Hi, I'm Ashley Neese, and I'm delighted you're here.
I’m a breathwork teacher, foster parent, and land-tender in California’s Central Valley. I write about learning what it means to live my practice — not just teach it.
The Deeper Call is a home for slow, embodied living in a culture that prizes speed and performance. Here we practice presence as medicine for these overwhelming times.
I created this space as a refuge for depth and connection, a place to remember that our real work isn’t self-optimization, it’s self-return. Through intimate essays, voice notes, and simple breathing practices, we explore how to slow down, listen inward, and trust what the body already knows.
This isn’t about optimization or doing more. It’s about being here. About remembering our humanity. About discovering the sacred hidden in the ordinary—morning light on the kitchen counter, your child’s laughter in a difficult moment, the exhale that finally lets you soften.
Beyond all the self-help noise and productivity culture, we're a community remembering how to live at a human pace. Learning to notice what nourishes us. Returning to our bodies and to each other, one breath at a time.
I look forward to connecting with you inside,
Ashley
What You’ll Find Here
Everything inside The Deeper Call is designed with your nervous system in mind—offerings that meet you where you are, in rhythms that leave space for integration and rest.
Paid Subscribers Receive:
Monthly Letters – Deep reflections on living with presence in a world that keeps pulling us away. These are invitations into inquiry around transitions, embodiment, relationships, and the edges of daily life.
Monthly Field Notes (audio voice memos) – Intimate, unedited recordings from the in-between moments of daily life. Think of them as slow media in your inbox—an antidote to endless scrolling and a chance to share a pause together.
On-Demand Breathwork Library – A growing collection of somatic, trauma-informed practices to support nervous system regulation, creative renewal, and rest. These practices are short and simple, so you can return to them anytime you need grounding.
All Subscribers Receive
Deeper Resonance – A monthly reflection on what’s genuinely nourishing my life right now—books, practices, seasonal observations—woven together with community announcements and updates about upcoming offerings.
Whether you choose free or paid, I hope The Deeper Call helps you breathe a little deeper, notice a little more magic in the ordinary, and remember you’re not alone. I look forward to practicing presence with you.
About Me
I’m Ashley Neese, author of Permission to Rest and How To Breathe, mother of three, breathwork teacher, writer, and land tender. My family and I live in a valley of wise old oak trees in California with our rescue dogs, five donkeys, eight mini horses, seven cats, and two bee colonies.
My work has been featured at In goop Health, mindbodygreen Revitalize, and in Elle Japan, Sunset Magazine, WSJ, goop, Vogue, Well+Good, and W Magazine.
With two published books and fifteen years of teaching behind me, I created this space to connect outside traditional publishing and the retreat circuit. The Deeper Call is where I can write and share in real time, in rhythms that nourish and restore.
Subscribing is one way to sustain this work and keep it alive.
