Return to Rhythm: Learn Your Nervous System Rhythm to Restore Resilience in Your Body, Deepen Your Relationships, and Ignite an Embodied Spiritual Awakening

by Elena Dominguez

Overwhelm and burnout have become commonplace descriptions in our society. So many of us move from stressor to stressor, relying on coffee and alcohol to get us up in the morning and down in the evening. We buy our “rhythm” at the store and our bodies pay the price. So many of us are skating on the surface of our true nature, our natural rhythm. We “hold it together” in rigidity and inflexibility until we fall apart, forever the servant of the ego and mind at the expense of who we really are, and what it really means to be human.

In Return to Rhythm, somatic teacher Elena Dominguez layers somatic psychology, spirituality and neuroscience in a guide to understanding your nervous system from the inside out, and reclaiming your sense of wholeness and humanness. Full of somatic practices for embodiment and nervous system regulation, this book helps you befriend your body, surrender your ego, expand your consciousness and love yourself. It is the embodiment course we were all meant to take to learn how to process stress, trust our bodies, awaken our gut brains and have deep and meaningful relationships. Learn how finding rhythm and balance in your nervous system can bring positive results to a wide range of areas in your life including emotional health, physical health, parenting, play, intimacy, and spirituality.

220 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 14, 2022

Reviews

[Richelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I personally have had the opportunity to befriend Elena over the past two years, and she is a truth-teller and kind soul. Her book is an informative, wise and accessible introduction to nervous system rhythm and regulation in our bodies. She included several somatic practices one can use to build nervous system resiliency, and a handful of beautiful poems. It’s a book I will return to again and again.
Her writing style is conversational and easy to read. Because this book was self-published, there were a handful of punctuation and spelling errors a careful editor would have noted and removed before publication, but they did not detract from the message and key takeaways.