Banya Lim on Being, Chi, and Coming Home to the Wisdom Already Inside
She has the kind of presence that slows the room without trying—eyes soft, posture open, voice like a bell rung once and still resonating. In Jaclyn’s third-person view, Banya Lim isn’t performing wisdom; she is practicing it. Years of oriental medicine and multi-generational healing are there, yes, but what pours through most clearly is a loving insistence: the answers you seek are already inside you. Come home.
The Teacher Who Reminds, Not Replaces (Banya Lim)
Banya’s gift isn’t adding more noise to modern life; it’s quieting the channel so the real signal can be heard. She invites a return to being—that pre-doing state where the heart steadies, the breath lengthens, and the flow of chi becomes perceptible again. When Jaclyn first sat with her, the lesson arrived simply: “It is just as good to receive as it is to give.” A nervous system exhaled. A life opened.
Being Before Doing
Why “be first” changes everything
Banya’s through-line is disarmingly simple: being precedes doing. Not as a productivity hack, but as spiritual alignment. When identity anchors in being, action stops scrambling for worthiness and starts flowing from it. Dreams cease to be distant destinations; they become frequencies we can match now. When the flow of chi is free flowing, intentions and next steps appear without strain.
Try this today:
Close the eyes for one minute. Name who you’re being right now: calm, hurried, hopeful, afraid. No judgment—just naming (this is practicing mindful awareness).
Add breathing exercises: inhale 4, hold 2, exhale 6. Let the breath guide chi within the body to flow freely again.
Ask: If the future me were here, how would my posture and tone change in the next five minutes? Become that—briefly and fully.
The Body: God’s Most Intelligent Interface
Listening to the supercomputer you live in
Banya sees the body as an exquisite guidance system: meridians that map emotion, organs with energetic pairings, postures that narrate our inner weather. Fear chills the spine; anger tightens the sides along the liver–gallbladder line; intuition announces itself as a gut pull or a chest bloom. None of this is mystical posturing to her—it’s learnable literacy.
Practice: The 90-Second Weather
When an emotion arises—especially negative emotions—let it be sensation, not story. Don’t suppress, don’t get rid of, don’t judge. Feel where it lives (stomach, chest, throat). Breathe with it for up to 90 seconds (slow deep breathing). Then gently shake it off like the animal kingdom knows to do. Chi works best when we stop looping the thought and let the feeling move.
Another supportive read: How to Get Confidence Back—a compassionate path out of mental spirals.
What Is Chi?
Chi or qi is the body’s life force energy—the animating current that moves through meridians, informs emotion, and fuels healing. Across cultures you’ll hear other names (prana, spirit, breath), but the experience is the same: when chi energy is abundant and free flowing, we feel clear, resourced, creative; when it’s stagnant or depleted, we feel foggy, tense, or stuck. In practice, chi within the body responds to attention, breath, intention, movement, and love. Over time, as awareness deepens, many people can sense where the flow of chi is open (warmth, ease, expansion) and where it asks for support (tightness, cold, held breath).
For a heart-forward, beginner-friendly frame on mindset and energy, see How To Cultivate Positive Thinking.
Who Is Banya Lim?
Banya is a spiritual acupuncturist, energy teacher, and creator of the Chi Mastery System. A multi-generational healer with 30+ years in oriental medicine and energy work, she guides clients to clear blockages, restore balance, and align their lives with purpose. Based in Sedona, AZ, she offers clarity sessions, workshops, and in-person spiritual acupuncture with a signature focus on the Heart/Mind. banyalim.com+3banyalim.com+3banyalim.com+3
If you’re new to Banya’s work and want a quick overview, her Chi Mastery page is a great place to start.
Meditation And Chi Energy
Meditation is how Jaclyn watches chi energy shift in real time. Think of it as clearing static so guidance can be heard again.
Breath as metronome.
Count your inhale for 4 and exhale for 6. The longer exhale softens the nervous system so chi works without resistance.
Hand-to-body listening.
One palm on the belly, one on the chest. Ask, “Where does safety live?” (Usually the belly) and “Where does fear live?” (Often the chest or throat). Hold both with tenderness until the sensations flow freely toward neutral.
Micro-movement.
After sitting, stand and let the body lead—gentle sways, shoulder rolls, or a few tai chi circles with the wrists and ankles. These small arcs mimic martial arts warmups that encourage a free flowing flow of chi through joints.
If you want a companion for tuning your chi energy each day, THE Freq App is designed for exactly that. Inside, you’ll find short calibrations—guided reminders paired with frequency music—that help your energy flow freely no matter where you are. Whether it’s a morning reset, a pause before sleep, or a mid-day boost, the app makes practicing mindful shifts feel simple and embodied.
The Five Elements, Everyday
When ancient frameworks explain modern days
In Banya’s hands, the Five Elements aren’t museum pieces; they’re maps for Tuesday afternoon. She points to organ–emotion pairings and to how our “little phrases” (“gut feeling,” “pain in the neck,” “hairs on end”) are folk memory of energetic truth. Awareness is medicine: once a pattern is seen, the pattern can soften.
Try this body check:
Ask, Where is safety in my body? Touch that place.
Ask, Where is fear? Touch that place too.
Offer equal breath: in for 4, hold for 2, out for 6. Repeat 5 rounds of breathing exercises. Notice how chi within the body begins to flow freely again.
Keep the momentum with How to Master Your Mindset—a high-frequency guide to steering thought and energy.
From Spirals to Safety
When fear recycles, return to Being
If fear keeps finding a new mask—money today, health tomorrow—Banya offers a courageous question: “How is this fear trying to serve me?” Often the service is primitive and kind: to protect a child-self that once felt unsafe. When safety is resourced from within (breath, prayer, grounded body), fear can retire from its endless overnight shift. Jaclyn loves adding a single sentence: “Right now I’m safe in a safe body with a safe God.” The system hears it—and the flow of chi follows.
Fresh Tips From Our Own Practice (New)
Since first publishing, Jaclyn and Sam have noticed a few refinements that make energetic & chi mastery feel even more accessible:
One-minute chi scan. Before coffee, scan head-to-toe and tag three sensations (e.g., warm chest, tight jaw, heavy hips). Two rounds of deep breathing + light jaw massage + hip circles often return a free flowing baseline.
Water as ritual. Speak gratitude into every glass (“thank you,” “I love you”) before sipping; for Jaclyn, intention-blessed water is the easiest daily reset for chi energy.
Walk it through. Five minutes of “being-walks” (not step-goals)—slow, barefoot if possible. Each footfall is an exhale; each inhale widens the ribs. The body processes negative emotions faster when it’s moving.
Soft martial rhythm. Borrow from martial arts: three tai chi-style weight shifts per side (inhale center, exhale shift). The spine decompresses; the meridians open; chi works with less friction.
Micro-forgiveness. Anytime you catch self-judgment, whisper, “I forgive you.” This is practicing mindful mercy; the flow of chi responds instantly.
And if the mind needs a kind, practical nudge, you might enjoy 7 Books on Abundance Mindset—short, powerful reads to retrain belief.
Final Thought
Jaclyn sees it clearly: Banya doesn’t hand out answers—she hands people back to themselves. To the body that already knows. To the soul that already remembers. To the God-source that already loves. When being comes first, the doing takes care of itself, and life begins to move with less friction and more music. Peace is no longer the prize at the end; it becomes the path.
Live on purpose. Live on frequency.
Ien Araneta - editor of The Freq Show & The Beckon Times
