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It's back! Join the Creative Cycle Inspired Action-taking challenge.
Break free from and avoidance, and master inspired action through the Power of the cycle and group accountability. You'll be guided to take inspired yet imperfect action on a personal project you've been putting off. Join us Tuesdays weekly 5 Mar - 16 April. You'll feel connected, fulfilled and spirited.

⭕ Week 1: The Creative Cycle - Procrastination to Inspired Action
🌊 Week 2: Water Element - Overcoming stuckness to tap into your Wellspring of Ideas
🌲 Week 3: Wood Element - Dissolve Stress & welcome Creative Possibility
🔥 Week 4: Fire Element - Releasing Anxiety to Effortless Ex*****on
🌱 Week 5: Earth Element - Overthinking to Appreciation & Celebration
⚔️ Week 6: Metal Element - Harnessing the Inner Critic to Reduce & Refine
✨ Week 7: Deeper in your next cycle - Metapractice 😊

Who needs the info to register?

https://wenlintan.com/year-in-review-2023/

Here a recap of everything I became a vessel for, or co-created with others in 2023 – courses, podcasts, workshops, blog posts and projects. Gratitude for all the wonderful people I've connected and co-created with, learnt from and all the spaces and places I've been.

Year in Review 2023: Power of the Creative Cycle A year in review and recap of everything I co-created with others in 2023 – Power of the Creative Cycle courses, podcasts, blog posts and projects.

Missed the Qigong for Yin Yoga Teachers free mini training?
It's back 11/9-15/9!
Who needs the details? ✋

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy 50% off all online courses till 27 Nov Monday:
🍂 Level 1 Qigong Chinese Medicine: https://flowwithwenlin.thinkific.com/courses/QigongTCM ($349 instead of $699)
🍂Qigong for Lung Health https://www.udemy.com/course/womens-qigong-for-lung-health-covid-yoga-teacher-training/?couponCode=649D59D3F0A9F1F4D5B2
🍂Menstrual Yoga Training
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💌 An Invitation and an Ask 💌
I'm super excited to be going to the Caveday Fall Retreat 9/29-10/1 this weekend in NYC. We are deeply influenced by the people we surround ourselves with, and this virtual deep work community is one of the biggest drivers behind how productive and creative I've been the last 2-3 years.
✨If you're curious and wanna join us, find the details here: caveday.org/retreat (use "WENLIN15" for 15% off)
❓Separately - NYC folks / Folks who've visited NYC, what's your most treasured space / place in NYC? Where do you feel most inspired?
Reply and let me know 😊

🌊 The Secret to Lasting Change🌊
I'm in the process of developing a new course, The Water Way, about the wisdom of the Water Element in the Creative Cycle, and how, like Water and electric current, humans too, follow the path of least resistance.

❓ What determines your path of least resistance?
The structures that support you, that you are a part of. Think of these as the river beds that shape and direct where and how fast we go.

❓ Why do the underlying structures and networks matter?
Well, perhaps you want to become more innovative, more physically fit, or more determined and motivated. You might have made some initial steps in the direction, but struggle to be consistent and experience lasting change.

Why? Because the network forces, your underlying structures, communities that you are a part of have been keeping you in place. And the networks, the communities we are a part of are one of the biggest forces that influence who we are and who we become.

➡️If you want to feel motivated, but lack the company of driven people, there's going to be a lot of inertia.
➡️If you want to be active and physically fit, but your friends are couch potatoes, it's going to be hard.
➡️If you'd like to become inspiring and inspired, but lack sources of inspiration, it's tough.

Reflecting on my own journey, it was around 2016 that it hit me that the city I was born and grew up in, and most of the structures I was a part of didn't resonate with my values, or the path and direction I wanted to go.

The things I valued - freedom, inspiration, creativity and leaving positive change in the world were lacking in my social circles, which were full of people mostly preoccupied with accumulating wealth, increasing social status, and conforming to social norms. Quite sadly, the most inspiring and creative person I knew then might have been myself - and trust me, I wasn't creative or inspiring then, not at all.

That's when I knew, I had to make a change, to change my underlying structures to shape my own path of least resistance.

In the words of five time founder and angel investor James Currier,
💬 'The smartest use of energy for those of us looking to make a change can often be to carefully reassess the networks we’re a part of, and find ways to join new ones that are better suited to the life path we want to be on.'

