Don’t Just ‘drive to/from work’: Recenter your body, mind and nervous system mid-commute.
The meeting ends, the car starts, the next part of your day begins—and you’re still spinning. Sound familiar? Whether you’re leaving the office, picking up the kids, or shifting from work mode to partner mode to evening mode, these moments of transition matter more than we think.
Without transition and state shift, they become pressure points. The stress you carry bleeds into the next space. You react instead of respond. You feel like you’re always arriving late — mentally, emotionally, energetically. You bring un-necessary ‘baggage’ into the ‘next room’ with you. Your nervous system doesn’t distinguish between deadlines and dinner prep—it just feels the rush, the twist in the gut, the irritability.
This is where utilising breathwork for those transitions is key
Intentional breathing helps clear the buildup from the last thing, reduce cognitive residue, and reset your system. You get to ‘begain again’. When you breathe slowly and intentionally, you increase connections between the cognitive functioning, emotional regulation and survival parts of your brain — assisting in better decision making, increased self and social awareness and better impulse control. This is instead of being stuck in survival mode, emotional circles, or neck-up thinking that only gets you so far.
Here are some ways you can use breathwork to ‘transition’ from work mode into home mode (or vice versa);
deactivate the stress response that you ‘took home’ from work utilising the physiological sigh (2 part inhale, long exhale) or humming
balance the nervous system and body via an equal part breath inhale and exhale (eg. 4 count in, 4 count out)
re-establish your personal boundaries and sense of self after a busy morning or day ‘doing’ for, and interacting with others.
set an intention for the next part of your day, to allow you to stay focused on what matters instead of getting caught up in the rush and haste of just trying to ‘do it all’ and ‘get it done’.
All of these practices are totally accessible for everyone. But if you’d like a 5 minute guided version of this, perfect for integrating into your daily commutes (without needing extra ‘time’) keep scrolling…
The Centering Commute breathwork audio is designed to meet you exactly there - in the car, on the bus, or walking.
In just 5 minutes, this practice helps you release the residue of your day, regulate your nervous system, and ground yourself before stepping into what’s next. You don’t need silence or incense. Just your breath, your ears, and your willingness to exhale.
Play it on the train, in your car (eyes open), or in the driveway before walking inside. You can use it post-school drop-off or pre-dinner prep, or for everything in between. It’s a pocket of pause in a world that pushes pace.
Because being the woman who holds so much doesn’t mean you have to hold it all at once.
You get to reset. You get to arrive in your own body before arriving anywhere else.
