Why Old Patterns Are Coming Up: Spiritual Awakening and Energy Shifts Explained
Why Old Patterns Are Coming Up: Spiritual Awakening and Energy Shifts Explained
I was at a Healing Arts Sanctuary recently with an impromptu in-person gathering alongside my scheduled Zoom group for our two-week challenge to meditate every day together.
All the ingredients of a dedicated psychic (of the Soul) space were present. A senior student worked quietly behind the scenes as Room Control. A safe and inviting container was being created. Everything was in place.
And within 10–15 minutes of a brief meditation for beginners in this style of training, several people had tears beginning to form.
Were they sad?
No.
Quite the opposite.
They were releasing long-held misbeliefs about who they are. Limits they believed to be true. Limits that seemed too big to overcome.
At first, they didn’t understand it.
Am I sad? Upset?
Did someone say something I didn’t care for?
What just happened?
For those Souls, everything was aligned for them that day. They were prepared — interested and willing — and the timing was precise. The escape hatch released.
Now, that does not mean everyone’s moment looks like tears.
For some, it comes as a gentle “ahha…”
A quiet internal click.
A sudden inspiration while washing dishes.
A realization in the car.
A simple knowing that something old no longer fits.
Each Soul has its day.
And it rarely looks the same twice.
“Oh… I Am Much More Than That.”
It may have felt like this:
“I always thought I was depressed.”
“I thought I had diagnosis codes I had to live inside of.”
“I thought this was just who I am.”
And then suddenly…
“I am waking up to see I am much more than that.”
Or perhaps:
“My sister is going through a tough divorce and she is so sad.
I care about her so much…”
And later in the day you still feel heavy. Tender. Weighted.
You look around and think,
“I must be sad.”
So the mind goes searching for a reason.
You replay conversations.
You scan your life for what might be wrong.
You get online and try to solve sadness.
But what if the feeling didn’t originate with you?
Many sensitive and intuitive Souls are so perceptive that emotions in their environment move through them without being questioned. The body registers it. The heart responds. The mind assigns a story afterward.
This is not a sensitivity problem to be solved - it is part of your energy body picking up information, data about the other person.
It is awareness without proper training and validation.
And when you begin to discern what is yours and what is simply moving through your field, something powerful happens — you stop building identity around temporary emotional weather.
A Powerful Time of Alignment
What I witnessed that day was not a random fluke.
It was divine timing.
This particular season carries powerful alignments between our planet and all of us inhabiting it. Some people feel pressure building. Some feel friction. Some feel opportunity.
For one person in the meditation, they had been working deeply and diligently to heal from “strange” illnesses. Doctors and practitioners could only offer moderate relief. Symptoms would ease… then return. Or new ones would appear.
Only to realize that the beautiful devotional work they were doing in the world — pouring themselves into heavy global topics, human suffering, collective pain — was impacting their body.
They were trying to solve it.
Trying to heal it.
But doing so accidentally with their body instead of spirit to spirit.
The body will eventually say, “Whew, This is an overload I can no longer carry.”
For another loving Soul, they felt paused in life — as if they were not allowed to move forward until they fixed their past.
This depends on each Soul and what we are here working on in this lifetime.
For one person, they may be here to break up an old family pattern that is hurtful.
For another, they are here to learn to tolerate or give space to a spicy personality in their family.
Each path is precise for that Soul.
And each awakening has its own timing.
We Are Being Asked to Take Out the Trash
Are old patterns coming up because of astrology?
Because of the news?
Because someone wrote a viral book or social media post?
No.
It is because this is exactly the moment in time we are being asked to take out the trash and prepare to bring in new furniture.
Think of redecorating your bedroom.
Even if you’re just changing curtains.
First, you go through the old things.
You pick something up and say:
“That is not a reflection of me anymore.”
You donate it.
You move it out.
You make room for something that reflects who you are now.
Imagine living in a home from 100 years ago where no one ever updated anything.
No improved wiring.
No updated plumbing.
No new technology.
We update our offices.
We update our devices.
New technology is constantly emerging.
So why would we not update our inner world?
So What Do We Do With All This?
Here are a few simple anchors for right now:
1. When Old Limits Come Up — See Them as OLD
When an old pattern surfaces, practice seeing it with fresh eyes.
It is OLD news.
Today may be the day you have been waiting for to finally free yourself.
The pattern may still be present — but this time you are observing it.
You are not inside it and it is not bigger than You.
That shift alone puts you back in the drivers seat instead of the pattern running the show.
2. Ground Before the “Poop Hits the Fan”
When there is great change in the air, it can feel disorienting.
Grounding daily before things feel chaotic is a true paradigm shift.
Each day:
Imagine a grounding cord from the base of your spine to the center of the earth.
Make it wider than your hips.
Consciously decide to let go of any old patterns that arise.
After practicing this for a while, something subtle begins to happen.
You start to see the pattern as the pattern — not you.
Give yourself time. This is a skill.
3. Put Your Energy on Creation
Once grounded and having released whatever is surfacing as a limit, begin placing your energy on what you want to create.
That project you’ve had in the back of your mind for years.
This is precisely the time in history to bring in those creative ideas:
“I’ve always wanted to find a community to go dancing with.”
“I’ve been wanting to change my living room.”
“I’ve been wanting to start a new business.”
“I want training in something I feel passionate about.”
“I want to understand these intuitive hits I’ve been getting.”
It is a golden hour.
But it does not come without growing pains.
Growth Can Feel Awkward
When a teenager grows rapidly, they may be more susceptible to clumsiness, discomfort, emotional swings.
That first heartbreak is no fun at that age.
But it teaches us who we are.
The same thing is happening now.
The Earth is expanding too — earthquakes, volcanoes, shifts.
Inside each of us, we are expanding into a new understanding of who we have always been.
We thought we were supposed to be the “good girl” or “good boy.”
Follow rules.
Fit in.
But we are so much more than being a good body in society.
We are a limitless Soul with countless experiences.
Innately connected.
Part of the All.
We are coming home to our birthright as the Soul we have always been.
First we peel away layers.
But this time…
We are becoming who we have been all along.
We are becoming who we have been all along.
If You Feel Called
We are doing a Zoom retreat at the end of March called Awaken and Create.
If you wish to go deep into the space of who you are as a creative being — here on your path, with your own creativity — join us.
Private readings are also available for those seeking guidance on their path.
I love helping sensitives, intuitives, leaders, and healers stay tuned up so you can continue in the world with your own work.
This is a powerful time.
Buckle up.
You are not your old limits.
And something beautiful is ready to come in.
With love,
Julia Harrell
Clairvoyant Teacher & Spiritual Guide
There is no need to navigate this shift alone.
If you’re ready to deepen your path and trust your gifts, I’d love to support you.
