Sacred Embers Yoga

03/05/2026

24/04/2026

As you develop and live a more authentic life, you peel away the layers of your mask, which has long concealed your true nature.

You will become almost unrecognisable to both yourself and others.

You will no longer resonate with those around you, naturally drifting from connections that do not serve your highest interest.

You will be thrust into a cocoon of loneliness where you will feel trapped, convincing yourself that life outside the cocoon is no longer for you.
You will begin to feel like an alien on your own planet.

Embrace the solitude.
This is a necessary part of the journey where you can spend valuable time in deep introspection, developing the relationship you have with yourself.
Do not fall into the trap of feeling like you will be lost and alone forever.
This is a common symptom when one feels isolated and misunderstood.
Trust that there are others just like you, walking a similar path

Be patient.

There is a certain timing that the right people come into your life.
Do not forcefully seek out compatible connections as you could spend a lifetime looking for someone that could be manifest in an instant.

Sure enough, as you increasingly align with your authentic self, you will begin to naturally attract those walking a similar path.
It is these people with whom you share greater destiny.

In an instant of meeting, it will feel as if you have known each other for many lifetimes.
There will be an indescribable feeling of comfort and belonging.

The natural affinity and resonance will make you feel as though you can speak without language.
Nothing needs to be complicated.
Nothing needs to be proven.
The trust has already been built, as if you have been communing in an invisible secret embrace.

These friendships last a lifetime as you will share a deeper connection and understanding, that neither time nor distance can break.

~ Alex Rice

15/04/2026

Hello friends,

With all the talk regarding burnt out, exhausted body/mind systems, I’d like to invite you to join our nourishing, deeply connective practise of Yin Yoga. We live in a Yang dominated world and this has consequences to our body and mind and therefore our relationships & life.

Yin is a slow, precise method of connecting to the fascia, the tendons, cartilage, blood, fluids, the essence of being, the very substance of life. The body begins to cultivate the conditions quite innately when there’s space to feel, listen, attune, regulate and metabolise. Through wisdom of chinese medicine, attuning to the meridian lines that are energetically sending signals, we can harmonise and lean into a state of gentle activation through the intelligence of the body. To listen to those gentle nudges and cues without forcing or pushing. Allowing the body to open organically and build trust, which in turn creates safety and autonomy. It’s a deeply delicious practise and one that is holistic in nature, rhythm and cycles. When we notice the tension, the bracing, we are able to fully allow the rest, and the body requires the autonomous nervous to be regulated into parasympathetic so that these elements can land. Stillness is cultivated from the inside out.

If your body has said yes, please message me to book in.

Class times are:-

Monday & Friday 9.30am
Tuesday & Thursday 5.30pm & 7pm.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Warmly
Michelle

15/04/2026

Hello friends,

With all the talk regarding burnt out, exhausted body/mind systems, I’d like to invite you to join our nourishing, deeply connective practise of Yin Yoga. We live in a Yang dominated world and this has consequences to our body and mind and therefore our relationships & life.

Yin is a slow, precise method of connecting to the fascia, the tendons, cartilage, blood, fluids, the essence of being, the very substance of life. The body begins to cultivate the conditions quite innately when there’s space to feel, listen, attune, regulate and metabolise. Through wisdom of chinese medicine, attuning to the meridian lines that are energetically sending signals, we can harmonise and lean into a state of gentle activation through the intelligence of the body. To listen to those gentle nudges and cues without forcing or pushing. Allowing the body to open organically and build trust, which in turn creates safety and autonomy. It’s a deeply delicious practise and one that is holistic in nature, rhythm and cycles. When we notice the tension, the bracing, we are able to fully allow the rest, and the body requires the autonomous nervous to be regulated into parasympathetic so that these elements can land. Stillness is cultivated from the inside out.

If your body has said yes, please message me to book in.

Class times are:-

Monday & Friday 9.30am
Tuesday & Thursday 5.30pm & 7pm.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Warmly
Michelle

10/04/2026

Shadow work. It’s more about embracing and loving every facet, allowing yourself to feel safe enough for shadow elements to play out with the other, without feeling shameful, avoidant or withdrawing. Shadow work won’t make you happy, however it will make you honest & clear.

