Good morning, community, and a warm welcome to our newest members @Daisy Amezcua , @Carol Rivera , @Alina Lareybi , and @Daisy Amezcua ! Give a warm welcome to our new community members in the chat. Yesterday I had the pleasure of presenting and tabling at the Alameda County Partner Expo. It was a wonderful event, and I'm so grateful to have reconnected with so many incredible folks in the Bay doing really meaningful work. The best part? Spending the morning sitting next to my good friend and amazing leader, @Megan Sweet The attendees of the 45-minute Neuro-Somatic introduction workshop were deeply engaged, reaffirming that we are growing something collective and sustaining. I'll be posting a daily dose later today, and I'm committed to recording some more practices for the practices course in the classroom. What practices would the community want me to record?

Share your photo! of what self care, rest support is. Maybe it is your garden or you waling in nature, maybe it is a piece or art or something you made. Whatever it is that represents how you connect with flow state. That state when time melts and you just get in the groove of whatever fills you up. Remember allostatic load! What give space and capacity to your body.

I am officially on vacation, but practice should continue so I will be opening the SKool community [practice in 2 hours as is scheduled on the calendar. Would love to see you there

Sunday invites slowing. And slowing supports reflection. Within the Neuro-Somatic Integration™ Framework, reflection is not overthinking. It is integration. It is the nervous system’s ability to look back while staying present. 🧠 A bit of neuroscience: When we reflect from a regulated state, the prefrontal cortex (responsible for meaning-making, perspective, and choice) comes online. It integrates signals from emotional and memory centers like the amygdala and hippocampus. This integration allows us to update old patterns instead of repeating them. Without reflection, experience loops. With reflection, experience becomes learning. Small, nuanced shifts—naming a pattern, noticing a body response, recognizing a value—literally reshape neural pathways over time. This is neuroplasticity in action. Big life changes are often the result of many small integrations. 🌿 Sunday Practice: Gentle Review Ask yourself: - What felt regulating this week? - Where did I disconnect? - What is one pattern I am beginning to see? - What wants to shift—just 5%? Notice what happens in your body as you reflect. Stay with breath. Stay with support. Reflection is not about fixing, it's about integrating. From integration comes clarity. From clarity, intentional change. In the chat, let us know what you are noticing as you pause today? How do you like to reflect?