The Lunar New Year 2025 brings with it the unique arrival of the Wood Snake, which is a very rare and significant combination that occurs once every 60 years! Each year The Chinese zodiac is associated with a different animal: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, or pig. These animals represent unique archetypes and energies, and they are also influenced by one of five fundamental elements: wood, fire, earth, metal, or water.

The archetypal energy of the snake is said to symbolize the ‘shedding of skin’ and thus ignite a sense of creativity, growth, wisdom and most importantly.. a strong transformative energy that will impact our personal and spiritual evolution! Yet the wood element is said create a special synergy with snake energy by bringing forth a sense of balance, patience, stability, reflection and connection with nature.

In light of the fresh energy and clean slate that a new year brings forth, every year at PK, we get together as a team for 1-3 days and intentionally create/inspire the vision for what we’d love to collectively achieve over the next 12 months.

In 2024, we flourished as a team and business, we hit targets beyond our imagination and achieved everything we put our minds to. This was because of our hard work yes, but mostly because we all held the vision for each other throughout the year and worked together on our ultimate goals for PK.

We each love to tap into the energetic portal of hope, mysticism and magic that the crossover into the year year brings on a personal level too, here are 3 simple and achievable ways we, both in business and our personal lives, love to elevate our transition into a brand new year!

 

2. Habit Stacking

We have spoken about this before but now it has a tangible name! Habit stacking implies that we only implement one new and achievable (definitely not overwhelming) habit at a time. Only once that daily habit becomes second nature we may feel ready to implement a new / the next one and build upon our daily habits throughout the year, rather than setting a whole bunch of new years resolutions and trying to achieve them all at once (we all know how that ends)

2. Boundaries

Setting boundaries, be they internal/personal or boundaries with friends, family and coworkers is an amazing (and necessary) growth opportunity! It is not only a practice of recognising and validating your personal needs, but most importantly a reclaiming of your time and energy—both of which allow you to feel more like yourself and give more to what really lights you up.

Setting Boundaries with others can be daunting and scary yet they actually allow you to show up as the best, most authentic version of yourself, this benefits everyone around us. It’s incredibly important that we understand our why when create a boundary with ourselves and/or others and writing our boundaries and intentions down can really, and we mean really, help us create clarity, purpose and a graceful execution around our actions/intentions.

 

3. Adaptogens

When I say we have been using adaptogens for years I mean like, almost daily for 10 whole years (under the supervision of/ recommendation of our health care professionals) so we can really vouch for the support and magic they can bring to our daily lives! 

Plant Adaptogens are definitely not new phenomenon as they have been used in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda to increase the body’s tolerance to stress by acting as a buffer to the harmful effects of digestive issues, fatigue, poor sleep, etc for thousands of years.

These intelligent plants and fungi can assist in bringing stress levels down to a neutral, healthy state, so that our bodies and minds can function optimally.

Adaptogens like Ashwaganda, Reishi, Ginseng, Tulsi, Lion’s Mane and Cordyceps can be consumed in capsule, tincture, powder or tea form, so you can choose the method that supports you best. 

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Over the years and especially in this last year, we’ve learned to never over-complicate the process of intention setting and to instead keep things clear, realistic and achievable. Focus on one or two areas in life and/or business that you really want to work on and give energy to throughout the year.

We encourage you to utilise this energetic window so that you may set authentic intentions to manifest what you want to experience and embody in 2025

 

With love,

PK

 

 

           Written by Denise Battany