Subject: What if calm was a habit—not a reward?

Hi Friend,

Here’s a question I’ve been sitting with lately:


🌀 What if calm wasn’t something we earn after doing everything…

but something we practice—at the center of everything?


We live in a world that treats calm like a luxury reward for surviving chaos.


But your nervous system doesn’t thrive on constant spikes and crashes.


It thrives on repetition. Rhythm. Regulation.


And in Homebody, that’s exactly what we practice.

2 Proven Ways to Rewire for Calm

1. High Intensity → Deep Calm

When you activate the body through intentional intensity (like Core work, strong holds, cardio bursts) and then downshift into rest, you’re completing a healthy stress cycle.

You teach your body:


“It’s safe to come down. I know how to recover.”

This mimics the sympathetic → parasympathetic switch—and it builds resilience that lasts.


2. Stay in Calm Longer

Every time you stay relaxed longer than you used to, you’re rewiring your baseline. You’re teaching your body:

“It’s safe to feel safe.”


Over time, this becomes your default—and calm becomes your anchor.


This week, our anchor is the Stomach meridian—the energetic pathway that governs:


💭 Mental clarity

🤍 Emotional digestion

🌲 Grounding your ideas into reality

🔥 Confidence and steadiness from your core


When it’s off balance?

We feel scattered, anxious, overwhelmed by options, and disconnected from our gut instinct.


When it’s supported?

You feel centered.

You make decisions in congruence with head and heart.

You take a stand for what you believe in and the life you want.

You trust your gut.


And that’s what we’re cultivating in this week’s classes.

⚡ Tuesday + Thursday: 
The body-first practice for strength and relaxation
→ Release jaw, belly + low back tension
→ Balance overwhelm + decision fatigue 
Strengthen your center
.🌀 Book Homebody Yoga

🔥 Sunday:  Core + Restore

30 mins of Fire (core strength + clarity)

60 mins of Restore (restore, soften, support)

🤍 Join Core + Restore Sunday


Because calm isn’t something you earn.

In Homebody, we don’t just stretch.

We train the nervous system to reclaim calm as a way of living.



Wishing you centeredness and surefootedness,


Heidi

heidilidholm.com


P.S.  Can’t join live?

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Return to your habit calm anytime. 🤍


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