Still Waters With Li

The Harvest Moon rises: bright, full, and ancient in her wisdom. In this Lunar Reflections mini-episode, Li guides you through a grounding ritual, personal reflections on uneven harvests, and a meditation inspired by I Ching Hexagram 42: Increase (益 yì). Together, we ask: What have you truly gathered this year? What has grown, and what has gone to seed? Take a breath. Light a candle. Let this ful...

EPISODE 1: The Weight of Inherited Wounds We begin this series with truth, not performance. Many of us carry patterns we didn’t choose: emotional enmeshment, spiritual control, fear disguised as love. In this episode, Li shares her own story of growing up in a tightly controlled environment and how she began the slow, sacred work of releasing what was never hers to carry. We explore Hexagram 10 —...

EPISODE 6 — Rebirth is a Ritual Still Waters with Li | The Sacred Descent Rebirth doesn’t mean starting over. It means integrating what you’ve carried, refining it into wisdom, and beginning again whole. In this closing episode of The Sacred Descent, Li guides you through the sacred work of rebirth, a ritual of honoring the descent, blessing the fire that transformed you, and returning with streng...

Libra Season — Balance Through Boundaries On September 22nd, 2025, we step into Libra Season and the Autumn Equinox, where day and night meet as equals. In mini-episode of Still Waters with Li, we explore balance, honesty, and relational equity. Guided by I Ching Hexagram 61 (Inner Truth), you’ll learn a simple “Feather & Stone” practice to honor both compassion and clarity. ✨ Tune in for a p...

Balance and Release: Autumn Equinox Reflections 🌀 Seasonal Wisdom Series | Air Date: September 22, 2025 As day and night come into perfect balance, we arrive at the threshold of the Autumn Equinox: a sacred invitation to pause, reflect, and release. In this episode, Li guides you through a grounding meditation, personal reflection, and a seasonal ritual inspired by Hexagram 23 – 剝 Bō / Splitting...

EPISODE 5 — Ancestral Fire, Feminine Gold Still Waters with Li | The Sacred Descent We inherit more than names. We inherit silence, grief, strength, and unfinished stories. In this episode of The Sacred Descent, Li guides you into ancestral work, not to blame or reject the past, but to transform it. Guided by Hexagram 18 — Work on What Has Been Spoiled, we explore how acknowledging what was neglec...

EPISODE 4 — Soul Boundaries & Spiritual Fire Still Waters with Li | The Sacred Descent Not every boundary is loud. Some are quiet, steady choices that protect your fire. In this episode of The Sacred Descent, Li explores the sacred discipline of soul boundaries: how small, consistent acts of restraint preserve your light and keep you aligned with your truth. Guided by Hexagram 9 — The Taming P...

EPISODE 3 — The Mask & The Mirror Still Waters with Li | The Sacred Descent At some point in the descent, the mask begins to slip. And the mirror? It no longer reflects who you pretend to be, but who you really are beneath the performance. In this episode, guided by Hexagram 22 – Grace, we explore the difference between outer appearance and inner truth. Grace is useful, but it is not the essen...

🌕 NEW EPISODE — Corn Moon: Honoring the Sacred Vessel Within Air Date: September 7, 2025 🎙️ Still Waters with Li This Corn Moon, we pause not to perform, but to reflect, to gather, and to honor what is ripening within us. Under this September full moon, known for signaling the final harvest before the equinox, we explore what it means to gather the invisible crops of healing, growth, and self-tru...

Spirit Festival Reflections (Hungry Ghost Festival) | Mini-Episode On September 6th, 2025, communities across the world honor the Spirit Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival. This sacred day marks the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, when the veil between the living and the departed grows thin. Families make offerings of food, incense, and paper gifts, remembering ancestors a...

EPISODE 2 — The Power in Your Pain Still Waters with Li | The Sacred Descent Pain does not mean you are broken. It means you are becoming. In this episode of The Sacred Descent, Li invites you to sit with the truth of your ache, not to fix it, but to hear it. Guided by Hexagram 28 — Great Exceeding, we explore how moments of overwhelm, fragility, and weight are not signs of failure, but thresholds...

EPISODE 1 — The Descent Begins Still Waters with Li | The Sacred Descent Not all journeys start with light. Some begin in shadow. In this opening episode of The Sacred Descent, Li invites you into a season of quiet strength, honesty, and sacred withdrawal. Guided by Hexagram 36 — Ming I / Eclipse of Light, we reflect on the wisdom of protecting our inner flame when outer clarity fades. 🕯️ Inside t...

