Begin in Coherence: 5 Gentle Shifts to Start 2026 Aligned

Happy New Year! May 2026 bring you not just clarity of vision, but clarity of self—who you’re becoming, what truly matters to you, and the motivation and energy to care for yourself as deeply as you show up for others.

This is the year of aligned becoming—not performance, but presence. The start of a new year often comes with pressure—resolutions, goals, expectations to “get it together” fast.

But coherence doesn’t come from speed. It comes from rhythm.

What if 2026 wasn’t about changing everything, but about returning to what’s already true inside you?

Here are 5 simple, embodied ways to begin your year with inner alignment, so that your actions arise from clarity, not contraction.

🌬️ 1. Breathe Before You Begin

Before you reach for your phone or open your calendar, take three full, conscious breaths. This practice creates space between reaction and intention. It sounds simple, but it shifts your entire nervous system out of urgency.

Try this: Place one hand on your heart, one on your belly. Inhale 5 counts, exhale 5 counts. Repeat 3-5 times until you feel yourself arrive.

✍️ 2. Name the Essence, Not the Goal

Instead of setting goals right away, ask: “What essence or energy do I want to feel this year?

Discipline? Freedom? Softness? Courage? Graceful?

Let that essence become your compass.

Then let your actions arise from that.

🌀 3. Clear Your Field with Movement

Stagnant energy creates mental fog. You don’t need a full workout, just 5–10 minutes of spiraling joints, bouncing/shaking, or gentle Qigong each morning helps you reset your flow.

When your body moves, your truth becomes easier to hear.

As Sylvie, a Sacred Start participant, once said: “Qigong twice a week is a sweeping of your soul and thoughts.”

🌕 4. Attune to Rhythms Bigger Than You

Instead of pushing against time, begin to notice the natural rhythms that hold you:

• Lunar phases

• Seasons

• Your own inner cycles

Let today’s Super Full Moon be a luminous reminder: there is power in fullness, in pausing to reflect before initiating. These celestial moments offer invitations to release what is complete and create space for what truly wants to emerge.

This helps you co-create with life, rather than effort your way forward.

💬 5. Find or Create a Space of Resonance

You don’t need to do this alone. When you gather in a field of coherence, with a community, even briefly... it amplifies your own clarity. Time and time again, the Sacred Start participants state they learn so much from each others sharing.

That’s exactly why I created Sacred Start: A 4-week live container of breath, movement, and reflection, held gently twice a week to anchor your mornings in resonance.

No pressure. No performance. Just presence.

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🌸 Sacred Start

Tuesdays & Thursdays • 7–8 a.m. ET • Jan 6–29

8 sessions live on Zoom (or by replay)

Limited to 12 participants for intimacy & coherence

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Let 2026 be the year you stop pushing toward alignment—and start living from it.

Coherence isn’t a finish line. It’s a daily return.

May 2026 begin with breath, intention, and the quiet joy of remembering who you are. 😌

With warmth,

Julie