The Deeper Call

The Deeper Call

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The Deeper Call
The Deeper Call
5 minutes for 7 days: let's breathe
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5 minutes for 7 days: let's breathe

Join me for 7 days of guided breathing to ground your nervous system and build resilience

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Ashley Neese
Jul 13, 2025
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Summer in the Sierras x Marielle Chua

Dear friend,

I've been teaching breathwork for fifteen years, and yet with everything happening in the world, the constant demands of parenting, and the endless list of things to tend to, I’ve been finding myself resistant to my own practice. The excuses have piled up: I'm too tired, too busy, too overwhelmed to sit for a few minutes.

If I’m honest, there have been a whole pile of feelings I’ve been avoiding these last few weeks. Anger. Grief. Overloaded. Fear.

But here's what continues to bring me back: the days when I give myself just 5 minutes to tend to my breath, so much shifts.

I'm more patient when my kids throw food on the freshly mopped floor. More flexible when childcare plans fall through (again). More resilient when the news makes me want to check out.

And it's not just my experience, Stanford researchers have confirmed what many of us have felt: that just 5 minutes of breathing practice creates real, measurable changes in our nervous system…

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