Desire is Your Power Source
Mindfulness practices to unplug from anxiety, comparisons, and people pleasing and supercharge your confidence, creativity and joy.
Think about what happens in your body when you are lit up with desire. Your skin feels more sensitive. Your breath deepens. Colors look brighter. Now imagine feeling some version of that everywhere you go.
You take up space. You look people in the eye. You feel confident, sexy, and alive.
And since nobody handed you these feelings, nobody can take them away.
And no, it isn’t reserved for the newly in love, the young, or the lucky. It’s not too late or too soon to take the first step.
You don’t have to get there alone.
I'm Yael Shy. I’m a meditation teacher and author with more than twenty years of experience practicing and teaching mindfulness in Buddhist and Jewish lineages.
When I was 38, I found myself in the middle of my life, confused about where all the joy went, exhausted by all my obligations to family and work, and terrified that the best, most exciting days were behind me.
Here’s how we begin:
Step 1 - Start with the Free Guide
Download Flip Your Fear, my free four-step guide to finding the desire underneath your anxiety, with a guided meditation and journaling prompts. I promise I don’t tell you to “just meditate more.”
Step 2 - Join the Community
Join me on The Power of Desire, my Substack. I write about mindfulness, desire, and new practices for you to try to deepen your meditation practice and light up your life. Plus regular conversations with meditation teachers and wise people I love.
Step 3 - Fall Back in Love With Your Life
Feeling alive — to desire, to your body, to life itself — doesn't have to be a fleeting accident. It doesn't depend on the right partner, job, or body. No matter your age, it's not too late to step onto this path.
The time is now.
You have spent years, maybe decades, putting yourself last.
You give a lot to a lot of people. Somewhere along the way, your own wants slid to the very bottom of the list.
The world wants to call this time a “crisis.”
But what feels like death in mid-life is actually a rebirth. You are being born as the subject rather than the object. You are being born as the driver of your life, rather than the passenger.
You are being born to shine.
You don’t have to blow up your life. You don’t have to choose between yourself and the people you love.
You do have to choose yourself, fully and without apology, or another decade slips by exactly like the last one.
Wanting more, being more, desiring more, doesn’t make you bad.
It sets you free..
What others are saying…
“Yael has taught me more about what it means to look for and find life energy — the idea of living life as opposed to life living you. Deep gratitude.”
“Yael Shy’s teachings have transformed not just my approach to mindfulness, but to my everyday life. I can think of no one better to guide people through moments of shakiness, change, and life transition.”
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Your fire is still there. Let's find it together.
Start with Flip Your Fear — the free four-step guide to finding the desire underneath your anxiety.
Want to go deeper?
Want a whole day to figure out what you actually want? Deep meditation practice, coaching, 1:1 attention and an action plan, in person or on Zoom, on your schedule, in one powerful day.
