Hi,
I'm Dr.
Kim.
Welcome to this reflection on the Year of the Snake,
What it meant collectively,
What it may have brought up for you,
And how it unfolded in my own life.
I created this for all of us who felt like we were going through a year that looked quiet on the outside,
But was intense,
Emotional,
And transformative on the inside.
Some years are about expansion.
Snake years are about shedding.
In Chinese astrology,
The snake year is subtle.
It isn't loud like the dragon.
It isn't fast like the horse.
It is a deeply internal year,
A time of molting,
Introspection,
Truth-telling,
And clearing old skins that no longer fit.
Snake energy brings themes like shedding outdated identities,
Letting go of relationships that have run their course,
Creative experimentation,
Intuition strengthening,
And a quiet behind-the-scenes transformation.
It's also important to say not everyone will resonate with this.
Different zodiac signs experience the snake year differently.
Some people glide right through it.
Others unravel.
Some feel inspired.
Others feel stuck.
So if parts of this feel familiar,
Take what's yours.
If it doesn't,
Just trust your own rhythm.
For me personally,
This year was unexpected.
One of my biggest themes was shedding friendships.
There were no fights,
No drama,
Just a slow gentle drifting apart from people I genuinely cared about.
People who came into my life for a reason,
Who supported parts of me,
Who taught me things,
But who were never meant to be my long-term soul family.
It was natural.
Sad when it ended,
Yes,
But not something to grieve.
As the year went on,
I recognized that these friendships weren't aligned with my deeper path.
Some of these people were very party and alcohol focused.
Some were in very different stages of life to me.
And some I ended up almost coaching.
These relationships were beautiful in their own way,
But I could really feel the truth.
These were transitional people,
Not foundational people.
And that's what the snake year does.
It clears space.
It loosens the old skin so the new soul family can enter.
Another huge theme of my snake year was creative experimentation.
And not just inside my business,
Although I did a lot of that,
But in my personal life,
My artistic life and spiritual life.
This was a year where I tried everything.
I experimented with varied content on Insight Timer.
I played with different teaching styles.
I explored new ways of expressing the work I do.
Beyond that,
I picked up oil pastels and made messy,
Colorful,
Expressive pieces.
I created sculptures with air dry clay.
I went to pottery classes,
Shaping bowls and cups that were really no good,
But so grounding to make.
I stepped away from my usual Latin dance scene,
Away from the structured sensual forms I'd known for years,
And instead explored ecstatic dance,
Where there's no choreography,
No right or wrong,
Just freedom and pure body expression.
I joined a Buddhist meditation group,
And then a spiritual discussion group,
Allowing myself to sit in circles where people were exploring truth,
Philosophy,
And consciousness.
Some things I loved,
Some things I didn't,
Some I continued,
Some I dropped,
But all of it was part of that snake energy.
Tasting,
Testing,
Experimenting,
Feeling,
And discovering.
A year of curiosity without attachment.
A year of experimenting with different versions of myself.
Snake years aren't linear,
They're exploratory.
They invite us into little side quests that later will make perfect sense.
The third theme.
This was a year that looked still,
Even stagnant on the outside.
No big numbers,
No explosive growth,
Nothing taking off in the usual way.
But beneath the surface,
I was deepening my mastery.
I started working with clients with shockingly complex cases,
Things way beyond lower back pain,
Which was what I originally mentored.
Things like chronic gastritis,
Nerve damage from diabetic neuropathy,
Severe neck pain after dental procedures,
And long-term nervous system dysregulation.
Every single case improved.
Every single case healed.
This showed me something I couldn't have learned through sheer numbers.
That even when the world doesn't see big movement,
That inner growth can be massive.
It was a year of strengthening my intuitive knowing.
A year of sharpening my skills in the most quiet,
Intimate ways.
A year where I learned the true depth and capacity of my work.
It was all about inner mastery,
Invisible growth,
Deepening capacity,
A strengthening of roots before my next season of expansion.
A classic snake year process.
Only recently did I realize this year wasn't about movement at all.
It was about molting,
About peeling away the friendships,
Structures,
Identities,
And expectations that belonged to an earlier version of me.
It was about experimentation,
About letting my inner world reorganize,
About clearing space as to what I like and don't like before the energy of the horse arrives.
If you felt like your year was slow,
Stagnant,
Confusing,
Emotional,
Or quietly transformative,
You're not alone.
You were molting too.
Snake years ask us to trust the unseen,
To trust the timing,
To trust the invisible growth happening underneath the skin.
I would love to know what your snake year was like in 2025.
Please leave a review and share what this year brought up for you.
Let's have a real conversation.
Let's build this community.
I want to hear your story.
When you're done here,
Go listen to my next track,
Preparing for the Year of the Firehorse.
It's all about what the firehorse brings,
The energy of rapid movement,
Passion,
Momentum,
And how to prepare yourself over the next two months so that you can ride that wave with clarity.
Snake was the shedding,
Horse is the ignition,
And now is the time to get excited.
I can't wait to walk you into that energy.
Thank you so much for listening.
