In this episode of the Self Love Podcast, Kim welcomes Rikki Bradley, creator of EnerQi Journey, to explore how Qigong can help us reconnect with our bodies, restore balance and embrace wellbeing, particularly through midlife. A registered nurse and massage therapist, Rikki shares how a neck and shoulder injury led her to discover Qigong and Tai Chi, transforming her understanding of healing. Together, Kim and Rikki explore the power of gentle movement, breath and meditation and why slowing down, listening to our bodies and allowing ourselves to rest can sometimes be the most powerful forms of healing.

Rikki also shares her personal experiences with burnout and the importance of finding balance, practising self care and embracing self love at every stage of life. She offers insights into finding authentic Qigong teachers and shares her plans to introduce more people to the practice through online resources and classes. Her message is a beautiful reminder that we don't need to push harder or rush our journey. A beautiful conversation about reconnecting with yourself, honouring your body's needs and discovering the healing power of slowing down.

About Rikki
Rikki Bradley is the creator of EnerQi Journey, a guided, experiential wellbeing journey for women in midlife. Through Qigong, self-understanding and practical, nurturing experiences, she helps women reconnect with the wisdom of their bodies, nurture their relationship with themselves and quieten the noise of everyday life.

Recognising that midlife can leave women feeling exhausted, overwhelmed or disconnected from themselves, Rikki sees this season of life as an opportunity to pause, listen to the body and rediscover their personal power. Her work centres on self-nourishment, helping women reconnect with their own needs and restore their energy.

Rikki is passionate about creating a world where women feel supported and understood, and where midlife becomes an opportunity to rediscover who they are and feel more at home in themselves.

Her definition of Self Love is: Embracing each stage and season of life.

Her favourite quote is: Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished

Links to follow:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rikki.lifestyle/
Substack: https://substack.com/@rikkibradley

Link to the 10-Minute Reset (10 minute qigong video and a companion guide)
https://lead-magnet-j8h506.subscribepage.io

Quotes:
I was not someone who came to something in a short part. It has been a very long journey.
I love to learn so I had collected and worked in a lot of different areas and they came in together.
We all live in our own bodies and that is the only way we can do it. We can’t be somebody else in that moment.
We don’t rest enough in our world.
Regardless of what you need that day, Qigong can meet you.
What we want is that energy to keep moving through those rivers so that every part of our body is nourished.
When we sit too long, when we have an injury, when we are feeling heavy, we develop stagnation in our body.
Movement is what we are looking at to keep that energy within our bodies, our chi flowing.
As we go through our life cycle and all the different seasons that that brings, we can’t be the same person.
I think the most important thing is to be able to tune in and that takes time.
We have got to learn what is good for our body and what is good for other people.
When you are in your darkest times, you are not always your best version and you are not always able to achieve what you want, because there is too many other demands on you at that time.
It all comes back to listening and connecting and understanding the messages our body is giving us.
What is that you need? What lifts you? What calms you? What nourishes you? So that you can then take a step forward?
It is looking at bringing it into your world at the easiest level so that you can lift your vibration, lift your energy and start feeling more alive in the skin you are in.
The biggest thing was learning to listen to my body.
The most important thing is maintaining my full bucket.
To give your best to other people. You have to be at your best.
I just allowed myself to breathe because that was like a medicine.
Rest is the best medicine you can give yourself.
Self-love is embracing who I am, where I am in that moment.
Just being, not the doing, embracing the being, embracing you, embracing your life and all that sits in that.
We are human beings, be with yourself. While we are racing around doing, we are missing the most vital essence of who we are.

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