What It Means to Sip

Hey love, I’m Chauna! Or Mama Icon, if you know what’s good.

I am the holistic life coach, soft life enthusiast, and your favorite spiritual confidante. With a tea bar dream and a velvet journal full of manifestations. This blog? It’s my little corner of the internet where we slow down, unpack the heavy stuff, and bloom out loud. I speak healing, softness, and all the wild magic in between.This is where stillness meets soul work. Think of me as your big sister, with a teacup in one hand and the truth in another.

In a world that moves fast and demands faster, I want to talk to you about something sacred: stillness.

To sip is to pause. To sip is to listen. To sip is to come home to yourself, gently and without rush.

I created Sip & Bloom from this very place. A place where I had to learn (and re-learn) how to slow down. It doesn’t always feel natural, but the more you practice it, the more you’ll find yourself again. Stillness is never empty, it is full of truth. There’s something deeply wise that happens when we stop doing and simply allow ourselves to be. Meditation, breathwork, or even just sitting quietly with a cup of tea can create a clearing. You can do things your way. However, it’s a moment where our body, our mind, and our soul begin their journey back to each other.

So often, we live fragmented. Our body in one place, our mind elsewhere, and our soul wandering—disconnected and yearning for mergence. Stillness makes space for this reunion, it is the moment where we allow the pieces of ourselves to meet. Sipping means to become aware and take in what is around you.

Be still, and know that I am God.
Psalm 46:10 has always reminded me that stillness is not passive. It is powerful and where knowing begins. It assists in knowing who we are, what we need and what is ours to carry(or not). To sip is to return to that knowing, slowly, softly and intentionally. You don’t have to earn that moment. You will never need to justify your need for stillness. You may not even be good at it at first. All you have to do is be willing to meet yourself there.

If you're here reading this, I want you to know that you deserve a pause. Not someday, not when the work is done, but now. So let this be your reminder: clarity lives in your quiet. Your wisdom is already within you. And your power? She awaits for you in that stillness. Just let that steep.

Later Love