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Quick Hits: Breathwork for Women: Igniting Inner Empowerment with Kyla Erlandson

Welcome to Quick Hits — where we bring you the most impactful moments from past episodes in under 15 minutes.

Today's clip comes from one of our most replayed conversations.

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Breathwork has been used for thousands of years across cultures as a powerful tool for healing, emotional release, self-discovery, and spiritual connection. Yet most of us move through our days barely thinking about our breath, let alone using it intentionally.

In this episode, we explore how breathwork can help you reconnect with yourself, regulate your nervous system, move through stored emotions, and create space for deeper healing.

I'm joined by my good friend Kyla Erlandson, a trained and certified breathwork practitioner, intuitive guide, and healer. For more than 15 years, Kyla has supported and empowered women through a variety of healing modalities, including somatic breathwork, meditation, and energetics.

Together, we dive into the emotional and physical power of breathwork, why so many women struggle to prioritize themselves, and what can happen when we finally give ourselves permission to slow down, feel, and heal.

In this episode, we discuss:

Why Kyla believes one of the greatest gifts we can give ourselves is time and space to reconnect
How Kyla discovered breathwork and why she felt called to pursue it more deeply
The different levels and styles of breathwork training
How breathwork can help uncover emotions, patterns, and pain we may have been avoiding
Why so many women are conditioned to care for everyone else before themselves
How making time for yourself can reinforce your sense of self-worth
Kyla's experience with codependency and how it affected her relationships
Why healing often requires us to stop running from discomfort and learn to sit with it
How breathwork can support greater peace, clarity, and emotional resilience
What can surface during a somatic breathwork session
The powerful connection between breathing patterns and the nervous system
How intentional breathing can influence circulation and physical sensations in the body
What Kyla hopes to help clients experience during a breathwork session
How somatic breathwork differs from traditional talk therapy
The most common struggles Kyla sees women bringing into her practice
Why women need space to process emotions, stress, expectations, and old patterns
How breathwork can help you reconnect with emotions that may have been suppressed
What it means to reclaim the powerful, intuitive woman you already are

This conversation is an invitation to stop living entirely from the neck up and begin listening to what your body has been trying to tell you.

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