of you, or that your mind is clouded with thoughts and feels a little bit chaotic or overwhelming, there are a few things you can do to help you to feel to heal.

The process of journalling for many people is powerful enough to move the energy up and out. Journalling isn’t about following a specific structure, writing neatly, making it make sense or perfect grammar. It’s about connection and expression. As you answer the questions below, let the pen flow freely – without judgement and with a LOT of compassion.

A powerful opening question to channel is “What does my soul want me to know right now?”

Then you can move on to personify the energy/emotion and start to connect with it:

• Where do you live in my body?
• Start to describe the sensations and what it feels like.
• Ask it – What do you want to say to me?
• Ask it – What do you need right now?
• Ask it – How long have you been here?

Come back to your breath. Place your left hand on your belly, your right hand on your heart, and start to breathe in to your belly and heart (in one breath). Feel the expansion of your inner space on the inhale, and the softening on the exhale. Feel your spine get tall and strong, then ask yourself the questions listed above. Or, simply notice what is present in your body. What sensations are here? What thoughts are present? How are you feeling?

Most people I meet have a tightness in their throat chakra, meaning they find it difficult to speak their Truth, say what they mean, or be clear and confident in their communication.

This can get irritated after a breathwork session as the throat is a the space where we express ourselves. If you’re feeling a tightness in the throat area, you can use the “voo” breath, or simply take in long, slow and deep inhales, and on your exhale make any noise. Make it raw, edgy, loud, gutsy. You might find that emotions rise up – let them come! The more you do it, you might add in arm movements, or move around the room claiming your space.

Whether it’s a run, yoga, or a dance in your living room – movement is incredibly supportive to shifting the energy. Put on your favourite song and let it move!