Somatic Healing, EnergySphere

22/09/2026

🌬 Extending your exhale can help activate vagal pathways and shift your body toward a more parasympathetic, recovery-focused state.

Your heart rate can begin to slow.
Your nervous system settles.
Your body gets the signal that it is safe to come out of high alert.

You may not realise it, but when you are stressed, your breathing can become faster, shallower and more chest-dominant, which can reinforce feelings of activation.

When you intentionally slow your breathing and extend the exhale, you begin shifting that pattern.

Research shows that slow breathing with a longer exhalation can support vagal activity, heart rate variability and parasympathetic regulation, all of which are associated with better recovery from stress.

Breathing out slowly and rhythmically trains your system to become more familiar with returning to a calmer state.

👉 Here is something you can try right now:

✨ Breathe in for a count of 4.
✨ Exhale for a count of 8, or as long as feels comfortable.
✨ Repeat this rhythm for 20 rounds and notice how your mind and body shift.

Want to go deeper?

🌬 Try the Back to Calm track by SOMA Breath Master Instructor & Trainer in the SOMA Breath app for a guided 12-minute practice using extended exhalation to help you slow down, unwind and return to a calmer state.

Don’t have the app yet? It’s FREE. Comment APP and then check your DM for the link to download it👇🏻

Follow SOMA Breath | Breathwork, Training & Retreats for science-backed breathing practices that support stress recovery and emotional balance.

20/09/2026

13/09/2026

Depth Psychology • Coaching • Writing For people who understand their patterns but still find themselves repeating them.

02/09/2026

Self-Abandonment — What Was Unbearable

01/09/2026

“The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That's all there ever is.” —Eckhart Tolle

01/09/2026

You have over 30 trillion cells in your body, and they are not passive. They’re responding in real time to how you eat, how you sleep, how you move, and yes, even to your self-talk and stress load.

Chronic stress and unresolved emotional pain change cellular signaling. The membrane gets more rigid, mitochondria produce less usable energy, inflammation goes up. Your cells start responding to threat instead of thriving. This isn’t metaphor, it’s measurable biology.

In my telehealth clinic, I always tell people that self-compassion isn’t a soft, optional extra. It’s a physiological input, the same as food or sleep. How you treat yourself changes how your cells behave.

This is the entire foundation of my new book, Heal Your Cells, written with Dr. Josh Axe. Stanford research found that 1 in 5 people have an organ aging faster than the rest of their body, often with zero warning signs. The protocols in the book are why I feel better now than I have in a decade.

If you’ve ever felt like your body was working against you, comment HYC and I’ll send you more on this. ❤️

30/08/2026

Healing isn’t only about turning down fear. It’s also about giving your brain more experiences of safety, connection, pleasure, and joy.

Laughing with someone you love. Getting lost in a hobby. Listening to music. Trying something new. Having moments where you’re so engaged in life that you forget to check how you’re feeling.

These moments aren’t separate from recovery. They’re part of it.

The goal isn’t just to spend less time afraid of your symptoms. It’s to spend more time living.

29/08/2026

Something in the present brushes against something old, and your nervous system reacts as if the past is happening right now. You don't choose it. A part of you that never got to finish an earlier experience simply takes over, and for a moment you're responding from the age the wound was made rather than the age you are.

These reactions aren't proof that something is broken in you. They're unfinished feelings asking to be noticed.

Healing doesn't mean shoving those parts down or forcing yourself to move on. It means slowing down enough to hear who's actually speaking inside you, and offering the safety, presence, and understanding that weren't there the first time.

You learn to meet the younger version of yourself with curiosity instead of judgment, with kindness instead of shame. You turn toward the parts that have been waiting to be seen, heard, and held.

Often the person they've been waiting for this whole time is you.