An Invitation To The HEART
Dear Ones,
When life feels uncertain, where do you find steadiness?
Many of us are carrying a lot right now, overwhelm, anger, fear, grief, exhaustion, alongside compassion, connection, joy, or simply moments of calm in the swirl. There is no one “right” way to move through it, and no single doorway into regulation or coming home to yourself.
Each of us gets to discover what works for us.
Some find the doorway through movement or time in nature.
Some through breath, stillness, or creativity.
Some through the body or prayer.
For me, that doorway to regulation and coming home to myself has been the heart. Connecting with the heart has shifted how I regulate and how I experience love and presence as something felt: a quiet warmth, a gentle steadiness, a sense of being accompanied. This has become an anchor, helping me stay connected to myself and reminding me that even in hard moments we are connected to love and to one another.
Heart-based practices live at the intersection of science, energetics, and spirituality.
Physiologically, the heart plays a powerful role in regulation. When we gently bring attention to the heart and slow and deepen the breath, the body responds with internal alignment, tension softens, and steadiness becomes more accessible.
Energetically and spiritually, the heart offers a place to land: a center of quiet guidance with the capacity to hold grief and gratitude, fear and hope, uncertainty and trust, all at once… helping remind us that there is something greater than all of us and an interconnectness of everyone and everything.
Heart-based practices don’t ask us to bypass pain or rush toward answers. They simply invite us to be present with what is, while staying connected to ourselves. This is why in what I offer you’ll often hear invitations to pause… to breathe… to gently bring a hand to the heart… to notice what happens when you meet yourself with kindness and compassion rather than effort.
Not because this is the only way, because it is a way.
If now feels like a tender time, and your heart is quietly asking for attention, I invite you to pause for a moment. Bring your awareness to your heart. Let your breath slow and deepen, just a little. Be present here for a moment or two.
A place to begin.
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Tuesdays, February 17 – April 14, 2026
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4-Week Series: Heart-Based Coherence & Regulation
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A weekly space to pause the noise of daily life and reconnect through guided breathing and heart-centered coherence practices.
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Coming in April - What Now? Life Transitions Circle
Join my colleague, Wendy Williams, MS, NBC-HWC, and me for this Six-Week What Now? Circle for connection and exploring life’s transitions. This Circle is an invitation toward curiosity, grace, intention, normalizing uncertainty, and meeting ourselves with greater self-compassion.
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For those interested in the research supporting heart-based practices you can locate research and more information through the HeartMath Institute.
With love, warmth, and care,
Jennifer Reece, MA, NBC-HWC
