Intimate audio letters from author and breathwork teacher Ashley Neese—spontaneous reflections on presence, connection, and practice. <br/><br/><a href="https://thedeepercall.substack.com/s/field-notes-with-ashley-neese?utm_medium=podcast">thedeepercall.substack.com</a>
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Intimate audio letters from author and breathwork teacher Ashley Neese—spontaneous reflections on presence, connection, and practice. <br/><br/><a href="https://thedeepercall.substack.com/s/field-notes-with-ashley-neese?utm_medium=podcast">thedeepercall.substack.com</a>
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December 21, 2025
Let's practice together on the winter solstice
<p>I'm taking a handful of 1:1 breathwork clients for January and February. If you want space to integrate everything this year stirred up - and start 2026 more connected to your body and intuition - I'd love to work with you.</p><p>Dear friends,</p><p>The winter solstice is here and I have a Field Note to share. </p><p>I recorded this from my bed with the sun streaming through the window, five shades of green moss glowing on the granite boulders, and that particular quality of December light settling in.</p><p>Nic and I have been talking at length about family rituals this year. We’re big full moon people, big seasonal people. We love a ritual connected to the land and its cycles. And this solstice feels especially important after such an expansive, stripping-away kind of year.</p><p>So, I’m sharing a simple rest and gratitude practice with you. Something we can do together to honor the tiredness, acknowledge what our bodies have carried, and connect to what we’re grateful for, without trying to fix or change anything.</p><p></p><p><strong>Inside we explore—</strong></p><p>* A grounding practice you can do anywhere (sitting, lying down, walking)</p><p>* Permission to let the tiredness be okay</p><p>* A simple gratitude practice that lands in the body</p><p>* My prayer for all of us as we move into the longest night</p><p>This will be our last Field Note and my final share for 2025. I’m going to practice my own medicine and take two weeks of rest, well, as much as one can with three young kids and a band of mini horses :)</p><p>Thank you for tuning in. Thank you for being part of this community. Thank you for supporting The Deeper Call. </p><p>I am truly grateful for you. </p><p>See you in January!</p><p>With love and care,Ashley </p><p>PSIf you are a paid member (thank you so much!) and want some somatic support this season, here is my go-to <a target="_blank" href="https://thedeepercall.substack.com/p/breathwork-for-easing-holiday-stress">breathwork practices for easing holiday stress</a>. And, if you to engage with a longer end of year practice, please visit our <a target="_blank" href="https://thedeepercall.substack.com/p/breathwork-for-setting-intentions?utm_source=publication-search">Breathwork for Intention Setting immersion</a> from last December. I’ll be flowing through this sequence of writing prompts to myself take inventory and sketch out what I want to call in for the New Year. x</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Deeper Call at <a href="https://thedeepercall.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">thedeepercall.substack.com/subscribe</a>
November 30, 2025
Field Notes #5: Permission to Quit
<p>Dear friends,</p><p>I’m back with our fifth Field Note, recorded from inside our kitchen in Mariposa, looking out at the rain coming down. The house is quiet, Nic took the kids to preschool. I’m feeling super cozy in my favorite wool socks.</p><p>I know many of us are in a tender space heading into December. If you’re feeling the weight right now from the holidays, the year ending, all the expectations—you’re not alone.</p><p>I’ve been stressed lately by a project I created, pushing through even though my body has been telling me to stop. This morning I hit a breaking point and finally asked: What’s keeping me from quitting?</p><p><strong>In this Field Note we’ll explore:</strong></p><p>* Why we keep pushing when our bodies tell us otherwise</p><p>* How guilt and shame keep us locked in commitments that aren’t serving us</p><p>* Discover how the path getting narrower is actually a sign of healing</p><p>* Practice identifying what you might need to release</p><p>Let’s take a breath together and see what needs to shift.</p><p>With deep care and gratitude,Ashley</p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Deeper Call at <a href="https://thedeepercall.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">thedeepercall.substack.com/subscribe</a>
October 19, 2025
Field Notes #4: Permission to Rest
<p>Dear friends,</p><p>I’m coming to you from our kitchen table today. The house is finally quiet after Solomon’s seventh birthday party this past Saturday. The rain is pounding outside, our second storm of the fall. I can already see tiny green shoots pushing through the earth.</p><p>It’s been three years since my book <a target="_blank" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690360/permission-to-rest-by-ashley-neese/">Permission to Rest</a> came out. For so much of my life, I believed rest was something you earned—a reward after working hard, something that happened far in the future.</p><p>But the land here is teaching me something different. The horses taking midday naps without earning them. The oaks dropping their leaves. Rest isn’t separate from living—it’s woven throughout everything.</p><p></p><p><strong>In this 10-minute Field Note I explore—</strong></p><p>* How rest can be a rhythm, not a reward</p><p>* What the horses teach me about natural pauses</p><p>* A guided breathing practice we’ll do together</p><p>* Finding rest in the small moments between tasks</p><p>With gratitude,Ashley</p><p>💬 Group Check-In</p><p>Please join us in the comments if you feel called to share.<strong>What would change if you gave yourself permission to rest right now, without earning it first?</strong></p><p></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to The Deeper Call at <a href="https://thedeepercall.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">thedeepercall.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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