When your mind feels scattered and your body is tense, one of the most powerful somatic exercises you can do is also the simplest — sitting still in nature.

This practice, often cutely called a sit spot, helps you regulate your nervous system by reestablishing your natural rhythm with the world around you.

Here’s how to try it:

• Find a comfortable place where you can, at least, see nature - this may be your porch, a tree in the yard, or even a sunny spot by a window. Bundle up if it
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In a world that moves so fast, it’s easy to forget that peace isn’t something we have to chase. It’s something we can remember.

Peace lives within us—it’s just often buried under layers of stress, worry, and overthinking. Somatic meditation helps us find our way back to that quiet inner space where everything softens, and we can finally exhale.

What Is Somatic Meditation?

Somatic meditation is the practice of tuning into the body to access stillness, awareness, and presence. Instea...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how fast life moves.

Does this sound familiar? You tell yourself your going to take it slow, maybe on a Sunday morning when the to-do list is shorter than most, yet still find yourself rushing through the morning — checking your phone, thinking about your to-do list, and getting pulled right back into that go-go-go energy before you’ve even taken your first full breath.

I get it. 

I've been there, and still get there sometimes - even on days when I tell m...

Have you ever wondered why your body reacts the way it does — tightening, withdrawing, or going into overdrive — even when you know you’re safe?

The answer lies in your nervous system.

Most of us were never taught how to understand or work with our body’s stress responses. We power through, push down, or try to think our way out of feeling anxious, shut down, or stuck — but the body always keeps the score.

When your nervous system is out of balance for too long, it affects everything...

If you’ve ever found yourself doubting whether you’re a “good enough” yoga teacher, you’re not alone. I started talking about this in my latest email — but I wanted to expand on it here because it’s something so many of us feel, even years into teaching.

That voice that says, “Who am I to teach this?” or “What if my students see through me?” — that’s imposter syndrome.
And it can creep in whether you’ve been teaching for two months or two decades.

Over time, I’ve learned that feeling con...

We’ve all had those moments where anxiety seems to come out of nowhere and hijacks the body. Your heart races, your breath gets shallow, and it feels like your mind is spinning out of control. When that happens, it can be hard to remember that you’re actually safe.

That’s where a super simple grounding practice comes in. This one takes less than a minute, and it can help bring you back into your body and send a clear signal to your nervous system: you can soften, you’re okay.

The...