Everything is movement and everything is energy. We live in a world disconnected from this subtle and invisible reality, where we only believe what we see. By no longer perceiving our movements and inner messages, we end up living meaningless lives. When energy becomes blocked, it creates tension, discomfort and illness. The solution is to restore the ‘flow’ — feminine energy, feelings — and reconnect with the subtle and the sensitive.
We live in a world dominated by yang: structure, decision-making, money, domination. Today, it is a question of reconnecting with the feminine, and in particular, with the sacred feminine: the earth, slowness, healing, depth, and also darkness, like the humus in which we plant the seeds that will take root, grow and bear fruit. Reconnecting with the feminine is not about the feminine dominating the masculine, but about both polarities being able to express themselves in their highest forms. The masculine creates a healthy structure in which the feminine can flow. Yin is often considered weak, hence our tendency to be ‘over-yang’, in warrior mode. Reconnecting with yin means rest, letting go, slowness, vulnerability, emotions, the unknown — like the moon, the absence of light. It means accepting our cyclical nature, the ups and downs, the cycles of birth, death and rebirth.
I was very yang and very mental. Life knocked me down several times. I was working in fashion, I had a burnout at 30, and I went to India to start my brand when my nervous system wasn't ready. It started off strong, but my body couldn't keep up: chronic fatigue, weight gain to cope with stress, back to being a warrior 100%. Four years after the first burnout, I felt the second one coming. All the warning signs were there. I returned to France and met my Kundalini Yoga teacher. It was a very important encounter and the beginning of my transformative journey.
I felt an awakening in my body, as if I had finally come home. In Kundalini yoga, we practise Kriyas — repetitive movements and breathing exercises that open the energy centres — and we work with the meridians and organs. I had found a technique that connected me to my energy, and everything opened up inside me, the beginning of true transformation. I went through a huge deconstruction process, and that is also what allows me today to help people with invisible transformations.
Sound and Kundalini Yoga are extremely powerful techniques for deep cleansing, allowing the energy of Kundalini, or Shakti, to be activated and raised. Sound—through its frequencies—helps us let go and connect with our self-healing abilities. These are relaxation techniques that teach the nervous system to rest: we come out of a state of constant alertness, we relax the parasympathetic nervous system, we reconnect. We also work on the vagus nerve: digestion in the broad sense, the integration of everyday experiences. The goal is to become sovereign and independent, to circulate one's own energy.
I am referring less to ‘spirituality’ than to ‘connection to the spirit.’ We then connect to higher centres: intuition, inner guidance, divine channel. I often use the metaphor of the cypress tree, whose roots are as long as the tree is tall: the more we anchor ourselves and the more we are present to what is happening to us, the more we become a channel. We must first anchor ourselves in this incarnation—which is not always easy—and return to the body, which for me is the teacher.
For me, our greatest spiritual act is to be human: totally present, grounded, in our bodies, in our polarities, with our flaws and qualities, learning to accept ourselves as we are.
I have lived in New Zealand, India and Nepal. After fifteen years in Paris, I could still go elsewhere. When I came to Mallorca, I didn't know I was going to stay. For the first time, I put down roots.
Mallorca softens me. Living on an island surrounded by water does me a lot of good. Water is yin, flow, cleansing, emotions, but it can also be frightening because it has no beginning and no end, it is in constant motion. Here, everything is slow, I have made peace with time. I have a lot of respect for Mallorca and for Mallorcans: the ‘poc a poc’ (little by little) approach. If you can't accept the slow pace, it's better not to stay. Mallorca isn't for everyone.
Harmonious balance is when you feel good. We often focus on what's wrong, on what's missing. We don't even realise that things are going well, that we are abundant, that good things are happening. It's important to sit down with yourself and ask: what have I done in the last few months, in the last few years? Give yourself a pat on the back and say ‘well done’, look at everything I've transformed!
The energy changes. You breathe deeply, you are less anxious, more radiant, more in touch with your true self. And when the inner change happens, the outer change follows: you start to see and say ‘yes’ to opportunities you didn't see before.
Put both feet on the ground — or in the earth if you have a garden — stamp your feet, wake up your body, shake yourself. Work your way up by tapping with your fingertips along your legs, buttocks, lower back, and sciatic nerve; be gentle on your stomach and diaphragm, tap your heart, lungs, shoulders, throat, face, head, forehead, and temples. Open your jaw to create clarity. Then, with your arms alongside your body and your eyes closed, anchor yourself, put weight on your feet and breathe deeply with your stomach — because many of us cut off our diaphragm and live in fear. Bring the energy up from the ground, exhale and return the energy to the earth. Breathe as long and deeply as possible, in the present moment.
You may ask yourself, ‘How do I feel?’ At first, there may not be an answer; little by little, the body will speak. Welcome these states without judging them, then let them go. A moment of presence can last a minute, three minutes. If done regularly, it builds a muscle of self-presence.
Photos by: Laura Wencker
