In this episode, Laura explores triggers and transference — why do we get triggered and what can we do about it? Not just on the yoga mat, but in everyday life, relationships, parenting, and work. Using yoga philosophy, psychology, and lived experience, we unpack why certain people and situations activate us so deeply, how early experiences shape our sense of worth, and why love can start to feel conditional. We look at self-actualisation, nervous system responses, and how healing happens when we move from external validation to internal authority. This episode is an invitation to meet your triggers with curiosity rather than shame, and to see relationships as powerful opportunities for awareness, growth, and repair.

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In this episode, Laura shares a very personal and pragmatic reflection on the decision to close Soul Sanctuary after 12 years. A studio closing email can only say so much, here Laura speaks openly about the reality of running a heart-led business, the emotional and financial challenges that come with owning a yoga studio, and the lessons I’ve learned along the way. This is an honest conversation about perseverance, knowing when to let go, choosing family, and redefining success — shared for anyone who has ever built something with love, struggled behind the scenes, or had to make a difficult but necessary decision to honour their truth.

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In this solo episode, I explore February as a threshold, a moment where long-held inner processes give way to decisive outer movement.

We close the Year of the Wood Snake, a Yin year of shedding, strategy, and quiet preparation, and step into the Year of the Fire Horse, a rare and volatile Yang-fire cycle that accelerates destiny, visibility, courage, and change.

This episode weaves together astrology, elemental wisdom, nervous system awareness, and collective symbolism to help you understand not just what is happening — but how to move through it without burning out.

In this episode, we explore:

• What the Year of the Wood Snake has been asking of us (and why it may have felt slow, heavy, or confusing)
• Why the Fire Horse year brings acceleration, risk, leadership, and bold movement
• Saturn entering Aries — and why Saturn is in detriment here
• Neptune moving into Aries and the end of a long, foggy spiritual era
• The rare Saturn–Neptune conjunction at 0° Aries and what it signals collectively
• Why the last Saturn–Neptune conjunction coincided with the fall of the Berlin Wall
• War symbolism, remembrance, and the poppy as a collective archetype
• The Solar Eclipse and New Moon in Aquarius on 17 February
• Aquarius themes of systems, community, responsibility, and the future
• Burnout as the shadow of Fire Horse energy
• Drishti: focus as destiny in a year where fire must be directed
• How to move from performance into mission

This is an episode about clarity, courage, and conscious initiation.

February asks us to stop waiting for certainty, and to begin acting from what we already know.

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