Adrian Campbell, PhD

04/03/2026

Mindfulness isn’t always what we think it is.

It’s not always sitting still with your eyes closed, trying to quiet your mind. For a lot of people, especially those who have been living in survival mode for a long time, that kind of practice can actually feel impossible.

I was talking with a client recently who has six kids, eight dogs, and runs two businesses. Her system is constantly in motion, and she kept saying, “I know mindfulness would help… but I can’t do it.”

And the truth is, jumping straight into meditation in a life like that isn’t the place to start.

So instead, we look for what’s accessible.

Maybe it’s the breath. Maybe it’s standing in a balance pose and focusing just enough so you don’t fall over. Maybe it’s something as simple as eating one meal without distractions and actually noticing the experience.

Mindfulness doesn’t have to be separate from your life. It can exist right in the middle of it, in small moments of attention and awareness that begin to create space where there wasn’t any before.

It’s not about forcing stillness. It’s about building capacity, one moment at a time.

I wrote more about this in this week’s blog on Substack if you want to explore it further. Link in Bio and on my website www.EnergeticPsyche.com

04/02/2026

03/18/2026

Check them out here!

https://veteransyogaproject.org/vyp-classes/?srsltid=AfmBOooq_APy--DbZYNVNV66kEbYQhWMUUivqwODoTiVeBhmJeKwfg1e

03/18/2026

Authentic Movement: A
Somatic & Jungian-Informed Workshop
April 11th, 1–4pm
Heart, Body, & Soul | Columbia, MO
$45, limited to 10 participants
Register online at DrAdrianCampbell.eventbrite.com

Authentic Movement is acontemplative, somatic practice rooted in Jungian psychology that invites you
to listen inward and move from what is true, rather than what is expected. With eyes closed and attention turned toward your inner experience, you’ll explore
the natural impulses of the body in a quiet, supported space.

Drawing from somatic awareness anddepth psychology, this workshop offers a structured introduction to the practice, including guidance in sensing and tracking internal experience, a
foundational understanding of the inner and outer witness, and time to explore movement in partnership. No prior experience is needed.

Through this work, participants often develop:

🌿 Greater self-awareness and connection to the body
🌿 Increased capacity to notice and follow internal cues
🌿 A deeper sense of presence and nervous system regulation
🌿 Insight into unconscious patterns, emotions, and internal experience
🌿 The ability to be with themselves—and others—with less judgment

This is not a dance class or a performance space. It is a practice of listening, witnessing, and allowing—both
within yourself and in relationship with another.

Come as you are.

03/05/2026

March Opportunities to Practice together!

🔥 Power Yoga
Mondays • 6–6:45pm CST • Online
A 45-minute invigorating practice using coordinated breath and movement to strengthen the upper and lower body, with a focus on core stability and balance awareness.

For the Military/1st Responder Community on Veterans Yoga Project App
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🌿 Gentle Yoga for Beginners
Tuesdays • 7–8pm CST • Online
A slow, accessible yoga class for beginners and first-timers focused on mobility, foundational strength, and supporting a calm, regulated nervous system.

Open to all at DrAdrianCampbell.eventbrite.com ________________________________________

🌿 Somatic Mindfulness
Wednesdays • 11–11:30am CST • Online
A 30-minute body-centered practice that cultivates present-moment awareness of physical sensations, emotions, and thoughts without judgment.

For the Military/1st Responder Community on Veterans Yoga Project App
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💪 Yoga for Strength & Flexibility
Thursdays • 7–8pm CST • Online
An all-levels yoga class focused on building strength, improving flexibility, balance, and increasing mobility through standing, seated, and reclined postures.

Open to all at DrAdrianCampbell.eventbrite.com
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🌙 Sunday Night Reset: Gentle Movement + Yoga Nidra
Sundays • 7–8pm CST • Online
A calming, restorative class with gentle movement and guided Yoga Nidra to support deep rest, nervous system regulation, and better sleep.

Open to all at DrAdrianCampbell.eventbrite.com ________________________________________

All yoga classes are free or donation-based, and online registration is required.

