Are Your Wellness Routines Keeping You Stuck?

I used to spend a lot of time trying to improve my life. I read numerous "self-help" books in an attempt to alleviate the pain I was experiencing. By society's standards, I seemed to be doing everything correctly. I attended yoga classes multiple times per week at the gym, exercised regularly, and maintained a diet of only healthy foods. Although it may have appeared that I was excelling in life, internally I couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. I faced significant challenges in my family relationships and often found myself exploding in anger. As a parent, I felt like I was falling short, and my career failed to provide the fulfillment I sought.

I now understand that my wellness routines were merely helping me cope with my chaotic lifestyle without addressing the underlying cause of my suffering. Despite outward appearances, very little of what I was doing aligned with my true needs and natural rhythms. I expended a tremendous amount of energy forcing actions and concealing the uncomfortable aspects of my emotions, which ultimately proved futile. When these suppressed feelings finally surfaced, those around me suffered as a result. It took a significant life event to disrupt this pattern. As everything crumbled around me, I finally summoned the courage to break free from my complacency and confront the truths buried in my subconscious mind.

This journey is not one to be undertaken alone. I sought out a community of like-minded individuals on similar paths towards genuine healing that resonated at the core of my being. My exploration led me to study the universal principles of energy, consciousness, and nature to align my life and uncover my authentic self. I am now a certified Zhineng Qigong healer and teacher, as well as a somatic dreamwork coach. I now provide a space for others to navigate their own sense of unease and transition into the world they are meant to inhabit.

Living in harmony with the laws of the universe, following the path of the dao, necessitates continual change. Nothing within us is meant to be permanently "fixed" or stagnant. We are designed to evolve continuously, with the essence of our growth often concealed within our most challenging and unattractive aspects. Engaging in a practice that encourages us to confront and wholly accept these parts allows them to integrate and evolve into effortless beauty and grace.