Crossing the Threshold

A 21-day morning ritual of kundalini-inspired movement, breath, and mythology for women to be present with their inner wisdom

Early bird is $149 until Feb 15, 2026

This ritual is for you if:

  • You are a women moving through a life transition that may affect your identity, relationship/s, motherhood/caregiving requirements, career, health, feelings of grief/loss, spiritual orientation, & awareness of time

  • You sense that something has ended or is no longer fitting, even if you can’t yet name what’s next

  • You feel a need to slow down rather than continue to rush forward and manage life

  • You are drawn to embodied practices, breath, gentle rhythms, and stillness

  • You resonate with story, myth and exploring astrology as ways of making meaning

  • You want to be held in a shared process without pressure to perform, explain, or “fix” yourself

  • You are seeking steadiness, presence, and orientation during a time of change

  • You are wanting to build energy, vitality and resilience during this time of change

This ritual is NOT for you if:

  • You are looking for a quick fix or guaranteed outcome

  • You want a high-intensity, cathartic, or emotionally confrontational experience

  • You are seeking therapy, crisis support, or clinical mental health care

  • You prefer structured programs with clear goals, metrics, or performance benchmarks

  • You are not available for a daily rhythm and would feel stressed by gentle consistency

  • You are uncomfortable with uncertainty, open-ended processes, or not knowing where things will lead

    This practice is intentionally slow, relational, and spacious, supporting presence and a sense of inner orientation during times of change.

This is not a thinking process.

You will be guided into the liminal space where your wisdom becomes available.

This is a ritual of cyclical return to oneself.

What The 21-Day Container Includes:

1. Daily Live Morning Ritual

Begin each day in presence rather than pressure.

Start your morning with a live 30-minute practice at 6:30am (AEDT), guided by Dr Vanessa Strauss.

These sessions offer a steady, embodied way to meet change as it unfolds, helping to set the tone for the day ahead.

All sessions are recorded and available from 7:30am.

2. Embodied Practices for Crossing the Threshold

Gentle, accessible, and designed to meet you where you are.

The practices draw from meditation, breathwork, and subtle kundalini-inspired movement to open the liminal space and cross the threshold to meet your inner wisdom.

3. A Mythic Thread Woven Across the 21 Days

Story as orientation.

Three mythic themes are woven through the container, offering a shared symbolic language for change and transition.

The myths are not analysed or taught, but held as living companions alongside your own experience.

4. Evening Integration Audio Practice

Putting the day and what no longer serves you, gently to rest.

You’ll receive a short, recorded 10-minute evening meditation, with a new guided practice introduced each week.

This practice supports release and integration at the end of the day, offering a simple way to let go of what has accumulated.

5. Replays & Gentle Flexibility

Stay connected without pressure.

All live sessions are recorded and available as replays, so you can return to the practices in your own time if you miss a morning.

You are invited to participate in a way that supports continuity and care, rather than obligation.

The Story-Arc We Will Follow

  • Week One — The Arrival & Acknowledgement
    You give yourself the time to relate to yourself and bear witness to that inner-sense which has been too quiet to notice in daily life.

  • Week Two — The In-Between
    A time of staying with uncertainty, as familiar ways loosen and clarity has not yet arrived.

    The practice supports being in the middle.

  • Week Three — Re-Emergence & Re-Orientation
    A gentle return to the surface, carrying something subtle and newly felt.

    Not answers or conclusions, but a different sense of where you are and how to move from here.

Practical Details

  • Dates:
    Day 1: Monday 2 March, 2026
    Day 21: Sunday 22 March, 2026

  • Time:
    Live meditations at 6:30AM (AEDT - Sydney timezone)

  • Duration:
    30 minutes daily for 21-Days

  • Delivery:
    Live online (Zoom) morning meditations

  • Replays:
    Yes, live meditation are available for download 30 minutes after completed (i.e. 7:30AM)

  • Evening Pre-Recorded Meditations:

    Three evening meditations will be made available for download on day 1, 8, and 15.

A Note on Creating a Safe Container

This is a shared container, but participation is always by choice.

You are not required to explain, analyse, or “process” your experience, and you are welcome to keep your camera off.

This container is held to support your orientation and will feed you to the degree that you feed it with your presence.

At the End of the 21 Days

At the close of the container, we will gather on Sunday morning (22 March) for a live closing practice to mark the ending and reflect on what has been lived. The final session will include our shared practice, with an optional space for reflection and conversation afterward.

For those who wish to continue in a similar rhythm of practice, story, and shared reflection, an invitation into an ongoing membership space will be offered following the close.

There is no obligation to continue. The 21 days are designed to be complete in themselves.

Exchange is $179

Early-bird offer $149 (ends 15 Feb)

Includes all live sessions, replays, and evening integration practices.

If you find yourself in a time between stories, or if you are willing to meet your experience one morning at a time, you are warmly welcome.

Full refunds are available up to 24 hours before the first session begins.

Early bird is $149 until Feb 15, 2026

About the Facilitator

Vanessa Strauss is a Doctor of Chinese Medicine, acupuncturist, and evolutionary astrologer with a long-standing practice supporting women through periods of transition, uncertainty, and re-orientation.

For over 20 years, she has been teaching yoga and meditation, and facilitating embodied practice spaces alongside her clinical Chinese Medicine practice and astrological work. Her approach brings together nervous system awareness, astrology, myth, and lived experience, with an emphasis on containment, presence, and deep listening.

In 2019, Vanessa facilitated an extended online program, The Path to You, which held a group of 22 women in a shared container over two years. The program wove together regular sharing circles, a dedicated online forum, monthly myth and astrological teachings, and home-based practices designed to support integration over time. This long-form work deepened Vanessa’s experience of what it truly means to hold people through sustained transformation.

Across all of her work, Vanessa is recognised for her grounded presence, deep listening, and the quality of holding she brings to every encounter. Clients describe spaces that feel safe, supportive, and expansive, where they are able to slow down, listen inwardly, and access clarity and empowerment even during periods of significant change. Through healing sessions, ritual gatherings, and shared practice, Vanessa’s presence supports people in reconnecting with themselves, their strength, and their own inner guidance.

Questions or concerns?

vanessa@vanessastrauss.com.au

Privacy

Your email address and personal details are used solely for communication related to this container and will not be shared or sold.

This offering is not a substitute for medical or mental health care. Participation is voluntary, and you are responsible for engaging at a level that feels appropriate for you.

Payments are processed securely. Refunds are available in line with the stated cancellation policy.

Cancellation & Refund Policy

You may cancel your registration and receive a full refund up to 24 hours before the first live session begins.

Once the container has commenced, refunds are not available, as the practices and holding are already in motion and access to materials is provided.

If you are unsure whether this container is the right fit, you are warmly encouraged to reflect on the information provided or contact us with any questions before registering.

© Vanessa Strauss — Crossing the Threshold is operated by The Trustee for Strauss Family Trust (ABN 57 962 604 616)