The Light Within: Embodied Nervous System Healing for Spiritual Women
The Light Within is a podcast for high-functioning, spiritually curious women who are ready to stop abandoning themselves and step into embodied self-leadership.
Hosted by Leslie Draffin - trauma-informed somatic practitioner, psychedelic microdosing guide, and former television news anchor - this show explores what it actually takes to heal your nervous system, rebuild self-trust, and reclaim your embodied power.
Because many successful women look calm and capable on the outside… while their nervous system is quietly living in survival mode.
Inside these short, powerful episodes we explore:
• nervous system healing for women
• burnout and the hidden patterns of self-abandonment
• somatic practices for emotional regulation
• womb wisdom and feminine embodiment
• intuition, expansion, and sacred psychedelic medicine
You’ll also hear conversations with therapists, healers, coaches, and thought leaders exploring the messy, beautiful, and sometimes taboo ways women reclaim their embodied sovereign power.
This show isn’t about fixing yourself. It’s about remembering who the f*ck you are and learning how to trust your body again.
Welcome to The Light Within.
The Light Within: Embodied Nervous System Healing for Spiritual Women
13. The Power of Breath with Johann Urb
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In this week's episode Johann Urb, actor and creator of the Pyramid Breath Method, shares all about the healing power of breathwork. Johann speaks about how he began meditating as a teenager and the ways it helped him beat depression. We also go into how plant medicine journeys and yoga helped Johann connect with his truest self and create the Pyramid Breath Method.
In 2020, Leslie took one of Johann's Pyramid Breath classes on zoom and it was transformational. After talking with Johann for this podcast, she's added breathwork into her daily practice and feels like it's making her more turned on in all aspects of her life.
Johann Urb is a world class teacher of meditation and breathwork or how he likes to call it: BreathPlay. He is a sought after spiritual teacher and a coach. He has held a daily spiritual practice for over 30 years. In his Pyramid Breath Method he has designed a powerful breathing technique that uses sound, movement and optimum oxygenation techniques to dramatically shift our state towards positivity; freeing us from past trauma, allowing us to eliminate old beliefs systems, patterns and habits and connecting us with our sacred sexuality in a safe, responsible way. Johann has the unique gift of bringing his deep spiritual perspective to his coaching practices; in relationships, finding life purpose, creating healthy habits, conscious communication and experiencing fulfillment. Johann is also an accomplished actor, utterly fascinated by the play that exists in and in between the realms of consciousness.
Book suggestions:
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment by Gay Hendricks & Kathryn Hendricks
Connect with Johann on Instagram @urbjohann
Breathe with Johann on boon.tv/johannurb
Visit his website to learn more!
Connect with Leslie on Instagram @lesliedra
If this episode felt like I was reading your mind… this is where you start.
1. 🔥 Reset your nervous system in 9 minutes
If this episode hit, don’t just think about it - experience it.
The SHIFT Method is a simple, body-based ritual you can use anytime you feel yourself starting to spiral - so you can come back to yourself in real time.
👉 Download the free SHIFT method
2. ✨ Want support where it actually matters?
If you’re done understanding your patterns and ready to change them in real time ... Sacred Reset is my 10-day nervous system container where I support you inside the exact moments you normally spiral.
So you can stop abandoning yourself under pressure and finally feel steady, clear, and in control again.
3. 🖤 Stay in my world
For real-talk, nervous system healing, and daily reminders that you’re not broken - you’re just stuck in patterns your body learned to survive:
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About Leslie
Leslie Draffin is a certified trauma-informed somatic practitioner and psychedelic g...