Vorticies – The Calm in the Swirl
Vortices spiral inward or outward—seen in whirlpools, storms, or stirred air—symbolizing powerful movement and focused energy.
Vortices reconnect you to power, momentum, and stillness within chaos.
- Journaling can explore where you’re pulled in or where your energy is spiraling out.
- Meditation helps center within the swirl—finding the eye of the storm.
- Somatic spirals, dynamic spins, or focused body coiling embody the vortex in motion.
Let the following practices guide your center-finding journey.
🧘♂️Meditate to Vortex Forms:
🔍Learn More About Vortices:
Definition: A spiral force drawing inward—seen in whirlpools, storms, and galaxies.
How it helps: Working with vortex energy teaches emotional self-regulation and finding calm in chaos.
- Helps discharge emotional intensity safely
- Increases tolerance for internal movement
- Strengthens core stability
- Trains presence under pressure
💃Move in a Vortex: (Use this 5 Minute, Somatic Meditation to Lift Your Spirit):
“Spinning with awareness and find stillness at your core”
🧘 Movement Spiral your torso or arms slowly in a controlled, spinning gesture.
🌬️ Breath Cue Inhale to draw in energy, exhale to stabilize.
🌀 Mantra “I center within the swirl.”
🪞Journal to Vorticies:
Visual Prompt: | Imagine a whirlpool, hurricane satellite image, or stirred water. |
Prompt 1: Sketch and Take Notes. | Find a vortex shaped form before you, or in a picture book. Spend some time to sketch the form before you. As you draw, take notes. |
Prompt 2: Observe the form and ask yourself some questions and take notes. | Observe the form and ask yourself some questions and take notes. What sticks out most while observing the form? Any qualities (aesthetic or otherwise)? Any noteworthy connections or interrelationships? How does the form relate to its center? |
Prompt 3: Now Ask Yourself Some Life Related Questions, Reflect, and Take Notes. | Reflection Question: What are you being pulled toward—centered in or spun out of? |
Life Note: | I used to see my anxiety as chaos, but now I understand it’s asking me to find the calm at my core. |
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