seeking balance, a blog
by Michelle Srih
The Radiant Sovereign: Owning Your Power, Joy, & Freedom
Explore the Radiant Sovereign archetype: a guide for women to step into autonomy, joy, and magnetic presence. Includes journal prompts and practical exercises to embody your power.
Over Functioning as a Trauma Response: The Psychology, Physiology & Spiritual Roots
Over-functioning may be a trauma response rooted in the nervous system. Explore its psychology, physiology, and karmic patterns and how to heal.
Before We Change The World, We Must Turn Inward
In a polarized world, true change begins within. Explore how societal conflict reflects the collective psyche and why inner work is essential for meaningful social change.
Creativity Is a Nervous System State: Why Ideas Come When We Move, Rest or Stare at the Ceiling
Creativity is not about thinking harder, it’s a nervous system state. Explore how movement, rest, ritual, and regulation unlock creative flow through a Shakti-informed lens.
How Daily Habits Create Safety, Energy, and Emotional Capacity
Daily habits shape nervous system safety, energy levels, and emotional capacity. Learn how simple, consistent rituals support regulation, resilience, and the ability to hold life’s complexity with grounded presence.
Between Fate & Choice: What Western psychology can learn from Vedic and indigenous wisdom
Explore fate, free will, and the balance between choice and surrender through Western, Vedic, and Indigenous perspectives on life and belonging.
AI, Emotional Processing, and the Wisdom We Must Not Outsource
Exploring the pros and cons of using AI for emotional processing through a trauma-informed lens. A therapist’s perspective on discernment, inner wisdom, somatic healing, and why relational presence still matters.
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.