Virgo Season: Order from Chaos As the Sun enters Virgo, we step into a season of refinement, care, and devotion through simplicity. In this mini-episode of Still Waters with Li, we explore Virgo’s quiet strength alongside the wisdom of the I Ching’s Hexagram 60 – Limitation (節). Together, we reflect on how proper measure and supportive boundaries create space for peace, clarity, and nourishment....

Under the ancient Sturgeon Moon, we are invited to remember the quiet power of endurance. This episode explores the strength it takes to keep going, not through force, but through wisdom, discernment, and deep inner knowing. With I Ching Hexagram 34, The Power of the Great, we reflect on what it means to stand in your strength, not for approval, but for truth. Join Li for a soulful pause, an hones...

Leo Season isn’t just about being bold, it’s about being honest with yourself. In this short and powerful reflection, Li guides you through intentional breath, soul-level questions, and the grounded wisdom of I Ching Hexagram 55: Plenty, a reminder to live fully, even if the moment is fleeting. ✨ Breathwork to return to your center ✨ Reflection on truth, fear, and self-abandonment ✨ A mantra to...

Not every cord needs to be burned. In this episode of Still Waters with Li, I guide you through a gentle, water-based alternative to traditional candle cord-cutting rituals. Using herbs, intention, and the power of water, this ritual is designed to help you release what’s heavy, what no longer belongs, and what’s quietly taking up too much space in your spirit. This isn’t about forcing healing or...

In this special Buck Moon mini-episode, Li invites you to pause beneath the glow of the full moon and reflect on the quiet transformation happening within. Like the deer growing new antlers, we are asked to shed what no longer serves and rise into our next form: stronger, wiser, softer. 🌕✨ Tune in for a 4-minute meditation on growth, grief, and sacred renewal. May the still waters within you ris...

🌿 In this special mini-episode, I take a quiet moment to share the heart behind Still Waters with Li: why this space was created, why I stepped away from public readings through Li Readings & Healings, and how my birth chart and life path have led me here. This is a space for real healing, beyond toxic positivity, where we can honor shadow work, grief, deconstruction, and the deeper layers of...

In this deeply personal meditation, Li shares a reimagined version of Psalms 23 through the lens of Chinese Buddhism. Raised in the church, she opens up about her spiritual deconstruction and returning to her Chinese ancestral roots. This guided meditation weaves gentle breathwork, reflection, and sacred phrases to soothe your spirit and awaken compassion. 🌿 In this episode: Guided Buddhist-inspi...

🎧 Episode 6: The Water Priestess Path Still Waters with Li | The Water Remembers (Finale) In this final ripple of The Water Remembers, we return home to the truth within, to the stillness, strength, and sacred vision of the Water Priestess. You are no longer just healing. You are now holding. Witnessing. Leading. Inspired by Hexagram 20 – 觀 (Guān) – Observation, this episode invites you to embod...

Episode 5 – Sacred Shadows: A Guide to Self-Truth Still Waters with Li | The Water Remembers series In this tender and grounding episode, we explore the sacred shadows that we all carry within us—those hidden parts shaped by pain, fear, and shame. These shadows are not our enemies; they are exiled truths waiting to be remembered. Through a gentle story and a transformative meditation, we journey t...

Step into a new season with Still Waters with Li. In this special Solstice reflection, we honor the passing of Juneteenth, the longest day of light, and the gentle arrival of Cancer season. Through the wisdom of Hexagram 24 — The Return — and a guided meditation at the water’s edge, Li invites you to release the old, embrace natural growth, and return home to your inner shore. 🌊 Includes a ritual...

Episode 4: Soft Boundaries, Strong Soul In this gentle yet empowering episode, Li explores the sacred art of setting boundaries, not as rigid walls, but as soft riverbanks that guide your soul’s flow. Through story, breathwork, affirmation, and an I Ching divination featuring Hexagram 60 (Restriction), you'll be invited to return to your center and honor your limits as acts of love. Includes: 🌀 P...

🌕 Episode 3: The Moon Remembers In this deeply reflective episode, Li returns after her graduate school residency with a tender offering under the glow of the Strawberry Full Moon. She shares the sacred experience of meeting her soul-aligned tribe and the vulnerability of facing a potential threat on campus that same night. Through story, breathwork, a guided moonlight visualization, and a mantra...

🌊 Episode 2: Grief is a Portal Grief is not a weight to bear in silence—it’s a sacred passage, a portal into deeper truth. In this intimate episode, Li guides you through the healing currents of grief with gentle storytelling, a calming breath practice, and a prayer drawn from Chinese Pure Land Buddhist tradition. You’ll also receive insight from the I Ching, which reminds us that the way through...