If you don’t know what the Lion's Gate portal is, it happens from July 28 - August 12 when Sirius (the brightest star in the sky) aligns with the Sun and moon. The peak is on August 8th (8/8).

The energy of this alignment makes it one of the most powerful times of the year for intention-setting, manifestation, and personal transformation.

Now here’s the thing okay.

I used to be veryyyy skeptical of the idea that astrological events could impact us humans. But last year, I decided to lean in anyway. I did the daily practices I’m about to share with you, and on August 8th I did the exact ritual we’ll be doing together in my Lion’s Gate workshop on Saturday.

I hadn’t looked back at what I wrote in my journal since last August until I started writing this article… and wow.

The woman I wrote about becoming… I am her. I’m about to hit 400k on IG, I landed my first keynote, I landed major public speaking opportunities & workshops. But most of all, I FEEL like the woman I wrote about — confident, grounded, sovereign, and self-assured.

Sooo, clearly something worked.

Now whether you believe that astrological events impact us humans or not kind of doesn’t matter because there is real neuroscience behind why the practices I’m about to walk you through are so powerful.

Just like millions of people set goals on January 1st because it feels like the beginning of a new chapter... or make a big life change after a birthday, a move to a new city, or starting a new job... moments in time carry meaning.

They give us permission to pause, reflect on where we are, and intentionally choose where we're going next. And when we tie our intentions to a meaningful moment in time, we're much more likely to actually follow through on them.

So whether you think this next week is powerful because of astrology, psychology, or a little bit of both... Lean into this with me!

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I’ve done a lot of therapy and healing modalities over the years, but if I had to credit just one thing with this gradual - but profound - transformation, it would be meditation. (And somatic therapy, but that came after meditation and is a post for another day.)

Ugh. Meditation. Annoying, I know.

If I had read this years ago I’d be like, “Not ANOTHER person talking about meditation. How effective can sitting in silence for 10 minutes really be? I don’t have time for that. I’ve tried and it doesn’t work for me. Give me a pill.”

I tried on & off for years to be “the kind of person that meditates.” I would try once, notice myself thinking, and give up — concluding that I was “bad” at meditation. Or I’d have a 3-day streak going, make up an excuse about not having the time (but have 15 minutes for doomscrolling of course), and then fall off for a year.

It wasn’t until January 2025 when I was going through one of the most challenging periods of my life that I made a commitment to myself to meditate every day for 10 minutes.

I had a sense that I needed to gift myself that daily act of turning inward. But what I didn’t expect was that it would turn into something I did every single morning for the next year & a half (of course missing days here & there).

And I did not expect that it would change my entire freaking life.

So unfortunately I am now one of those annoying people that shouts “MEDITATION!!!” in the face of anyone looking to better themselves.

In this article, I’ll break down what kind of meditation to do (& which to graduate to), what made it finally “click” for me, how to know you’re doing it the “right” way, and specific ways that it changed my life… and what you can expect it to do for you, too.

What kind of meditation to do:

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I do these twice a year — usually around this time and then again in December before the new year.

The reason I’m so passionate & diligent about these? Us humans are chronically disconnected from ourselves.

Packed schedules, constant media consumption, self-worth contingent on productivity… We give ourselves zero time to slow down. Not only is that rough on our bodies, our emotional & mental health, but we also end up losing touch with our intuition.

We outsource decisions to other people, to society, to AI, to social media. Looking everywhere & anywhere except inside — at our own innate inner wisdom.

And then we wonder why we “all of a sudden” feel so lost & off-track.

These reset retreats are almost like little touch-points with yourself — a wa…

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