Use Spiral Movement to Come Alive | Ting Ting Guan

After following Ting Ting’s work for a year, I am so excited to feature her on the show! Ting Ting’s GuanJing Method is aliveness in motion.

This episode is for those who have been feeling stuck, stagnant, and lacking a sense of vitality. Or perhaps you’ve been feeling that your yoga or running practice isn’t making you feel as alive and strong as it used to.

Ting Ting Guan’s GuanJing Method is a spiral-based practice at the intersection of Qigong, yoga, dance, and Chinese medicine. Ting Ting and Kate dive into how stress and disconnection show up in the body, how spiraling movement helps release energetic blockages, and how softness, play, and rest can coexist with real strength in both personal healing and how we show up in the world.

Key takeaways

🌊How to keep emotions from getting stuck in your body

🌀What’s so special about spiral, dynamic body movement

🏵️How to feel strong in your softness and vulnerability

👯Why vitality lives in presence and play

Timestamps

(01:11) Meet Ting Ting Guan

(02:26) The Birth of the GuangJing Method

(07:09) Transformation Story

(10:08) Understanding Stuck Emotions

(17:29) Managing Disassociation and Emotions

(22:49) Embracing Vitality and Aliveness

(27:59) Overcoming Self-Judgment

(28:53) The Power of Breath and Movement

(30:14) Building Confidence Through Dance

(31:19) The Michelangelo Approach to Self-Discovery

(33:21) The Significance of the Spiral

(37:45) Balancing Softness and Strength

(46:04) The Future Vision for Guang Jing Method

(48:26) Upcoming Retreats and Opportunities

(53:11) Embracing Rest and Fun

(55:06) Conclusion and Future Plans

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A Mouse Living in my Engine & Slowing Down for Winter | Stories [Solo Episode]

A quick life update with some reflections on the year, a Kate versus Mouse story, and what's going on in my world for the rest of 2025. I hope it brings you a laugh and some reflections for your own life. As always, sending you lots of love with every episode.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Welcome and Life Update

01:09 Nomadic Lifestyle Reflections

03:56 2025 Personal Growth Project: Cutting Some Cords

07:17 Pajamas almost died but she is alive!

09:52 The Mouse was Living in my Engine

15:17 My Winter Experiment: Can I still be productive if I turn down my intensity?

20:03 Winter Travel Plans and Final Thoughts

The Art of Seeing: Marfa Models CEO Arianna Alexis

👉What does it mean to see the world like an artist? This episode will inspire you to think differently, see opportunity where you thought there was none, and take risks in your art and your life. Arianna Alexis is a fashion designer, CEO of Marfa Models, and has a working art gallery in her laundry room. The message of this episode featuring this interesting human? Creativity is in you. Do the thing...and be who you are.

In this episode, you'll hear:

🧺 How Arianna created an art gallery in her laundry room

🦵 Learn about pushing the edges of figure drawing to include all body types

👁️ How to see life with a creative, curious artist's eye

👉Key points

(00:00) Intro to the Show

(01:01) Meet Ariana Alexis: Artist and Founder

(01:25) The Birth of Galerie Ego

(02:06) The Unique Concept of Galerie Ego

(04:32) Experiencing Galerie Ego

(07:09) The Vision Behind Galerie Ego

(19:17) Ariana's Journey in Fashion and Art

(24:14) The Evolution of Mind Lines and Marfa Models

(28:51) The Importance of Presence and Creativity

(32:21) Generational Perspectives

(33:25) Challenging the Status Quo

(36:15) The Power of Art

(45:55) Flow State and Meditation

(53:20) Final Thoughts and Inspirations

More About Arianna Alexis

Arianna Alexis is a visual artist and filmmaker known for her multidisciplinary and performative work that exhibits and reflects the duality of the body as a model and mechanical being. Encouraging the alienation of self, her work hones to body image, idealization, self discipline and representation of labor within fashion. She received her MFA, at Parsons Paris where she resided for 5 years. Relocating to Marfa, TX she continues her artistic practice, where she has founded Marfa Models & galerie ego

What does it mean to Arianna to feel alive? Being in tune with your true self and being honest with yourself which effects the path and purpose of living in alignment of authenticity, which to me equals to being most alive!

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