Lunar New Year Workbook: Embody the Energy of the Chinese Zodiac

The Lunar New Year offers another way to begin again — one that follows the rhythm of the moon rather than the pressure of the calendar. Celebrated from the first new moon of late January or early February through the following full moon, this season peace, prosperity, possibility.

This workbook is designed as a ritual journey. You’ll begin with an anchor mudra meditation and a gentle somatic warm-up to arrive in the body and settle the nervous system. From there, you’ll move through the animals of the Chinese Zodiac — 🐀 Rat, 🐂 Ox, 🐅 Tiger, 🐇 Rabbit, 🐉 Dragon, 🐍 Snake, 🐎 Horse, 🐐 Goat, 🐒 Monkey, 🐓 Rooster, 🐕 Dog, and 🐖 Pig — exploring each through an embodiment shape, reflective prompts, and energetic themes.

Rather than learning about the zodiac intellectually, this practice invites you to feel each animal’s wisdom in your body. Each section offers space to notice what resonates, what challenges you, and what wants to be integrated as you move through the Lunar Year.

The ritual continues with a Lunar New Year card reading focused on peace, prosperity, and possibility, followed by restorative shapes paired with affirmations. You’ll close with a nurturing self-massage and final resting practice, allowing the experience to settle fully into the body.

Everything in this workbook is offered invitationally. You are always encouraged to adapt, skip, rest, or return to any section as needed. This is a trauma-conscious offering rooted in agency, nervous system ease, and trust in your own inner knowing.

Whether you’re welcoming the Lunar New Year for the first time or returning to this practice year after year, this workbook supports you in opening to the cycle ahead with steadiness, embodiment, and care.

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What’s Included

🌑 An anchor mudra meditation and calming breathwork
🌑 A gentle somatic warm-up to connect body and breath
🌑 Embodiment practices for each animal of the Chinese Zodiac
🌑 Reflective prompts to explore how each energy shows up in your life
🌑 A Lunar New Year card reading for peace, prosperity, and possibility
🌑 Restorative shapes paired with affirmations
🌑 A trauma-conscious self-massage, acupressure, and final resting practice
🌑 Space for journaling, reflection, and intention

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How to Use This Workbook

Move through the practices in order as a complete ritual, or return to individual sections anytime you want to reconnect with a specific animal's energy. This workbook pairs beautifully with live or replayed classes when available and can be revisited throughout the Lunar Year as a grounding resource.

Closing Invitation

This workbook is an invitation to embody the energies guiding the Lunar New Year — with the intent to welcome peace, prosperity, and possibility into your body, mind, heart, and soul.

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