I didn't expect this on my return to work

Send us Fan MailAfter 15 months away from teaching, returning to the yoga studio was equal parts terrifying and clarifying. In this episode, the journey back to the mat begins, not as a triumphant comeback, but as an honest reckoning with what 14 years of teaching, a cancer diagnosis, and a long recovery actually adds up to. Yoga, healing, cancer recovery, teaching, and returning to purpose.Something has shifted in the collective. There's a quiet anxiety in people right now that's hard to name but easy to feel, and time spent in illness has made that sensitivity sharper. This episode explores what it means to truly sense what people are carrying beneath the surface, and how that informed the creation of Energy Alchemy, a new program bridging yoga philosophy and energy work for people who need something that goes deeper than surface-level wellness.There's also something in here about the wellness culture habit of forcing positivity. The idea that struggles are only valid if they're serious enough, or that gratitude and reframing are always the answer. They're not. Acknowledging the full emotional spectrum, the numbness, the stuckness, the life that looks fine on paper but feels hollow, is where real healing begins. This episode marks the opening of a new chapter. The descent is done. What's being built now, in the studio, in the programs, and in this conversation, is something more honest and more useful than what came before it. LINKS:Work with Monica: https://cultivatecalmyoga.com.au/energy-alchemy/ Curious about Yoga Alchemy?: https://cultivatecalmyoga.com.au/yoga-alchemy/Website:https://cultivatecalmyoga.com.au/Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/cultivatecalmyogabrisbane/