03/03/2026

Are you feeling called to deepen your connection with Reiki—or to step fully onto the practitioner path?

This 2-day Usui / Holy Fire® Reiki Level I & II training is an immersive, grounded introduction to Reiki as both a personal practice and a professional offering. We’ll focus on nervous system support, energetic boundaries, hands-on practice, and building confidence in your work.

✨ March 28–29
✨ Limited to 9 students
✨ In-person training + attunements

If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to say yes to this work, this might be it.

Details + registration info at www.EnergeticPsyche.com
Questions welcome via DM.

02/23/2026

Spring is in the body. Can you feel it?

That little buzz.

That “ohhhh here we go” energy.

Fun fact: I was completely terrified all the way up until 5 min before I jumped out of the plane.

People think skydiving is about fear.
It’s not.

It’s about the split second where your body says “THIS IS BIG” and you decide what story to tell about it.

I’ve learned to translate that belly swoop into:
“This is going to be amazing.”

Same sensation.

Different meaning.

And honestly? Life feels like that right now.
Big.

On the edge.

About to shift.

So I’m choosing excitement.

And maybe a little gratitude too.

Take my hand? Let’s jump. 💛

(By the way this is the song I jumped to 😉)

02/22/2026

You can do all the breathwork.
All the yoga.
All the grounding exercises.

But if your life requires you to constantly mask, self-silence, or perform to belong… your nervous system will stay vigilant.

Chronic stress doesn’t only come from external threat.
It also comes from internal misalignment.

When being yourself feels unsafe, the body adapts.
Perfectionism becomes protective.
Masking becomes strategic.
Over-functioning becomes normal.

And over time?
That protection becomes exhaustion.

Authenticity isn’t chaos.
It’s congruence.

It’s reducing the daily friction between who you are and how you’re living — even in small ways.

Because we don’t regulate so we can be calm.
We regulate so we can live — fully and unapologetically — as who we are.

🎧 New episode of The Energetic Psyche is up!

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2ayVWZHK3MR8wWtV39FEi3?si=uVSOResfQJ6Vae853JmsIg

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Wo57nnnVxGU

Prefer the written word? Check out my Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/adriancampbellphd/p/authenticity-is-regulation?r=1k0jc5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

02/19/2026

Most suffering is not a sign of personal failure.
It is fragmentation.

We exile aspects of ourselves to preserve belonging. We identify with one acceptable role and quietly disown the rest. The unlived parts move into the unconscious — into shadow — and the body eventually carries what the psyche cannot hold alone.

Authenticity is not self-indulgence.

It is a return to inner coherence.

And when coherence is restored, the nervous system settles. Something vital begins to move again. Aliveness returns.

This is the ground from which Power, Presence & Flow emerged — a 9-week container beginning March 1 for women who feel the quiet pull toward integration.

Not self-improvement.

Integration.

If something in this feels less like urgency and more like recognition, the full piece is linked in my bio.

02/10/2026

February 2026 Opportunities to Practice together!

🌿 Gentle Yoga for Beginners
Tuesdays • 7–8pm CST • Online

A slow, accessible yoga class for beginners and first-timers focused on mobility, foundational strength, and supporting a calm, regulated nervous system.
________________________________________

💪 Yoga for Strength & Flexibility
Thursdays • 7–8pm CST • Online

An all-levels yoga class focused on building strength, improving flexibility, balance, and increasing mobility through standing, seated, and reclined postures.
________________________________________

🌙 Sunday Night Reset: Gentle Movement + Yoga Nidra
Sundays • 7–8pm CST • Online

A calming, restorative class with gentle movement and guided Yoga Nidra to support deep rest, nervous system regulation, and better sleep.
________________________________________

🌿 NEW in February - Somatic Mindfulness
on the Veterans Yoga Project App

Somatic mindfulness is a body-centered practice that cultivates present-moment awareness of physical sensations, emotions, and thoughts without judgment.

Every Wednesday 11am CST

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Yoga classes are all donation based. Online registration is required.

DrAdrianCampbell.eventbrite.com