18/11/2025
We can’t always control our first thought — the instinct, the subconscious conditioning, the gut reaction that fires up in a nanosecond. These are often our samskaras — the well-trodden mental pathways the mind repeats out of habit.
But we can shape our second thought — our response, our actions, the way we choose to move next.
When our plans go astray, when dreams dissolve, when life throws a spanner in the works… it’s what happens on the second breath that often matters most.
Yet life’s frantic pace pushes us to move faster, live quicker, decide instantly. The brain learns to prioritise speed over presence. It fires those familiar samskara pathways — stress patterns, protective reflexes, automatic reactions — before we even know it’s happening.
When this becomes our norm, we lose our chance to step back, to soften, to breathe, to choose differently.
This is where intentional stillness matters.
When you give yourself moments away from the hurried and the demanding, the brain shifts from survival mode into a state where new neural pathways can form.
Yin creates the physical stillness your nervous system needs to down-regulate. A sound bath supports the brain in settling into slower, more restorative brainwave states — the very states where the mind becomes more receptive, more flexible, more capable of gently rewriting its samskaras.
In this quiet, the second thought becomes clearer.
The response becomes softer.
The entire system begins to recalibrate.
If you’re ready to experience this reset — to give your mind and body the space to change, not just cope — join me for an evening of yin and sound.
A chance to pause… to breathe… and to train your brain toward a gentler way of being.
Book your place now — your future second thoughts will thank you.
Earth Sky & Sound
Yin & Floating Sound Bath
Friday 28th November 7-9pm
