seeking balance, a blog
by Michelle Srih
The Importance of Language & Mindset in Mental Health
Discover how the language you use shapes your nervous system, mindset, and mental health. Learn practical ways to reframe self critical thoughts and cultivate safety, agency and healing.
The Threshold Guardian Within: Understanding the Sabotuer Through Jungian and IFS Perspectives
Learn why your “saboteur” is actually a protector. Explore Jung’s Threshold Guardian and IFS parts work to heal resistance, fear, and inner blocks.
Īśvara Praṇidhāna: The Art of Surrender
Explore Īśvara Praṇidhāna, the yogic practice of surrender and devotion. Learn how letting go, trusting life, and aligning with the divine awakens inner Shakti with Shakti Rising.
Svādhyāya: The Practice of Self-Study
Explore Svādhyāya, the yogic practice of self-study and inner reflection. Learn how journaling, meditation, and sacred texts cultivate self-awareness, clarity, and inner Shakti with Shakti Rising.
Tapas: Igniting the Inner Fire of Transformation
Discover Tapas, the yogic practice of sacred discipline and inner fire. Learn how to cultivate consistency, self-mastery, and transformation in body, mind, and spirit with Shakti Rising.
Santosha: The Sacred Art of Contentment
Discover the yogic principle of Santosha, translated into English means “contentment.” Learn how to cultivate gratitude, inner peace, and joy in everyday life. A Shakti Rising guide to the art of enoughness.
Śaucha: The Practice of Purity and Renewal
Discover the meaning of Śaucha, the first Niyama in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Explore how physical, mental, and spiritual purity can transform your energy, home, and mindset. A Shakti Rising guide to cleansing, clarity, and renewal.
The Inner Path: Living The Niyamas
Discover the five Niyamas of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. Sacred observances that guide us toward purity, contentment, self-discipline, reflection, and surrender. A soulful introduction to The Inner Path.
Walking the Path of Dharma: Remembering the Sacred Order Within
Discover how living your dharma, your sacred purpose, creates alignment, peace, and fulfillment. Explore dharma through Vedic psychology and personal reflection with Holistic Therapist, Yoga Teacher and Psychedelic Integration Facilitator, Michelle Srih of Shakti Rising Energy.
Freedom: Liberation from invisible bondages
We chase freedom through achievement, escape and the endless pursuit of a life that feels lighter than the one we inhabit. True freedom begins in the places where we are most entangled.
When the Healer Feels the Heat: Rising Through Vicarious Trauma
A trauma therapist, energy worker and yoga teacher explores vicarious trauma, energy hygiene, and how healers can rise through burnout with Shakti’s wisdom.
Pathological Spiritualization: Bypassing Reality in the Name of Spirit
Exploring when spirituality heals and when it bypasses pain. On trauma, cultural roots, mental health and reclaiming embodied grounded spirituality,
Life as a Spiral: Understanding Growth, Cycles, and Transformation
Discover why life is a spiral, not a straight line. Learn how recurring patterns and challenges guide personal growth, spiritual evolution, and transformation on your journey to self-awareness.
Resistance: The Gateway to Healing & Growth
Discover how resistance in therapy, psychedelic journeys, and somatic healing can become the gateway to deep healing and personal growth. Learn how to welcome resistance, work with it, and transform it into lasting change.
The Spiritual Significance of the Pine Cones: Sacred Geometry, Nature & Inner Awakening
Discover the spiritual significance of pine cones, sacred geometry in nature, and lessons for growth, resilience, and awakening. Explore insights through holistic coaching, Ayurvedic guidance, energy healing, and psychedelic therapy at Shakti Rising.
The Sacred Wisdom of Liminal Space
From a therapist and healer’s perspective, learn how liminal space, the in-between moments of transition, can become sacred ground for healing, integration, and transformation.
Embodying the Great Mother: Tri-Devi Shakti
Discover the Great Mother through the Tri-Devi Shakti — Saraswati, Lakshmi, and Kali. Practical exercises and meditations to awaken divine feminine energy in daily life.
The Cosmic Web: Bridging NASA’s Discoveries and Ayurvedic Wisdom
NASA’s discoveries of the cosmic web mirror Ayurveda’s teachings on interconnection. Explore science, spirituality, and holistic healing as one.