Your commute is literally the most underused somatic space of your day. (And I'm about to change that for you.)
it’s the little things! You spend 20-45 minutes in your car. Alone(mostly) Every single day. And most of us waste it on autopilot—podcasts, music, scrolling at red lights, stress spiraling about the day. But what if your commute became your intentional reset button? Here's how: MORNING COMMUTE = Set Your Intention Before you even pull out of the driveway, do this: 3 deep intakes and exhales. Halo breath. Nothing complicated. As you breathe in, ask: What energy do I want to cultivate today? What do I want to cash in on? Then drive. No music. No podcast. Just you and the road. Notice things. The trees. The sky. The other cars. Your own breath. Your nervous system is already regulating. Your mind is already setting the tone for everything that comes next. By the time you get to work? You're not arriving frantic. You're arriving intentional. EVENING COMMUTE = Release and Reset The workday is done. Your body is still holding everything—the stress, the emails, the tension, the decisions. So here's what you do: Sing. Loud. Obnoxious. Doesn't matter if you're good. Belt it out. Vocalize. Let anything trapped come out through your voice. Singing is one of the fastest ways to shift your nervous system from "work mode" to "home mode." Your body releases what it's been holding. The energy moves instead of stagnates. By the time you get home? You're present. Not still at the office. Your family or pet or friends or simply YOU gets the actual version of you. Not the residual stressed version. HERE'S THE THING: This isn't complicated. This isn't another practice you have to "find time for." It's using the time you're already spending. It's the mind-body connection. It's somatic work. It's intention. It's release. It's literally available to you every single day. So here's what I want: Try this for ONE week. Morning: Halo breath + notice drive. Evening: Sing your heart out. Then come back and tell me what shifted. How you showed up at work. How you showed up at home. How your body felt. What your team noticed. What your family noticed.