If you’ve been craving a moment to actually arrive in your body rather than just think about being present, this episode offers a guided somatic practice to help you do exactly that. Britt gently walks you through slowing the system, orienting to safety, and meeting your internal experience with curiosity, pausing throughout to weave in the nervous system science that makes these shifts possible. This is an experiential episode designed to help you feel more regulated, grounded, and spacious—not by forcing presence, but by inviting your physiology into it. Take your time, follow at your own pace, and trust that with each small micro-moment of connection, your capacity to stay present grows.

Related Episode:

Why You Resist Rest & How to Slow Down Your Nervous System

Connect with Britt:

• Instagram: @healwithbritt
• TikTok: @healwithbritt
• YouTube: Brittany Piper

Body-First Healing Resources:

• Join the Program: bodyfirsthealing.com/program
• Read the Book: bodyfirsthealing.com/the-book
• Take the Free Mini Course: myhealinghub.com/minicourseoptin
• Website: bodyfirsthealing.com

If you’ve ever tried to slow down but felt your whole system tense, speed up, or push back, this episode will help you understand exactly why that happens and what to do next. Britt breaks down the science of pace through a nervous system lens, explaining how urgency becomes encoded in our physiology, how the vagal brake works, and why rest can feel unsafe when your body has spent years in survival mode. You’ll learn specific somatic tools to shift your internal rhythm, practical ways to work with your resistance, and how to create moments of regulation inside the life you already have. At its core, this episode reframes slowing down as something far more supportive than “doing less.” It’s about learning to move at the rhythm your body was designed for, and trusting that settling your pace is not only possible, but deeply healing.

Related episode:

Burnout Isn’t Failure: Boundaries, Nervous System Care & Cycle-Synced Healing

Connect with Britt:

• Instagram: @healwithbritt
• TikTok: @healwithbritt
• YouTube: Brittany Piper

Body-First Healing Resources:

• Join the Program: bodyfirsthealing.com/program
• Read the Book: bodyfirsthealing.com/the-book
• Take the Free Mini Course: myhealinghub.com/minicourseoptin
• Website: bodyfirsthealing.com

In this somatic healing Q&A, Britt begins by naming a feeling so many of us carry quietly: the fear of being fully seen and the way shame can shape our posture, our breath, and the space we allow ourselves to take up. She explores how loud food thoughts often come from a nervous system that learned to manage overwhelm through control, and how listening to the body becomes possible again when we approach sensation in tiny, supportive steps. Britt also shares guidance around choosing somatic-based bodywork for back pain and offers thoughtful, grounded insight on how to prepare your system for psychedelic assisted therapy so that the experience feels held rather than overwhelming. This episode is a reminder that your patterns make sense, your body is not the enemy, and you have the capacity to move toward deeper safety and self-trust one small step at a time.

Resources:

Soul on Fire Podcast: 451. Body First Healing with Britt Piper: How to Get Unstuck & Recover from Trauma with Somatic Healing

Connect with Britt:

• Instagram: @healwithbritt
• TikTok: @healwithbritt
• YouTube: Brittany Piper

Body-First Healing Resources:

• Join the Program: bodyfirsthealing.com/program
• Read the Book: bodyfirsthealing.com/the-book
• Take the Free Mini Course: myhealinghub.com/minicourseoptin
• Website: bodyfirsthealing.com