Inner Alchemy Writing
A Few Notes Before We Begin…
Each Morning Before Journaling:
“Enter the Elemental”
To begin, we listen. To the body. To the breath. To what is quietly asking to be known.
Start with the 15 Minute Practice Video:
Vajra Breathing
Embodied Ritual via Nejang Yoga [Sequence Number 24]
Vajra Pose
Followed by 15 min of free write journaling:
Set a timer 5-15 minutes, whatever is available for you.
Try to keep pen to paper for the full time that you set, don’t overthink it, just keep writing.
WEEK 1 — WIND / rLUNG
Inquiry: The winds of the body. The breath of inspiration. The mover of thoughts. The bridge between external information and internal spirit.
Affirmation: I trust my breath and intuition to guide me to presence and possibility.
Overview: In Tibetan medicine, rLung (pronounced loong) is one of the three main energies that shape how we feel in our bodies and minds. It loosely translates as “wind,” because it’s all about movement — not just your physical movements like walking or digestion, but also your inner movement: your thoughts, breath, emotions, and energy. It is the force that carries the mind. It’s the vehicle of consciousness — meaning, when your mind races, your breath shortens, or you feel “all over the place,” rLung is at play.
Because it moves everything, it’s often the first thing to go out of balance — and when it does, it can impact everything else in the ecology of your being. Tibetan medicine sees rLung as both the beginning and the spreader of disease, especially when it comes to conditions rooted in stress, trauma, or mental overactivity.
This imbalance can be triggered by a lot of things — overstimulation, too much thinking, skipping meals, cold/raw foods, trauma, or just being too busy and burned out. And yet, when rLung is balanced, it’s a gift: it gives you your inspiration, your creative spark, your intuition, and your capacity to move through life with grace and flexibility.
This journey invites you to start there — with your breath, your mind, your sensitivity — not to pathologize it, but to listen to it. rLung isn’t something to be fixed or contained. It’s something to listen to and re-harmonize, with a kind and gentle approach.
rLung In Balance:
Light, inspired, mentally clear
Intuitively connected
Moving with grace and trust
Creative ideas flow with ease
Calm breath, steady energy, present in the moment
Easy to get into sustained flow state, harnessing the wind like a sail
rLung Out of Balance:
Feeling blown off course
Too many tabs open
Anxious, scattered or overwhelmed
Insomnia, light or restless sleep
Racing or intrusive thoughts
Dry skin, poor digestion, cracking joints
Easily overstimulated or emotionally adrift
Panic attacks or racing heart
Overwhelm, worry, or burnout
Week 1 Writing Prompts
Day 1 — Where do you feel scattered or overstretched right now? What would it feel like to land? (rLung disperses energy — this is your call to return.)
Day 2 — What does your breath feel like today? What is it telling you? When do you hold your breath throughout your day (yoga, sex, talking to your boss, etc)
(Start here. It always knows what is not aligned.)
Day 3 — When do you feel most inspired — and what tends to blow that spark out?
(Catch the conditions that feed or dim your light.)
Day 4 — Who or what throws you off balance — and what helps you return to center?
(Track the gusts. Anchor the root.)
Day 5 — Where in your life are you rushing — and what’s beneath the urgency? (Not all movement is momentum.)
Day 6 — What thoughts are circling your mind today? Which ones feel like wind, and which feel like truth? (rLung is the motion of thought — but not all thoughts deserve airtime.)
Day 7 — What does rest look like when it’s actually restorative, not just collapse from exhaustion? (Think of a tree waving gently in the wind. What does that mean for you?)
Final rLung Reflection: Put a hand on your heart. What have you been avoiding feeling — and how might it be asking to move through you? If your inner wind could speak today, what would it whisper? (Let it move: gentle, honest and kind. Blocked rLung becomes stuck emotion.)