Soft Power & Surrender: Lessons from the Jellyfish

Mindful Movement & Inspirational Movers
Written By Coach Vida

I needed to have nothing first. It wasn’t writer’s block. It was a soul block. A grief I didn’t want to admit. A silence I didn’t know I was still carrying. I thought I was stuck. Turns out, I was clearing space.

I noticed these jellyfish made it to the picture only after I returned

Creativity and the expression of it doesn’t arrive when everything is polished and in place. It arrives when you’re cracked open and whispering, “I have nothing left, but I still have so much to say, so much to do, feel, and experience” And then?

Something comes through. And it’s not shiny. It’s honest. It’s the kind of true that makes other people breathe deeper. Creativity isn’t born from ease. It’s born from having to make something out of nothing, and then realizing… you were the something all along.

When I chose the picture for this post, I noticed something imprinted on the concrete beneath me, jellyfish.

And it hit me:

  • Jellyfish don’t swim by force, they move with the current.

  • Their survival is about sensing, surrendering, and knowing when to pulse.

  • They’re soft, see-through, and almost otherworldly but some of the most dangerous creatures in the ocean.

  • Bioluminescent jellyfish literally glow from within.

And maybe that’s the whole message:

That I don’t have to push to be powerful. That even in the softest version of myself, I still carry light. That surrender…accepting the path that has been laid in front of you, isn’t weakness, it’s wisdom.

Acceptance says: “This is the moment I’m in.”

Surrender says: “This is how I’ll walk through it.”

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Coach Vida

Coach Vida is the voice behind FormaFit Active a movement journal rooted in mindful motion, real gear, cultural pride, and showing up without apology.
She believes in slow mornings, walking when it hurts, and building strength that feels like freedom.

Her motto: You don’t have to look like an athlete to move like one.

She writes from Los Angeles, with a speaker clipped on and sunscreen always in the bag. This journal is for anyone reclaiming energy, stretch by stretch.

Coach Vida es la voz detrás de FormaFit Active, un diario de movimiento con raíces en el cuerpo, la cultura y la intención.
Cree en moverse con calma, en estirarse cuando duele, y en la fuerza como libertad.

Su lema: No tienes que parecer atleta para moverte como uno.

Escribe desde Los Ángeles, con su bocina a un lado y bloqueador en la mochila.
Este espacio es para quienes se están reclamando, paso a paso.

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