The Shuniya Shift: Stop Using Kundalini Yoga to Fix Yourself with Bailee Buckendorf

Sivana Podcast

Sivana East / Brett Larkin

August 18, 2026

The Shuniya Shift: Stop Using Kundalini Yoga to Fix Yourself with Bailee Buckendorf

What happens when healing becomes another thing you’re trying to achieve?

In this episode, I’m joined by my friend Bailee for a tender conversation about grief, the feminine, Shuniya, and the power of not fixing yourself.

We explore grief not as something you “get over,” but as a living process to be felt, held, and slowly alchemized. Bailee shares how her journey led her into deeper stillness, sensory awareness, sound, archetype, and the feminine mystery.

This conversation asks: What if there is nothing to fix? What if the next step is learning how to listen differently?

Inside this episode, we explore:

🔹 Why grief is not something we complete, but something we learn to live with and honor

🔹 How Shuniya, or zero-point stillness, can create space for healing to land

🔹 Why “am I doing this to avoid a feeling?” and “am I doing this because I think I’m not enough?” are powerful questions

🔹 How simple rituals, sound, sensory awareness, and intentional contemplation can support integration

My hope is that this episode gives you permission to stop treating healing like a race.

You do not have to prove your worth through how much you process, achieve, fix, or overcome.

Sometimes the most sacred shift begins when you pause, listen, and let what has already been planted finally land.

🐍 If this conversation stirred something in you: Download your FREE Feminine Kundalini Starter Pack: https://www.brettlarkin.com/online-kundalini-yoga-teacher-training/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=ku

GUEST EXPERT: Bailee Buckendorf | @rebuilding.roots </