The Awakening Self

Aaron Fisher
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Welcome to The Awakening Self. You didn’t come here to consume more noise. You came because a part of you is ready, ready to pause, to listen, and to meet yourself more deeply than before. The Awakening Self is a living practice, a return to what was always within you. Here you’ll find guided breathwork, nervous system resets, subconscious rewiring, and meditations for emotional healing and self-remembering. These journeys are not about becoming someone new. They are about remembering the wholeness you’ve always carried and releasing what no longer belongs. If you are ready to slow down,

  1. Meeting the One Who Waits: A Journey to the Younger Self

    1D AGO

    Meeting the One Who Waits: A Journey to the Younger Self

    In this 18-minute inner child visualization, you are guided back toward the part of you that has been waiting quietly beneath the surface, the younger self that learned to carry, protect, adapt, and stay unseen. Rather than approaching this part of you as something broken, this journey creates a gentle space to meet them with presence, compassion, and honesty. Through somatic awareness, breath, guided imagery, and inner dialogue, this practice helps you reconnect with the younger version of yourself who may still be holding unmet needs, old emotions, or forgotten stories. This is not about forcing healing. It is about creating enough safety for something tender to be seen, felt, and welcomed back into connection. This journey weaves together body awareness, subconscious access, inner child work, and emotional release to support a deeper sense of integration. You are invited to listen, to witness, to offer what was missing, and to begin rewriting the story from the inside out. Find a quiet space where you can fully settle. Lying down is ideal, though a supported seated position works as well. A hand-on-heart anchor is used in the practice to help you reconnect with yourself during the journey and after it ends. “You are not going back to become who you were. You are going back to bring them with you.”

    18 min
  2. Before the World Rushes In: A 9-Minute Morning Reset for the Nervous System

    APR 4

    Before the World Rushes In: A 9-Minute Morning Reset for the Nervous System

    Before the World Rushes InA 9-Minute Morning Reset for the Nervous System In this gentle morning nervous system reset, you are invited to arrive in yourself before you arrive in the world. Rather than beginning the day from pressure, anticipation, or mental noise, this 9-minute guided visualization creates space to ground, listen inward, and establish a steadier internal rhythm before anything is asked of you. This is not simply a meditation for relaxation. It is a daily recalibration, a way of meeting the body before the schedule, the breath before the demands, and your inner compass before the outside world begins pulling for your attention. Through somatic awareness, breath observation, and gentle future-oriented imagery, this journey helps you begin the day with more presence, clarity, and regulation. Over the course of 9 minutes, you are guided through a simple but meaningful process of settling into the body, noticing what is present, acknowledging what your system truly needs, and carrying that awareness with you into the day ahead. The practice is designed to be used immediately upon waking or before stepping into work, movement, conversation, or responsibility. This journey weaves together supportive modalities designed to calm the mind and reconnect you to the body: Somatic Awareness: a gentle body-based check-in to notice tension, bracing, and inner state without trying to fix anything.Breath Observation: simple awareness of the breath to encourage regulation and presence.Nervous System Grounding: cues that help the body register safety before the day begins.Future Self Visualization: a brief rehearsal of moving through the day with steadiness rather than reactivity.Anchoring Practice: a hand-on-heart reset you can return to anytime the noise of the day becomes too loud. The Space: Use this in bed, on a mat, or anywhere you can be still for 9 minutes.The Posture: Lying down is ideal, though a supported seated position also works well.The Anchor: This practice uses a simple hand-on-heart gesture as a physical reminder to return to yourself throughout the day. “You do not need to be ready for everything. You only need to arrive in yourself first.”