Most people approach shadow work like it’s meant to make them feel better.

It won’t.

Real shadow work is not journaling soft questions and waiting for gentle answers. It is facing the parts of yourself you’ve spent years avoiding, justifying, or hiding behind identity.

Jealousy.
Resentment.
Control.
Ego.
The need for validation.
The parts of you that react before you think.

That is the shadow.

And the problem is not that it exists.

The problem is that most people refuse to see it clearly.

They rename it.
They soften it.
They explain it away.

And in doing that, they keep it in control.

Because what you refuse to look at directly will continue to run you without your awareness.

Shadow work was never about becoming “better.”

It was about becoming honest.

Brutally honest.

Seeing your patterns without filtering them through how you want to be perceived. Recognising where you sabotage yourself, where you project onto others, where your reactions come from something deeper than the situation in front of you.

And then holding that awareness without turning away.

That’s the part most people can’t do.

Because once you see it clearly, you lose the ability to pretend it isn’t there.

And that’s where the real work begins.

Not in the awareness but in what you do after.

Whether you keep repeating it.
Or whether you start to control it.

Shadow work doesn’t remove the darkness.

It shows you exactly where it lives.

And whether you’re the one controlling it or the one being controlled.

09/04/2026

I didn’t disappear, I became unreachable to what couldn’t meet me. 🩸

Lilith is not about where she came from, she is about what she refused to return to.

She is the version of you that stops revisiting what already cost you your peace.

No explanations.
No repeated conversations.
No reopening doors you had to fight to close.

Just distance.

There is a shift that happens when you realise closure doesn’t always come from understanding it comes from deciding. Deciding that you no longer need clarity from people who confused you. Deciding that you no longer need validation from places that diminished you.

Deciding that your energy is no longer available for what drains it.

And that shift is quiet.

No announcements.
No justification.
No need to be understood.

Just absence where you once overextended.

This is where people begin to misunderstand you.

They will say you’ve changed.
That you’ve become distant.
That you’re harder to reach.

But what they are really noticing…

Is that you are no longer accessible in the way you used to be.

Lilith is not about proving your power.

She is about removing access to it.

So if you’ve stopped responding the same way, stopped engaging the same way, stopped returning to what once held you.

You are not withdrawing.

You are deciding.

And that has always been where your power lives.

09/04/2026

Nothing Is Weaker Than Water: The Dàodéjīng's Most Dangerous Idea

There's a line in the Dàodéjīng that sounds like a typo.

It says nothing in the world is softer or weaker than water. And then it says that's exactly why water is invincible.

This isn't poetry. It's strategy. It's physiology. It's a whole way of being that most of us unlearn by the time we learn to make a fist.

The word for it is 弱 (ruò) — and it might be the most powerful thing you'll never try.

Here's what happens when the text talks about it. And what it means for you, today.

First Encounter: Chapter 76 — The Hard and Stiff Are Death's Companions

堅强者死之徒，柔弱者生之徒。

"The hard and stiff are companions of death. The soft and weak are companions of life."

What's happening here:

A living thing is supple. A dead thing is rigid. A green branch bends. A dry branch snaps. The text isn't being poetic. It's being biological.

What it actually means:

Your "strength"—the armor, the stubbornness, the refusal to bend—isn't a sign you're alive. It's a sign you're preparing to break.

Your question:

Where have you gone rigid? What would happen if you went soft instead?

Second Encounter: Chapter 78 — Nothing Weaker Than Water

天下莫柔弱於水，而攻堅强者莫之能勝。

"Nothing in the world is weaker than water. But nothing can beat it when it comes to wearing down the hard."

What's happening here:

Water doesn't fight. It doesn't argue. It doesn't insist. It just keeps going. Over time, there's nothing it cannot wear away.

What it actually means:

Ruò isn't weakness. It's persistence without posture. It's strength that doesn't need to look strong.

Your question:

What are you trying to smash through that you could simply outlast? What's the water strategy in your life?

Third Encounter: Chapter 10 — Can You Be the Baby?

專氣致柔，能如嬰兒乎？

"Concentrate your breath and become soft. Can you be like a baby?"

What's happening here:

A baby's body is soft. Its grip is firm but not tense. It cries fully, then releases completely. It doesn't hold grudges. It doesn't brace for impact.

