22/06/2026
Journal entry 🌱🍀
I love breathing next to plants. ☺️
I know it might sound a little unusual, but being surrounded by plant life always brings me back to something simple.
When I’m sitting amongst plants, breathing, I notice how quickly my attention moves away from trying to work things out and back towards simply being present.
Perhaps it’s because plants don’t seem to overcomplicate life.
They don’t force their growth.
They don’t question their purpose.
They don’t rush towards the next season.
They simply respond to what is here.
Light.
Water.
Space.
Time.
Today, as I sat breathing amongst my plants, I found myself reflecting on how often we try to think our way through life.
Trying to decide what to do.
Trying to understand why we feel the way we do.
Trying to find certainty.
Trying to force clarity.
Yet so often, the harder we search, the further away we feel from ourselves.
One of the greatest gifts Breathwork has given me is the understanding that there is a difference between what the mind wants and what the body knows.
The mind wants answers.
The body wants connection.
The mind wants certainty.
The body wants honesty.
The mind wants to control the path.
The body wants to experience it.
As I breathed today, I was reminded that growth isn’t always about adding more.
Sometimes growth is about creating space.
Just like a gardener prunes away old leaves to allow fresh growth to emerge, there are times in life when we are being invited to let go of something we have long outgrown.
A role.
A responsibility.
An expectation.
A belief.
A version of ourselves that once helped us survive but no longer supports who we are becoming.
And often the body recognises this long before the mind is willing to accept it.
Perhaps that is why I continue to return to the breath.
Not because it gives me answers.
But because it creates the space to hear them.
The space to listen.
The space to notice.
The space to remember what matters.
For me, Breathwork has never been about becoming someone different.
It has been about becoming clearer.
More connected to my body.
More connected to my emotions.
More connected to my intuition.
More connected to the quiet wisdom that exists beneath all the noise.
perhaps that is what is possible for all of us.
Not a life without uncertainty.
But a life where we trust ourselves enough to meet uncertainty with curiosity.
A life where we stop forcing and start listening.
A life where we recognise that the answers we are searching for may not be somewhere out there.
They may already be waiting within us.
Today’s reminder:
Growth requires space.
And sometimes the most powerful thing we can do is pause, breathe, and listen. 💚
🌱 Our next live, in-person Breathwork Group Session is on 9th July, 6–8pm.
If you’d like to create some space for yourself, we’d love to welcome you.
Will you be joining us? 🦋
