Hello Reader,

Let me ask you something.

Think about the last time you made a decision that didn’t feel right — but you talked yourself into it anyway. You ran the pros and cons. You looked at what made sense on paper. And somewhere underneath all of that logic, there was this quiet squeeze in your chest that you called anxiety and pushed through because "it made sense."

Your body already had the answer. It always does.

That is your somatic wisdom — the intelligence that lives not in your mind, but in your gut, your chest, your throat, your nervous system. And most of us were taught from a very young age to override it. To call it fear. To call it being too sensitive. To intellectualize the feeling instead of listening to it.

So we stopped listening. And then we wondered why we couldn’t hear our intuition.

Here’s what I want you to understand: you cannot write “I am abundant” a hundred times and expect it to land if your nervous system doesn’t feel safe receiving it yet. Manifestation is not just a neck-up practice. Your body has to feel what you’re trying to create — not just think it, not just intend it, but feel it in your cells, in the steadiness of your breath, in the relaxation of your shoulders.

The somatic work is not extra credit. It is the foundation.

That is what Episode 2 of my latest series, The Return, is about. I walk you through five specific ways your body is already speaking to you right now — the gut response, constriction versus expansion, energy drain versus energy gain, what happens in your throat when something isn’t true for you, and what those 3 AM wake-ups are actually trying to tell you. And then I give you three simple practices to start rebuilding that connection today. One of them is so simple it almost feels too easy. That is exactly how I know it works.

👉 Listen to Return Episode 2 here — Your Body Has Been Talking to You The Whole Time​

And now — because this work is always richer when you don’t do it alone — I have something really exciting to tell you about.

​Summer of Play is coming to The Soul Shine Collective, and it begins June 29th.

My friend Casey Taton (host of the Inner Spark Podcast) sat down with me for a Q&A and asked me everything — why women struggle with play, what play actually looks like as an adult, what a month inside the community looks like, and what Summer of Play is going to include. It is such a fun, honest conversation and truly the perfect place to start if you are curious about whether this summer is for you.

👉 Watch the Casey Q&A here​

Summer of Play is six sessions of getting off the hamster wheel and back into your aliveness — challenges, creativity, accountability (the fun kind), and a whole lot of joy. It is included in the Abundant tier of the Soul Shine Collective, and will kick off Friday, June 26th.

If you want to come into the collective before our next live channeled call for the collective’s best and highest good, join me before this Friday, June 19th.

Come inside before Summer of Play begins and make this the summer you actually enjoy yourself.

→ Join the Soul Shine Collective here​

After you watch the Q&A, hit reply. Ask me anything. What questions came up? What is your nervous system doing when you imagine a whole summer of this? I read every single reply and I genuinely want to hear from you.

I love you. I believe in you.

xo Christine ✨

P.S. — Your body already knows if this is a yes. Notice what happens in your chest when you think about a summer spent coming back to yourself — surrounded by women who have your back, doing the work, and actually having fun doing it. That feeling is information. 💜 Come on in.​

With so much love,

Christine Marcario

Spiritual Intuitive Teacher

​Aligned and Abundant​