Integrating Coherence into our lives
Through Peace, Stability, and Ease
Dear friends,
I’ve entered a stage of life when coherence, peace, stability, and ease are more valuable to me than being in constant motion. The great yoga teacher, TKV Desikachar, taught that our lives follow the arc of the rising and setting sun, with much activity and motion in the first half of life, until midheaven/midlife where motion and stability came into balance, and then increasing our peace, stability and ease in the second half of life.
In yoga, this is applied as vigorous asana during our youth leading to and resolving in the final meditation of a quiet mind and Shavasana, or resting corpse pose.
In the stillness of a Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy session, a profound shift happens. Our consciousness shifts—not due to force, but through resonance. This shift is what I call coherence, a state of deep inner organization that arises naturally when the body feels safe, heard, and held in a field of quiet relational presence.
Coherence is not something we do—it is something we remember and to which we return. At the center of this coherence is the heart
Our hearts are so much more than a mechanical pump. The heart generates a rhythmic and electromagnetic field throughout the body. When our heart’s rhythms are coherent, our entire system can coherently regulate. The blood flows, the breath slows, the nervous system quiets, and a deep sense of wholeness settles.
Craniosacral therapy is a practice of invitation. By cultivating presence and deep listening, peace, stability, and ease, you support your system’s ability to remember its intrinsic rhythm—its original blueprint of health.
In our relentless world, moments of coherence are powerful medicine. They remind us how to listen with our heart, how to trust in and trust with our body, and to be comfortable in our own skin and at home in the world.
Towards integrating more coherence into our lives, I’ve prepared some notes and a video with a short meditation and a somatic reflective exercise to share with you this month. You’ll find them below.
Watch the video here:
Practice: Heart-Listening with the Breath
This simple practice invites the heart to settle into coherence through gentle attention and stillness.
1. Find a quiet space where you can sit or lie down comfortably and rest your eyes in your body.
2. Bring one hand to your heart and the other to your belly.
3. Gently tune in to the rhythm of your breath, noticing the rise and fall beneath your hands.
4. Now, imagine your breath moving in and out through your heart, as if your heart itself is breathing.
5. Sense into the space around your heart—its presence, warmth, and quiet movement.
6. Allow yourself to simply be with your heart, as a companion—not trying to change anything.
7. Stay for 3–5 minutes, or as long as feels nourishing.
This practice echoes what we hold in craniosacral therapy: a reverence for the body’s own wisdom, a belief in the healing power of patience, peace, and presence, and trust in the rhythms that lie beneath the surface.
Somatic Reflection: Invitation to Coherence
Take a quiet moment to reflect:
- When was the last time I felt truly settled and coherent in myself?
- What helps me feel that sense of rhythm, safety, and connection?
- Can I invite a little more stillness or relational presence into my daily life?
Perhaps even now, as you read, you can sense a subtle shift—a softening in the chest, a lengthening of breath. This is your invitation to coherence. And the door is always open.
Thank you for reading.
If this speaks to your experience—or stirs something in your heart—you’re warmly invited to explore a session or reach out with your thoughts. I love hearing how these insights land for you.