We put on blindfolds and stepped into the dark. This episode is an experiment in presence — recorded in the season of cocooning, when the pull inward is strongest. From witchy cauldrons and mountain meditations to volcanic caves and the feet of a frightened child, we explore what it takes to become the container for your own experience. Meandering through systemic coaching, breathwork, and Internal Family Systems, we arrive at a simple truth: you can't hold space for anyone until you know what you're holding space for within yourself.

📍Chapters

00:00 Intro 

01:15 Welcome & the context: cocooning in the darkest time of the year 

05:35 The experiment: blocked vision, masks on 

06:37 Game: Brewing a witchy cauldron for holding space 

12:33 Stories of mountains 

18:53 The mountain's consciousness 

23:08 Inside the mouth of a volcano 

28:37 What is holding space about? 

36:00 Making your energy available: healing circle in Brazil 

40:33 Center yourself first: holding space in breathwork

43:06 Holding space through the body: the daughter's feet story

46:41 Providing an energetic blueprint 

49:12 Becoming the container: expanded boundaries and blown glass 

57:25 Holding space for others vs holding space for yourself 

1:00:42 Do you need to know yourself to hold space? 

1:06:53 Holding space as creating a container for emergence 

1:13:50 Nature as anchor: the forest that made you whole 

1:18:37 Referencing self vs referencing externals 

1:24:22 Masks off: reflections on the darkness experiment 

1:26:47 Parting reflections

1:33:20 Outro

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* Yulia Bogdanova

* Polina Khodova

* Irina Mishina

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