As we close out this 9-year, year of the snake, we can choose to pause, integrate and reflect on the year that has passed before moving forward into recalibration as we enter the 10-year, year of the fire horse.
Here are some journaling prompts to support you:
How have I changed in the past 12 months?
What have I experienced in the past year that has served my growth and my path towards the life I dream of?
What have I let go of in this past year?
What has the past year asked me to let go of, that I may still be holding onto?
Why might I be grasping to these?
What feels as though it is still continuing to shed from my life, energy, body or way of being?
What tools or practices have truly served me this year?
What tools or practices have served me in the past but no longer resonate?
Have I shifted into something new that aligns for who I am now, or am I trying to force an old practice that no longer fits?
What traditions felt good to me this year, and what felt draining?
What am I really proud of myself for in 2025?
What worked well in 2025?
What didn’t work well in 2025?
Am I honoring the person I’ve become, or still operating from old patterns, narratives or expectations?
As you reflect on these prompts, invite in anything else that arises within you, with curiosity. This can open deeper layers more individualized for your inner processes and what is asking to be noticed within you now. As you allow this gentle integration, be patient with yourself as the past year lands and your system recalibrates. You are not who you were 12 months ago. This isn’t about fixing or forcing anything, it is about inviting greater awareness to what is, and allowing your system to shift in a way that serves who you’re becoming.
I am wishing you peace, love and gentle ease as you transition from this year of shedding, into a year of quicker movement.
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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
