Anam Cara - Soul Friend

01/10/2026

🌿 Healing, But Make It Human
Healing isn’t always incense and insight.
Sometimes it’s realizing your “personality” was a coping mechanism…
and laughing gently instead of spiraling about it.
This work is deep — and it’s human.
We stretch, we soften, we grow…
and sometimes we catch ourselves mid-pattern and just go,
“Ah. That makes sense.”
Laughter doesn’t mean avoidance.
It means the nervous system finally feels safe enough to loosen its grip.
You can heal and be light.
You can do shadow work and smile.
You’re allowed to integrate joy along the way.
This is Soul Alchemy too. ✨
🌱 Optional closing line (choose one if you want):
Healing isn’t linear. It’s more like… learning to be kind to yourself repeatedly.
Growth includes humor.
Yes, we do deep work here — snacks and laughter welcome.
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01/09/2026

🌑 The Self-Abandonment Wound

The Self-Abandonment Wound forms when connection required you to leave yourself behind.
When staying agreeable felt safer than being honest.
When your body learned to override its own signals to preserve peace.
When love felt conditional on how little space you took.
This wound doesn’t come from weakness.
It comes from adaptation.
Self-abandonment can look like: • saying yes when your body says no
• minimizing your needs
• staying quiet to avoid disruption
• staying longer than your nervous system wants to
Healing this wound isn’t about becoming selfish.
It’s about becoming self-loyal.
It’s learning how to stay present with others without disappearing from yourself.
It’s choosing truth over tension.
It’s letting your body be part of the conversation again.
Wholeness begins when you stop leaving yourself to belong.

🧘‍♀️ Yoga Sequence — Returning to Self

Intention:
To reconnect with inner signals and practice staying with yourself.

1️⃣ Child’s Pose (Balasana)
Hands grounded, forehead supported
→ Invite safety and pause the habit of pushing.

2️⃣ Seated Side Bend (Sukhasana variation)
One hand to the earth, one overhead
→ Feel into where you stretch for others vs. yourself.

3️⃣ Low Lunge with Hands to Heart (Anjaneyasana)
Optional knee down
→ Practice choosing presence without performance.

4️⃣ Mountain Pose with Eyes Closed (Tadasana)
Hands on belly or heart
→ Stand with yourself. No fixing. No leaving.

5️⃣ Seated Reflection / Stillness
One hand on chest, one on abdomen
→ Ask gently: “What do I need right now?”
Move slowly.
Rest often.
There is no pose to achieve — only a self to return to.

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This practice isn’t about doing more.
It’s about staying.

01/09/2026

The Rejection Wound

The Rejection Wound forms when love, acceptance, or belonging felt conditional.
When parts of the self learned they were “too much,” “not enough,” or unwelcome.
This wound teaches the body to shrink, perform, or hide.
It lives in the chest, the throat, and the way we brace before being seen.
It can show up as self-doubt, people-pleasing, or fear of authentic expression.
Healing the Rejection Wound is not about proving worth.
It is about reclaiming the right to exist as you are — without modification.
Through embodied movement, breath, and self-contact, the body learns a new truth:
I do not need approval to belong.
I do not need permission to take up space.
Your presence is not a mistake.
Your truth does not require validation.

01/07/2026

🌊 The Trust Wound
The Trust Wound forms when connection was broken, inconsistent, or unsafe.
When promises didn’t hold, when vulnerability wasn’t met, or when closeness came with consequences, the body learned to protect itself.
This wound doesn’t mean you’re guarded because you’re closed.
It means you’re guarded because you learned discernment early.
The Trust Wound can show up as self-reliance, emotional distance, hyper-independence, or difficulty leaning into support — even when you want connection.
Healing trust isn’t about forcing openness.
It’s about learning how to stay with yourself while slowly letting others be present.
Trust begins internally.
When the body learns it won’t be abandoned again — by you.

🧘‍♂️ The Trust Wound — Embodied Yoga Sequence
Intention:

To rebuild trust through stability, choice, and self-support.
Move slowly. Choose what feels safe. Rest often.

1️⃣ Seated Grounding (Self-Reliance with Softness)
Sit comfortably, feet or seat grounded
Hands resting on thighs or one hand heart / one belly
Cue:
“I can rely on myself.”
“I move at my own pace.”

2️⃣ Cat–Cow (Relearning Safe Movement)
Tabletop, slow breath-led motion
Cue:
“I listen to my body.”
“I don’t rush trust.”

3️⃣ Low Lunge with Hands on Thighs (Supported Strength)
Back knee down, torso upright
No reaching overhead
Cue:
“I can be steady without pushing.”
“I am supported.”
Repeat both sides.

4️⃣ Standing Forward Fold (Letting Go with Control)
Soft knees, hands on blocks or thighs
Cue:
“I release without collapsing.”
“I stay connected to myself.”

5️⃣ Child’s Pose or Seated Rest
“I rest without disappearing.”
“I am still here.”
🌿 Cue:
Trust is rebuilt through consistency, not urgency.

01/07/2026

Exploring How the Body and Mind Work – https://lnkd.in/eut7AMYs

01/05/2026

https://youtu.be/v0zBJfw8Gec?si=qrYuG481V6x9F1Us

The First Practice: The Unknown

Our first Practice centers on the unknown - a wound that often lives in the body as tension, Vigilance, or the need to control outcomes. For many, this pattern developed early in life, in environments where safety felt inconsistent or unpredictable. The body learned to stay alert rather than at ease. This practice does not seek to eliminate uncertainty or force clarity. Instead , it gently explores how to remain present witho not knowing, supported by breath,choice and compassion.

https://youtube.com/-mariegagnon213?si=cGu6ap2WfaVcKYeH

The First Practice: The Unknown Our first Practice centers on the unknown - a wound that often lives in the body as tension, Vigilance, or the need to contr...

01/04/2026

The First Practice: The Unknown

Our first Practice centers on the unknown - a wound that often lives in the body as tension, Vigilance, or the need to control outcomes. For many, this pattern developed early in life, in environments where safety felt inconsistent or unpredictable. The body learned to stay alert rather than at ease. This practice does not seek to eliminate uncertainty or force clarity. Instead , it gently explores how to remain present witho not knowing, supported by breath,choice and compassion.

https://youtube.com/-mariegagnon213?si=cGu6ap2WfaVcKYeH

01/01/2026

This space is called Anam Cara — soul friend.
Not a place to fix yourself.
Not a place to perform healing.
A place to arrive.
When you’re ready, the door is already open.

Anam Cara — soul friend.
A sacred threshold where nothing is demanded and everything is welcomed.
This is a space for presence, reflection, and gentle remembering.
You are not here to be fixed.
You are here to be met.