What it actually means:

Ruò is a return to original equipment. Before you learned to armor up. Before you learned that "soft" meant "weak."

Your question:

When did you stop trusting softness? What would you do today if you moved like a baby moves?

Fourth Encounter: Chapter 43 — The Softest Things Ride In

天下之至柔，馳騁天下之至堅。

"The softest things in the world ride roughshod over the hardest."

What's happening here:

Not "overcome." Not "defeat." Ride roughshod. Like wind through a canyon. Like light through a window. Like a question that dissolves a certainty.

What it actually means:

Ruò doesn't need to win. It just shows up. And the hard things—walls, defenses, certainties—find themselves permeated.

Your question:

Where are you trying to break in when you could simply enter?

Fifth Encounter: Chapter 52 — Use the Soft Light

用其光，復歸其明。

(The passage doesn't explicitly say ruò, but the entire tradition of "using the light" is an expression of it.)

What's happening here:

Light doesn't push. It doesn't argue. It just illuminates. And things that were hidden are seen.

What it actually means:

The ultimate expression of ruò is perception without force. You don't need to change anything. You just need to see clearly. And the seeing changes everything.

Your question:

What if you stopped trying to fix and started trying to see?

The Pattern

Five encounters. One truth.

Ruò is the strategy of water.

It's the physiology of the baby.

It's the persistence of the soft against the brittle.

It's the way light enters without asking.

It's the power you stopped trusting when you learned to fight.

What Ruò Is Not

It's not passivity.

It's not giving up.

It's not letting people walk over you.

Ruò is the active choice to remain permeable.

To stay alive.

To let the hard things wear themselves out against you.

The oak stands firm—and the hurricane uproots it.

The reed bends—and stands back up when the wind stops.

The Test

You're in an argument. Someone is certain they're right. They're pushing.

Your instinct: push back. Get harder. Prove yourself.

Try this instead: soften. Not agree. Just soften. Let their certainty meet no resistance. Watch what happens when there's nothing to push against.

That's ruò.

Five Questions. One Answer.

Where have you gone rigid?

What's the water strategy in your life?

When did you stop trusting softness?

Where are you trying to break in when you could simply enter?

What if you stopped fixing and started seeing?

The answer to all of them is the same.

Soften. Bend. Persist. See.

01/04/2026

This!! It’s a hard pill to swallow, however a life of growth and expansion depend upon the honest depth & clarity. A work in progress continues. A work of a lifetime.

I will also add that awareness requires embodiment, from the inside out. Outside in. That unwavering trust & safety to face yourSelf. Courage is a skill.

Most people approach shadow work like something is broken.

Like there are parts of them that need to be healed, removed, or replaced.

But a deeper layer of shadow work exists beyond that.

It is not about fixing.

It is about clarity.

The kind of clarity that strips away illusion.

A witch working at this level stops asking, “How do I heal this?”
and starts asking, “What is actually true here?”

Where am I lying to myself?
Where am I staying out of habit, not alignment?
Where am I choosing comfort over truth?

This form of shadow work is quieter.

There are no rituals needed in the moment. No candles or tools. Just radical self-honesty.

Because the shadow often survives not through darkness but through avoidance.

The patterns you keep repeating.
The dynamics you keep accepting.
The feelings you keep explaining away.

When you begin to look at them without softening the truth, something shifts.

Not because you forced change.

But because illusion cannot exist where it is fully seen.

This is where shadow work becomes powerful.

You stop negotiating with what you already know.

You stop needing validation for what your instincts have been showing you all along.

And from that place, your actions begin to change naturally.

Not from effort.

But from awareness.

Because once you truly see something clearly you cannot unknow it.

And that is where real transformation begins.

26/03/2026

The old healer to the soul:

It’s not your back that hurts, but the burden.

It’s not your eyes that hurt, but injustice.

It’s not your head that hurts, it’s your thoughts.

Not the throat, but what you don’t express or say with anger.

Not the stomach hurts, but what the soul does not digest.

It’s not the liver that hurts, it’s the anger.

It’s not your heart that hurts, but love.

And it is love itself that contains the most powerful medicine.

(UnknownAuthor)