Frequency: The New Currency
- Claire McLennan
- Oct 28
- 4 min read
There’s a quiet revolution happening — one you can’t see, but you can feel.
It’s in the conversations people are having about “energy,” “vibes,” and “alignment.”
It’s in the way our language has shifted — we talk less about status, more about resonance. And perhaps, without realising it, we’re already beginning to trade in a new kind of currency.
A currency not measured in numbers or possessions,
but in frequency.
The Shift We’re Feeling
For centuries, value has been defined by what we own, what we earn, or what we can measure. But what if the future of value is something less tangible — something vibrational?
Every thought, word, and emotion carries a frequency.
We sense it in the people we meet: some lift our spirits instantly, others drain us without a word spoken. When we walk into a room and “feel the energy,” we’re not imagining it. We’re perceiving frequency — the invisible language of the universe that we’ve simply forgotten how to hear.
We are, at our essence, oscillating cells of light and sound — energy taking form.
And as we learn to understand this, we begin to realise that our frequency is our most valuable asset.
What Frequency Really Means
Science tells us that everything vibrates. From the cells in our bodies to the stars overhead — all of existence hums with a unique rhythm.
Emotionally, that rhythm shifts and changes with our state of being. Joy vibrates high and light. Fear contracts. Anger burns low and hot.
In Chinese Medicine, each organ resonates with a specific tone and emotion — the liver with anger and vision, the heart with joy, the kidneys with fear and vitality. Through practices like Qigong, we can bring these inner notes back into harmony.
Our emotions aren’t obstacles to overcome — they’re instruments we’re learning to tune.
How We Currently Spend Our Energy
Most of us “spend” our energy unconsciously.
We leak it through overdoing, overthinking, or overgiving.
We absorb other people’s emotions, take on their stress, or get caught in the collective tension.
I’ve felt this myself — walking into busy shopping centres and leaving drained, as though people have unknowingly taken pieces of my energy with them.
It’s not malicious — it’s just unconscious. But it shows how easily our frequency can be spent without awareness.
When we become more mindful of our energetic investments, everything begins to change. We start noticing what feels nourishing and what depletes us. We start choosing where to place our attention.
And attention, as I often remind my students, is everything.
Qi follows Yi — energy follows thought.
The Possibility of a Frequency Economy
So what would life look like if frequency truly became the new currency?
Perhaps we’d choose friends, work, and experiences based not on profit or popularity, but on resonance — on how they make our hearts feel.
Trust and safety would become instantly recognisable, sensed through vibration rather than words.
Communication would evolve — more layered, more intuitive, almost telepathic.We’d express not just through language, but through tone, presence, and intention.
Imagine a world where people are valued not for what they own, but for the energy they bring — where authenticity, kindness, and coherence are recognised as true wealth.
In this world, competition fades, and collaboration thrives.
We become light nodes in a vast, living network — exchanging energy, not taking it.
The rivers of life flow multidirectionally, constantly morphing, evolving, and creating.
And in this flow, we remember what the Taoists call wu wei — effortless alignment with the rhythm of life.
It’s that feeling when everything seems to unfold with ease: the right people appear, the path clears, and life feels like a graceful dance rather than a struggle.
Returning to Flow
To live this way isn’t about perfection. It’s about practice — remembering to come back to centre, to tune in, to notice the signals our bodies and hearts are always sending.
You can begin simply:
Notice what expands your energy and what contracts it.
Move your body gently.
Spend time in nature.
Breathe into your heart.
Practice gratitude — it’s one of the highest frequencies there is.
The more you align your personal frequency with love, joy, and curiosity, the more your life begins to flow. Synchronicities appear. Ease replaces effort. The path feels lighter, because it is.
A New Kind of Wealth
This is not a faraway dream — it’s already happening.You can see it in the rise of community healing, sound therapy, meditation, and collective intention work. You can feel it in the longing people have for authenticity, connection, and truth.
The frequency economy is being built right now — quietly, heart by heart, ripple by ripple.
And it begins with you.
Join the Bloom Community
If this vision resonates with you, I’d love to welcome you into the Bloom With Claire community — where we explore the language of energy through Qigong, meditation, and healing.
Together, we’re learning to live by frequency rather than fear, by flow rather than force.
You can sign up via my website or join our online circle to stay connected to upcoming events, blogs, and energetic insights.
Because the new currency of our world is already here.
And it’s waiting for you to tune in.
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