| I went swimming with dolphins on my birthday this year. It's my favorite annual thing to do. Cold ocean, dolphins everywhere, instant calm the second your face hits the water.
There's a name for that... The mammalian dive reflex — cold water on your face flips a switch, and your whole nervous system downshifts, fast. Your heart rate drops... and then mine swells the moment we see dolphins.
Anyway, we can trigger some of these same responses with breathwork — just through your lungs instead of your skin.
Which is exactly what we're playing with at the next Breathwork and Somatics workshop this weekend.
The last couple rounds have been so good. This Saturday, we're bringing that same energy, built for exactly this season.
Cool. The Fire.
Designed for when summer turns up the heat — on your body, your schedule, your nervous system.
We'll get into the science of thermoregulation, why your nervous system treats a hard week and a hot day almost the same way, and how your breath is already built to bring you back down. Then we'll move through it together. Somatic release, a full breathwork journey, the whole arc. (Details to register below.)
It's also Lion's Gate Portal on the same day! This is like the sky's annual reset button. Courage in, clarity out. A cosmic doorway between lion energy and virgin clarity — courage meets purpose. It's open Aug 8–12, but peaks on August 8th!
In case you didn't know, I'm a Leo. ☀️ I'm also Leo rising, Mercury in Leo, and Jupiter in Leo. So... RAWR. 🦁
How's it been landing for you? I'd love to know, even if the stars aren't really your thing. A friend asked me the other day if I "believe" in astrology. (She's very pragmatic. This is decidedly not her thing.) I asked her if she believed in the tides. She said that's not something you believe in. Well, right — so the Earth has these bodies of water that are affected by the moon, and we take that for granted. And then we are these bodies of water and... I think it would be foolish to believe we're not somehow affected by the same cosmic forces. I don't know what it all means but I like the stars. And I think astrology is fun.
So fun that I wrote a poem for every sign and put them on glassware as part of a super fun project, PINTS + POETRY, with my guy. Check it out and snag your sign. (And grab your whole family their signs so everyone has their own glass! Support your local poetry dealer;) Check out the Constellations Collection! ✨
Anyway, with all this cosmic lioness mojo, you'll be seeing more from me. I have a lot to offer right now, and if working together has been on your mind... this is a good time to reach out!
Not interested in 1:1? Can't make it to Kailua for the workshop? I have a virtual offer for you...
Every month, I'll be sharing breathwork and somatics live over in the virtual "Studio" at SoulFriends. If you're not there yet, consider this your invite! And if you'd like your first month free, respond to this email and I'll hook you up with a code. Or you can just write and say hi! Otherwise, I'll hit you up next month with more!
Big love and aloha, Jenn |
