Coming Home Through the Breath

Coming Home Through the Breath

October 29, 20253 min read

🫧 Coming Home Through the Breath

How conscious breathing helps us regulate, reconnect, and remember our wholeness.

Have you ever noticed how your breath changes when life feels overwhelming — how it becomes shallow, almost as if your body is bracing?

Or how, in moments of calm, your breath softens without you even trying?

Our breath is always speaking to us. It’s a direct reflection of what’s happening in our inner world — our emotions, our stress levels, even our sense of safety. Yet most of us spend our days disconnected from it, living from the neck up, managing, pushing, doing.

Breathwork invites us to pause.

It brings us back into relationship with our body and our nervous system — the part of us that quietly keeps score of everything we experience.

What Is Breathwork?

Breathwork is the intentional practice of using the breath to shift our physical, emotional, and energetic state. It’s both simple and profound. Through specific breathing patterns, we activate the body’s innate ability to regulate itself — releasing tension, calming the mind, and creating space for insight and healing to emerge naturally.

There are many styles of breathwork, from gentle nervous system resets to deeper transformational journeys. The practice I offer is grounded in safety, compassion, and embodiment. It’s not about forcing or “fixing,” but rather allowing — letting the breath guide you home to yourself, one inhale at a time.

The Science of the Breath

Each breath we take sends a message to the brain: “I’m safe,” or “I’m not safe.”
When we breathe slowly and fully, we activate the parasympathetic nervous system — the part responsible for rest, digestion, and repair. This shifts us out of survival mode and into a state of presence where clarity and creativity can emerge.


Over time, conscious breathing helps us develop a more flexible nervous system — one that can move through stress without becoming overwhelmed. It’s a way of building emotional resilience from the inside out.

The Soul of the Practice

Beyond science, breathwork is an act of remembering.

Each session is a return — to your body, to your truth, to the part of you that knows how to breathe through life instead of fight it.

People often describe feeling lighter, clearer, or more connected to something bigger than themselves. Sometimes it’s subtle; sometimes it’s profound. Always, it’s an invitation to come back to what’s real.

What a Session Looks Like

In a guided session, I’ll invite you to settle into your body and connect with your natural rhythm. We begin gently — grounding in the present moment — and move through breathing patterns that support your unique intention for the session. You’ll be guided to notice sensations, emotions, or insights as they arise, without judgment or pressure.

The practice meets you where you are. Whether you’re seeking calm, clarity, release, or renewal, your breath knows the way.

Coming Home to Yourself

Breathwork isn’t about changing who you are. It’s about coming home — again and again — to the quiet wisdom that lives beneath the noise.

It reminds us that healing doesn’t always require words, that regulation can begin with something as simple as a single conscious breath.

If you’re curious to experience this for yourself, I invite you to join me for a guided breath session — a space to pause, exhale, and reconnect with your body’s natural intelligence.

Because sometimes, the most powerful transformation begins with something a


Nancy Daudelin Peskett, BSW, BEd, started as a social worker, became a railway conductor for 19 years, studied and worked as a primary school teacher for 10 years, then answered her passion to help others as an ADHD Life Coach. She truly understands and helps her clients struggling with everyday life with ADHD, as she battles the same challenges that they do. She believes deeply that everybody can succeed, and is passionate about helping women overcome barriers and obstacles that prevent them from reaching their full potential. She uses her knowledge gained from her training in social work, teaching, ADHD, and Feminine Power Coaching programs to create a safe space for her clients to reach for their goals.

Nancy Daudelin Peskett

Nancy Daudelin Peskett, BSW, BEd, started as a social worker, became a railway conductor for 19 years, studied and worked as a primary school teacher for 10 years, then answered her passion to help others as an ADHD Life Coach. She truly understands and helps her clients struggling with everyday life with ADHD, as she battles the same challenges that they do. She believes deeply that everybody can succeed, and is passionate about helping women overcome barriers and obstacles that prevent them from reaching their full potential. She uses her knowledge gained from her training in social work, teaching, ADHD, and Feminine Power Coaching programs to create a safe space for her clients to reach for their goals.

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