Feeling anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck in your head?

In this episode, Kate Garland shares a simple 30-second practice to calm your nervous system and reconnect with your body—using nothing but your own voice.

Kate also shares:

🔹 Why the advice to “just take a deep breath” might actually be doing you harm

🔹 The physiological link between sound, breath, and emotional regulation

🔹 Research-backed benefits of humming and chanting on heart rate, blood pressure, and brain activity

🔹 How to use humming discreetly in everyday life—even if using your voice feels awkward or vulnerable

Whether you're new to nervous system work or deep in your healing journey, this episode offers a soft, accessible invitation:

Let your voice be medicine.

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• Related studies mentioned:
• Weitzberg & Lundberg (2002) on nitric oxide and humming
• Bernardi et al. (2001) on mantra and heart rate variability
• Kalyani et al. (2011) on chanting and amygdala deactivation
• Polyvagal Theory by Stephen Porges

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