We are closing a 9-year; year of the snake. The year of shedding and releasing.
We are entering a 10-year; year of the fire horse. A year of fast forward movement.
As the year comes to a close, societal noise tells us to set intentions, make plans and goals for how to go hard in the year to come.
While intention setting is a beautiful and important practice, here are a few layers of nuance that this narrative is missing…
This time of year is for slowing down, not speeding up.
We are allowed to finish soft, so that we can regain strength for the months to come.
We haven’t finished shedding yet.
This energy is not aligned with action; it’s aligned with integration and recalibration.
The energy of this last week of the year is asking us to tune inwards, take inventory of the year, let the past 12 months fully land in our systems.
What has changed within you over the past 12 months?
What are you no longer tolerating, that you may have allowed in the years before?
What version of yourself have you become, and what versions are you already stepping into?
What versions of yourself no longer feel true to who you are now?
Looking at where we are headed is important, but equally important is looking at how far we’ve come.
Some of our greatest personal change comes from what we no longer allow, resonate with, or have released from our systems. This releasing not only creates space for new, more aligned ways of being, but also releases us from old, repeated cycles that now inhibit our growth and the life we dream of.
Before you begin setting goals or taking action, my invitation to you as this year comes to a close, is to pause, reflect, and allow this past year to land in your body.
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About Denise Elysa
Denise Elysa is a practitioner and teacher of multiple modalities including somatic inquiry, intuitive energy healing, past life regression, oracle card reading and meditation. Blending somatic inquiry, somatic parts work, nervous-system informed education, intuition and grounded spirituality, she helps people who feel disconnected or chronically unwell reconnect with themselves, increase their capacity and awaken their inner healer, without requiring medical validation or overwhelming routines.
While Denise works with guests of all different lifestyles, needs and backgrounds, she holds a special place in her heart for those living with complex chronic diseases such as ME/CFS, MCAS, Fibromyalgia, POTS, hEDS, Lyme disease and co-infections, as well as other coexisting conditions. After years of navigating her own recovery through over 30 different medical diagnoses, she is living out what she considers to be her life's work by supporting others in the same methods that got her out of a wheelchair and a life filled with anxiety, depression and disconnection, and back to herself. She does this through her online community - EmbodiedSoul with Denise Elysa, her 1:1 sessions - particularly her Bridge to Embodiment Program, and through her podcast - Coming Home to Ourselves with Denise Elysa. Additionally, she is contracted to two of the Internal Medicine Specialists at the BC-CLMF to co-facilitate group sessions for their patients.
How is Denise’s work different from others?
- Over 13 years of experience in professionally supporting people with their health and wellbeing
- Lived experience navigating complex chronic illness, Lyme disease and co-infections, autoimmune diseases, chronic pain conditions, trauma, disability, neurodivergence and nervous system healing
- Contracted to Internal Medicine Specialists to co-facilitate offerings to their patients living with complex chronic diseases such as ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, Post-Viral Illness, LC, MCAS, POTS, Chronic Pain, hEDS, and other co-occurring conditions
- Foundation of her energy healing work is based in Therapeutic Touch® and acknowledged by the Therapeutic Touch International Association as meeting all criteria for each of their courses and is a member in good standing with the BCTTNS