Currier says that 90% of those network forces that shape our path of least resistance are established in just 7 crossroads or pivotal life events -
1. the family you're born into,
2. your high school network
3. your college network
4. your first job
5. marriage / your life partner
6. the city you live in.

Maybe for you, like me, most if not all of these decisions have already been made. The riverbeds of your path of least resistance has already been cast in stone, and it seems like it is already too late.

But there is the seventh and the last one, which he calls
7. 'reassessments'.

The network gravity has been building up since your birth and gets stronger over time. Each network adding and integrating with the others, until as Currier says, your path is "near destiny". But you can decide to ignore that network math and forcibly make a change.
The most lasting and effective way to change your life is to change who you’re surrounded by.

And this is exactly the course of action I took.
8 years on since taking that leap of faith I can proudly say that my path of least resistance has changed significantly from how it was, and is now in alignment with the direction I'd like to be heading, thanks to the networks of changemakers, creatives, independent thinkers and inspiring folks I've sought out and chosen to surround myself with.

This Sunday we launch the Changemakers & Creatives Inner Circle, a place and space where you'll feel inspired, connected and motivated. This is the circle I wish existed at the beginning of my journey to changing my path of least resistance.

If you are looking to make lasting change and want the support of community, join us.

We will move mindfully, reflect and draw inspiration for the coming month and be seen and heard by other like-minded changemakers and creatives.

Want to join us? Comment below and I'll send you the info.

Our networks are our most valuable resource.
They are the way our lives express themselves.
❓ How have your networks shaped your path of least resistance?

We're less than a week from the ! Till next wednesday, save 30% off all self-paced Qigong and Yoga courses online.
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⭕ 30% off Qigong & Chinese Medicine Fundamentals for Yoga Teachers (Till 21 June 2023 only)
$699 now $489.3 Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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For Yoga Teachers: Learn how to sequence simple yet powerful Qigong medicine (气功) and Traditional Chinese Medicine philosophy (中医) within your personal practice and the Yoga classes you teach for better balance, health & vitality. This is a 20hr Yoga Alliance accredited CE-training. Register here (30% OFF)

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For practitioners & teachers: Learn how to adjust and align your Yoga practice and classes based on your infradian rhythm so you can alleviate PMS cramps, mood swings, insomnia and period pain, fatigue, and frustration.

Thrilled to share that the Creative Cycle podcast episode with time freedom coach K. Margaret has just been released! We chat about the creative cycle, concept of the fluid self and mindset tips to maximize your productivity and step into your creative potential.
Want to tune in?
Reply below and I'll send you the link to listen for free! 👇

In honour of World Menstrual hygiene day, I've just published a very personal blog post on my experience as a menstruating being supporting other individuals who menstruate, and 3 Tips to help you transform your period.

https://wenlintan.com/transform-your-period/

What is menstruation were not a problem, but a power?

Last week I had the pleasure of chatting with Shannon who heads The Connected Yoga Teacher about the Creative Cycle and how we can harness the power of the five elements to beat procrastination, find inspiration and feel in flow in our career and our lives. The episode is now live!
Check it out here: https://www.theconnectedyogateacher.com/322
Want to supercharge your creativity, focus and flow? Join my mailing list to get updates on the upcoming 5 Day Creative Cycle and Qigong Challenge: https://wenlintan.com/

We're 25% through 2023
With 75% of 2023 left, reflect on your progress and celebrate your growth. Cultivate flow and clarity through Qigong and Yoga Nidra, then be guided through journaling prompts on the 25% that has passed. Prepare some journaling materials. Feel fulfilled, supported and empowered.
✨Later today, 1 April Saturday
✨6am PT | 7am MT | 8am CT | 9am ET | 2pm GMT | 3pm CET | 10pm SGT
✨on Insight Timer Live: https://insig.ht/F5MGK3gnyxb
Link also in bio for Instagram.

Join me fridays to mindfully, reflect on what went well and what you'd like to improve and grow in the week ahead. We'll conclude with a to connect with and your . Feel thoughtful, connected and inspired.
Join us on Insight Timer Live: https://insig.ht/deYSsJHrwxb

Join me on InsightTimer for Women's Changemakers Circle.
Connect with women changemakers, Healers, Yoga teachers, Creatives and entrepreneurs. Be guided to connect with your heart-uterus meridian, share your dreams, struggles & receive support. This week we'll explore how to harness your , to liberate your power and feel confident, creative and free.
Join us here in an hour: https://insig.ht/qg3IoSKvMxb