Do Nothing.

Newsletter Jan 21st

This beginning of the year is, for me, part of a deep movement of slowing down. After the traditional “portal” between the Solstice and the New Year (a period that is always very charged for me with unexpected processes), and a fairly powerful ceremony on December 31st, the first days of 2026 began with a great fatigue.

My body and my mind simply didn’t want to return to the pace I usually impose on myself. I had the space. So I did nothing.
I slept.
I watched series.
I listened to music.
I took baths.

I stayed home for several days without talking to many people or seeing anyone.
I thanked life for allowing me this freedom.
And to my great surprise, I could have taken even more time.

For the past few months, I’ve been discovering a new version of myself. Someone who always thought of herself as rather extroverted, I now find my moments of solitude increasingly nourishing. I realize that I don’t need to be constantly stimulated by the outside world, nor in contact with other humans, to feel good.

Although I am someone who is very surrounded, and who loves bringing people together, I’ve become aware of the extent of my sensitivity—physical, emotional, and even intellectual—and how much energy I deploy to adapt to most social environments, and the fatigue that comes with it.
(This sensitivity also makes me an excellent facilitator and guide.)

Finally, something that used to be a “normal” part of my adult life: for over a year now, anxiety has completely disappeared from my system.

I observe this new version of myself existing.
What are her needs?
How does she make decisions?
What is her purpose, her direction?

I am still me, but my old beliefs and definitions of myself no longer fully apply.
It feels like a deep update that took place throughout 2025, and that is now emerging more and more clearly.

At the end of 2025, I made the decision to step down from the role of Executive Director of Ecstatic Temple. I spoke about it in the Temple’s newsletter and on my Facebook page. I expected it to be more difficult—this decision feels like an obvious one.

I also stopped taking on new coaching clients in the format I had been working with for the past four years. A new offering is slowly but surely taking shape—and even though I feel the urge to accelerate its birth, I sense that here too, time is needed.

Since the fall, life has continued to whisper to me:
wait.
do nothing.
let go of what no longer serves.
finish what is already in motion.
don’t start anything new.

It’s a difficult practice, doing nothing more.
I have a million ideas, desires, visions.
I’ve already planned retreats, trainings, travels.
And above all, my bank account is just as much in waiting for something to fill it.

I remember this same time last year—when my relational and romantic identity was unraveling in the grief of my last relationship. That painful transition was the final step in becoming who I am today.

Over this past year, I’ve learned not to be afraid of the unknown anymore.
A trust has settled.
I know that something is coming.

In 2026,
I want to listen to the void.
I want to create spaces that I am part of.
I want to dance with my clients–friends–participants—name it—in the Invisible.

To weave threads through touch, movement, voice—

To listen.
To accompany.
To express.
To transmit.

In 2026, I loosen my grip on the mental structure of doing that once held me upright—or at least allowed me to feel ready to dance in the void.
Because I am upright. And also seated. And also moving. I dance, eyes open or closed, listening.

In 2026, I invite spaces where my medicine will not be know-how, but know-being.

The knowing of how to dance.
The knowing of how to weave.

I can’t wait to dance with you.

- Elodie

RESOURCE — Conscious Touch, Co-Regulation & Energetic Care

Through touch, meditation, sound, breath, and the dialogue between my hands and your body, I offer you unconditional presence, a time of deep relaxation, and a space to fully lay yourself down—with everything that you are.

Duration: ~2 hours

These sessions can take place fully clothed, on a floor futon or on a table, in respect of your boundaries and the sensitivity of your nervous system.
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