How Do We Hold Space for Ourselves?

We put on blindfolds and stepped into the dark. This episode is an experiment in presence — recorded in the season of cocooning, when the pull inward is strongest. From witchy cauldrons and mountain meditations to volcanic caves and the feet of a frightened child, we explore what it takes to become the container for your own experience. Meandering through systemic coaching, breathwork, and Internal Family Systems, we arrive at a simple truth: you can't hold space for anyone until you know what you're holding space for within yourself.📍Chapters00:00 Intro 01:15 Welcome & the context: cocooning in the darkest time of the year 05:35 The experiment: blocked vision, masks on 06:37 Game: Brewing a witchy cauldron for holding space 12:33 Stories of mountains 18:53 The mountain's consciousness 23:08 Inside the mouth of a volcano 28:37 What is holding space about? 36:00 Making your energy available: healing circle in Brazil 40:33 Center yourself first: holding space in breathwork43:06 Holding space through the body: the daughter's feet story46:41 Providing an energetic blueprint 49:12 Becoming the container: expanded boundaries and blown glass 57:25 Holding space for others vs holding space for yourself 1:00:42 Do you need to know yourself to hold space? 1:06:53 Holding space as creating a container for emergence 1:13:50 Nature as anchor: the forest that made you whole 1:18:37 Referencing self vs referencing externals 1:24:22 Masks off: reflections on the darkness experiment 1:26:47 Parting reflections1:33:20 OutroFind us here:* Life in Flow Podcast* Yulia Bogdanova* Polina Khodova* Irina Mishina💌 Resources used under Creative Commons license:Music “Echolocation” by airtone, source: CcMixter Get full access to Life In Flow at www.lifeinflowgroup.com/subscribe