    9 min
  3. The Weight You Were Never Meant to Carry

    MAR 28

    The Weight You Were Never Meant to Carry

    In this deep-immersion somatic experience, we shift the lens through which we view anxiety. Rather than treating tension as an enemy to be silenced, we approach it as a Somatic Protector, a part of the self that has been tirelessly holding a weight to keep you safe. Over the course of 31 minutes, you are invited into a state of profound stillness to negotiate a new contract with your nervous system. This is not a passive listen; it is a collaborative process between your conscious awareness and your body’s stored wisdom. This journey weaves together evidence-based modalities designed to bypass the analytical mind and speak directly to the subconscious: Somatic Tracking & Yoga Nidra: Systematic body awareness to establish "Neuroception" (an internal sense of safety). Internal Family Systems (IFS): A guided encounter with the "Protector" parts of your psyche to understand their intent. Ericksonian Hypnotherapy: Permissive, gentle language patterns that allow your own inner healer to lead the way. Breathwork Integration: Circular and release breathing techniques to physically discharge stored stress. Timeline Activation: Embodying a future self that is no longer defined by the weight of the past. The Space: Find a place where you will not be interrupted for the full 31 minutes. The Posture: Lying down is recommended to allow for full muscle surrender, though a supported seated position works well. The Anchor: This journey introduces a physical "anchor" (hand-on-heart). Use this gesture whenever you feel the need to return to your center. “Anxiety is often just a protector that has forgotten it is allowed to rest. This journey is the invitation for that rest to finally begin.” @theawakeningself

    32 min
  4. New Moon Guided Meditation: Set Intentions & Begin Again

    MAR 21

    New Moon Guided Meditation: Set Intentions & Begin Again

    A gentle 18-minute New Moon visualization for the moments when you want to slow down, clear space, and reconnect with what is quietly growing inside you. This guided journey is designed to help you soften the body, settle the mind, and plant one simple inner intention beneath the noise of daily life. Through grounding breath, calming imagery, and a deep sense of stillness, you’re invited into the fertile darkness of the New Moon, a space of renewal, trust, and quiet becoming. This practice is for you if you’re starting a new chapter, craving clarity, feeling overstimulated, or wanting to reconnect with your inner direction in a softer, more grounded way. In this meditation, you’ll experience:gentle nervous system downregulationnew moon intention-settingsomatic relaxation and inward focusa simple vow to carry forwarda small, grounded step to take into your day or night Let the dark do its quiet work.The seed knows the way.

    17 min
  5. From Pause to Power: Meditation for Indecision & Clarity

    MAR 14

    From Pause to Power: Meditation for Indecision & Clarity

    A guided meditation for the moments when you feel stuck between choices, caught in overthinking, or disconnected from your own inner knowing. This practice is designed to help you soften the pressure to figure everything out, regulate the nervous system, and reconnect with a deeper sense of clarity and self-trust. Through grounding breath, body awareness, somatic reflection, gentle release, and future-self visualization, this meditation supports you in moving from hesitation into presence. Rather than forcing an answer, it creates the inner space for truth to rise more naturally. This practice is for moments of indecision, self-doubt, emotional holding, and inner conflict when you need a place to pause, listen, and return to yourself.

    20 min
  6. Overcome Procrastination: A Guided Meditation to Begin

    MAR 7

    Overcome Procrastination: A Guided Meditation to Begin

    When You Know What to Do… But Can’t Seem to Start Do you ever know exactly what you want to do, yet something inside you keeps delaying the first step? Procrastination often isn’t laziness or lack of discipline. More often, it is the nervous system protecting you from uncertainty, pressure, or the fear of getting it wrong. This 16 minute guided meditation is designed to help you move through that resistance gently and safely. Instead of forcing motivation or pushing yourself harder, this practice helps you meet the part of you that hesitates and guide it forward with calm, clarity, and breath. What This Guided Meditation Helps You Do Supported by a warm, immersive soundscape of ambient tones and slow analog textures, this practice guides you through a series of calming and reflective phases. You will begin by grounding your body and settling into a sense of safety. From there, you will regulate your nervous system through slow breath awareness, allowing the body to shift out of tension and into steadiness. You will gently explore the inner voice that keeps you waiting and begin to understand the protective patterns behind procrastination. Through guided visualization and somatic awareness, you will release the pressure to be perfect and reconnect with the simple ability to take the first step. Moving From Thought Into Action This meditation is not about pushing yourself forward. It is about reconnecting with the natural momentum that already exists within you. Through breath, body awareness, and subtle subconscious reframing, you begin to shift from thinking about starting to actually beginning. No pressure.No self criticism.Just a quiet movement forward, one breath and one step at a time. When to Use This Meditation Return to this practice whenever you feel stuck, overwhelmed by starting, or caught in a cycle of procrastination. It can be especially helpful when you feel the pressure to perform, the fear of failure, or the weight of expectations that make beginning feel difficult. Sometimes the hardest step is the first one. This meditation helps you take it. Use headphones for the most immersive experience. About the Creator Created by a 5x National Record Holder in Freediving, breathwork teacher, and performance coach exploring the connection between breath, nervous system regulation, and human performance. Instagram @theawakeningself Email awakeningmbs@gmail.com

