As I focus on my breath more and more, moving away from the judgments and analysis of the head, I notice that I need fewer and fewer words to describe myself. The breath has become my safe haven, as it has for Buddhists and mystics for centuries before me. I need very little thinking at all when I am with the breath, because life in all its glory reveals itself to me without any need for commentary. I never needed to define myself. I never needed to keep updating versions of myself. Sure, I did need to release old, outdated ideas of who I thought I was: the victimised, the abused, the slighted, the belittled, the wrongly perceived. But who perceived wrongly in the first place, other than my mind? All of that can go. I do not have to fight for myself anymore. I am life itself, expressing itself as life in a particular form. That form shifts and changes over time, but that does not change who I am fundamentally. I Am still life itself. It was only thinking that separated me from life and isolated me from other forms of life expressing themselves differently from me, but they too are still fundamentally life itself. There really is no separation between us, except in thought, of course. My new mantra now is slow down - thinking - and breathe; or more accurately let life breathe and express through you. With love ❤️

Hi everyone, I’m just checking whether anyone has heard back after submitting their practicum forms. I submitted mine on May 28, and the confirmation email said I should hear back within two weeks. I’ve also followed up with the support team but I haven’t received a response yet. Just wondering if others are in the same position, or if there’s another person/contact route I should use. Thank you.

Hi everyone, As part of my practicum, I’m offering a limited number of free SBW (Somatic Bodywork) sessions over the next few weeks. You’re welcome to book a 1:1 session or join a small group of your choosing if that feels right for you. If you feel called to receive, you can book here:👉 https://calendly.com/muna-jawhary/new-meeting. With love and gratitude,🙏 Muna

This week Steven and I sat down to talk about compassion fatigue, but the conversation quickly shifted into something deeper. Steven reframes it as a misdiagnosis: what most of us are actually experiencing is caretaking fatigue, and there's a big difference. We got into where the caretaking pattern comes from, how it shows up in our work as practitioners (and in our personal lives), why common prescriptions like rest and boundary-setting often miss the root, and what it actually looks like to move from caretaking into genuine caring. If you've ever felt burnt out, resentful, or quietly exhausted by the work you love — this one's worth a listen. Thank you to everyone who joined us live. Curious what came up for you during this episode? Drop it down below and let us know. If you missed the live podcast you can tune into the replay by clicking the below video.

For those of us with deep patterns, healing might seem to take an awfully long time. We may lose patience and give up,, in which case the breath gets interrupted, or just let the mind run amok: this will never heal, it’s a lost cause, it’s hopeless, or maybe am just not healable… in this case the breath is hyper vigilant, concentrated in the upper body. But there is a half way house of rest and digest. Of a different kind of breath that is neither shutdown - hopelessness - or rampant -. hyper vigilance - it’s a connected breath of what I call infinite patience; it’s a breath that says: I’m worth the effort; I can do this; it doesn’t all have to be healed all at once. And this the trauma informed breath we need, because it allows us to titrate and pendulate, without the mind’s interference. It tells the body I may not be healed yet but I still have enough in the tank to do more later. For now, I can breath the ‘I’m ok” breath. This is our loving, compassionate inner voice breath. 🦋🦋🦋