The Spiritually Curious Therapist
The Spiritually Curious Therapist is a podcast exploring the intersection of nervous system science, mental health, spirituality, and healing.
Hosted by Jodi Silverman, LCSW, this show is for therapists, healers, and curious humans who sense that true healing happens below the level of insight alone. Through thoughtful conversations and solo reflections, we explore trauma, chronic pain and illness, altered states, regulation, meaning-making, and what it really takes to help the nervous system feel safe enough to change.
This is a space for grounded mysticism, where evidence-based practice meets soul-level wisdom, and where healing is approached with curiosity, compassion, and respect for the body’s innate intelligence.
Whether you’re a clinician expanding beyond talk therapy or someone on your own healing path, this podcast invites you to listen differently — to symptoms, to stories, and to what’s asking to be integrated.
The Spiritually Curious Therapist
The Breath as a Pathway: From Regulation to Transformation with Blakey Hastings
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In this episode, I’m joined once again by Blakey Hastings - a mystic, yogi, and somatic practitioner whose work beautifully bridges the body, breath, and spiritual embodiment.
If you heard our first conversation on craniosacral therapy, you’ll love where this one goes.
Blakey shares how her work has evolved from hands-on healing into something even more empowering—helping people access their own healing through the breath.
And this isn’t just about “taking a deep breath to calm down.”
We explore the full spectrum of breathwork—from foundational functional breathing to expanded states of consciousness—and why building capacity, safety, and embodiment is essential for true transformation.
This conversation weaves together nervous system science, somatic healing, and spiritual insight in a way that feels both grounding and expansive.
We talk about:
- Why breath is more than a regulation tool—it’s a pathway between body, mind, and soul
- The difference between release vs. true transformation
- Why safety and embodiment are required for healing to actually integrate
- What it means to trust your felt experience as your inner authority
- How many of us are unknowingly breathing in ways that create anxiety
- The power of functional breathing as a foundation for deeper healing work
- Why healing doesn’t come from analyzing the story—but from allowing the body to complete what’s unfinished
One of my favorite takeaways:
👉 You already have everything you need inside of you. The breath is how you access it.
🌿 Work With Blakey
Blakey is offering a 4-week Functional Breathwork Course starting in May—a live, guided experience where you’ll learn:
- How to breathe in a way that actually supports your nervous system
- The foundations of functional breathing (yes—most people are doing it wrong)
- How to use your breath to shift your state—both up and down
- How to build the capacity needed for deeper somatic and transformational work
This is not just a class—it’s a relationship with your breath.
👉 Learn more + sign up: https://www.northstarsomaticarts.com/group-sessions
Connect with Blakey
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