The Return to Real
So What Comes Next?
We rebuild. We recommit.
We remember.
We stop trying to fit spiritual work into systems that were never built to hold it.
We stop asking capitalism to give us permission to slow down.
We stop outsourcing our intuition to branding trends and sales formulas.
And we start leading from within.
The Question of Spiritual Sell-Out’s
I Sold My Yoga Studio Because I Refused to Sell My Soul
For years, I poured my heart into a space that was meant to be sacred.
But the deeper I went into my own embodiment… the more I woke up to how the system demanded things that didn’t align:
… Pack the schedule
… Chase the metrics
… Prioritize growth over integrity
… Water down the teachings to “meet people where they are” even if it meant never asking them to rise
It began to feel like I was running a business fighting for its soul, not holding a sacred space with spiritual reciprocity.
The business was ‘working’ but my soul was not okay.
And so, after 3 years… I walked away.
Not because I didn’t believe in the work, but because I believed in it too much to keep letting capitalism dictate its form.
Sacred Doesn’t Mean Soft
In today’s spiritual world, there’s a polished aesthetic of sacredness:
Neutral color palettes.
Whispered voices.
Soft, “divine feminine” branding.
Mantras over mirrors.
Incense and ambiance.
And while there’s nothing inherently wrong with any of this, it becomes a problem when softness becomes a shield.
When we confuse sacred with sanitized. When we hide behind softness to avoid accountability, rigor, or real transformation. When we think being nice is the same thing as being devoted.
The Rise of the Weekend Facilitator
You can memorize scripts. You can buy templates. You can brand yourself as a mentor, teacher, guide…
But energy doesn’t lie. Nervous systems tell all. The body, yours and your clients or students, always knows when something is missing.
And what’s missing is usually this:
Time. Mentorship. Embodiment. Lived experience.
Not performance, polish or hustle.
What’s missing is the depth that only comes from walking the path again and again and again, until it rewires you.