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EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 22 MIN

Reconnecting with Your Body at Midlife: A Gentle Navel Breathing Practice for Safety, Desire & Deep Nourishment

from The Vital Goddess · host Dianne Shepherd

In this episode of the Vital Goddess Podcast, I invite you into a gentle return to your body…especially in this season of midlife, where many women begin to feel a  disconnection from sensation, desire, and their own inner rhythm.Inspired by a recent Creatrix / Great Mother salon inside the Vital Goddess Temple, this episode explores how the body opens through safety, nourishment, and relationship.You’ll also be guided through a simple, returnable practice I call The Navel Flower—a soft, embodied way to reconnect with your body through breath, touch, and awareness.✧ Inside this episode: Why midlife is not a decline—but a powerful invitation into deeper embodiment  The “spell” that disconnects women from desire, identity, and their bodies  How the body becomes something we manage… instead of something we live in  The navel as a bridge between sensuality (lower belly) and identity (solar plexus)  Why the way back is not through force—but through relationship  A short, gentle breathwork practice to begin reconnecting with your body ✧ The Navel Flower Practice A Gentle Breath Meditation for Returning to YourselfDownload the full practice here.You can return to this practice anytime… you’re craving a deeper relationship with your body.✧ Go deeperIf this work resonates, this is the kind of space we open inside the Vital Goddess Temple—where your relationship with your body is nurtured gently and consistently over time.✨ Book an Aligned Embodiment Call here.

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In this episode of the Vital Goddess Podcast, I invite you into a gentle return to your body… especially in this season of midlife, where many women begin to feel a disconnection from sensation, desire, and their own inner rhythm. Inspired by a recent Creatrix / Great Mother salon inside the Vital Goddess Temple, this episode explores how the body opens through safety, nourishment, and relationship. You’ll also be guided through a simple, returnable practice I call The Navel Flower—a so...

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