    16 min
  7. Calm Your Nervous System :Guided Meditation for Emotional Overwhelm

    FEB 28

    Calm Your Nervous System :Guided Meditation for Emotional Overwhelm

    A gentle 16-minute reset for the moments when your emotions feel like too much. This practice is for you if your emotions feel fast-moving, heavy, or tangled, if you've been triggered and want to respond with clarity instead of reacting, if you feel flooded, restless, or on edge and need a safe way to meet what you're feeling without suppressing it. Held by a warm, drifting soundscape of ambient pads, gentle shimmer, and slow analog textures, you'll be guided through five gentle phases: grounding your body in safety, regulating your nervous system with science-backed breath pacing, naming and befriending your emotions, shifting emotional charge through gentle movement and somatic imagery, and returning to steadiness with affirmations you can carry into your day. No pushing. No bypassing. Just meeting yourself exactly where you are, and leading yourself back to calm, one breath at a time. Let this be the breath where you remember: I can feel this… and still be steady. Use headphones for full immersion. Return to this practice whenever emotions feel overwhelming and you want to calm your nervous system. Created by a 5× National Record Holder in Freediving, breathwork teacher, and performance coach. Contact Aaron at: Instagram: @theawakeningself Email: awakeningmbs@gmail.com

    16 min
  8. From Collapse to Connection: A 18-Min Journey

    FEB 21

    From Collapse to Connection: A 18-Min Journey

    Coming Back to Life is a 18-minute guided journey designed to help you return from states of collapse, withdrawal, or shame the moments when life feels too heavy, too far away, or too much to bear. Collapse isn't weakness. It's your nervous system protecting you. Through breath regulation, gentle micro-movements, and somatic imagery, this practice safely guides you out of shutdown and back into a felt sense of safety, self-worth, and connection. You'll regulate your nervous system. Release the weight of shame. Reconnect with your body slowly, without force. This isn't about pushing through. It's about coming home to yourself. When the body feels safe, healing becomes possible. What You'll Experience Trauma-informed, choice-based guidanceGentle breathwork to activate parasympathetic toneSomatic body scan and micro-movements to restore energy flowRelease imagery to safely let go of heavinessKindness-centered affirmations to rewrite shame-based patternsA grounding anchor you can carry into daily lifeHow to Use Use this anytime you feel emotionally shut down, numb, disconnected, or depleted. Especially useful after moments of intense self-criticism or prolonged stress. Best experienced with headphones in a quiet, comfortable space where you won't be disturbed. Each time you practice, you strengthen your capacity to meet yourself with compassion and find your way back, no matter how far you've drifted. Created by The Awakening Self (Aaron Fisher) I'm a 5× National Record Holder in Freediving, a breathwork teacher, and an identity transformation guide. Through somatic release, subconscious rewiring, and emotional integration, I help people reconnect with their inner voice and rewrite the patterns holding them back. Whether you're recovering from burnout, navigating shame, or simply ready to feel present in your own body again this is your return. Work with me 1:1 or explore upcoming programs. Instagram: @theawakeningself Email: awakeningself@gmail.com

    17 min
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Welcome to The Awakening Self. You didn’t come here to consume more noise. You came because a part of you is ready, ready to pause, to listen, and to meet yourself more deeply than before. The Awakening Self is a living practice, a return to what was always within you. Here you’ll find guided breathwork, nervous system resets, subconscious rewiring, and meditations for emotional healing and self-remembering. These journeys are not about becoming someone new. They are about remembering the wholeness you’ve always carried and releasing what no longer belongs. If you are ready to slow down,

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  • Creator
    Aaron Fisher
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Clean
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