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I create a loving container for you to reconnect with your true self, drop into your body and realign with the natural rhythms of the earth- dissolving barriers to your most vibrant, magnetic life.

09/27/2025

The one shift that has massively upgraded my life experience is this….

Our personalities aren’t set in stone. We can decide to be different, to feel better, to live better, to let go. We just need to show our nervous systems that it’s safe to do so.

Try this for free in the portal in less than 20 mins and change your life or book a 1:1 with me to go even deeper.
You have the power to choose.

With love,
Shawna

09/19/2025

When I was going through chemo, my therapist gave me one simple practice that shifted everything.

Every day, place a hand on your heart and say hello to your body.

That hello is the beginning of somatic work. It’s the first step in reconnecting with yourself, in learning to listen when something doesn’t feel right, and in beginning to trust your own inner signals.

Inside Held, I teach you how to take that first hello and build it into a daily practice that grows your capacity, your clarity, and your health.

A pocket library of breathwork, hypnosis, and guidance to help you go deeper. For less than a dollar a day.

Join now before the price goes up.
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09/18/2025

It’s not just procrastination… it’s your nervous system

Have you ever sat staring at your to-do list, feeling like your body just won’t move?
That blank screen, that pile of laundry, that email you keep meaning to send… you know what needs to happen, but instead, you freeze.

It can feel like laziness. But it’s not.
It’s your nervous system protecting you.

When the body senses stress or overwhelm, it sometimes slips into the freeze response—a survival state wired into our biology. Instead of fight or flight, the system says, “If I stay still, I’ll be safer.”

That’s why procrastination can feel so heavy, even shameful. Underneath, it’s not about willpower—it’s about safety.

The good news?
With the right tools, you can show your nervous system it’s safe to take small steps forward. Gentle breathwork, somatic practices, and micro-moments of movement help thaw that frozen energy, so momentum can flow again.

Imagine shifting from stuck and shut-down into flow, focus, and calm action—without forcing, without shame.

✨ That’s what we practice inside The Held Portal: a safe space filled with simple, science-backed tools to regulate your nervous system, melt the freeze, and free your energy for the life you actually want to live.

👉 Come join us inside with a 7 day risk free trial
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09/17/2025

Inside the portal you will find simple somatic practices that you can use for just minutes a day to start building a solid foundation of safety and trust in your body.
Try them for free today, risk free.

08/15/2025

When we block out a painful memory, it remains.

It hides in plain sight,
showing up as emotional triggers,
self-sabotage,
or addictive “avoidance” behaviors.

This happens because the implicit part of the memory (the emotional charge in your body) stays active, even as the explicit facts fade from awareness.

There is another way.

Neuroscience shows that when a memory is reactivated and met with a new, contradictory emotional experience, the brain can update the feeling attached to it.

This is called therapeutic memory reconsolidation.
It changes the emotional code while keeping the facts intact.

When your brain returns to an old memory expecting fear, shame, or grief
and instead feels calm, confidence, or even gratitude,
the nervous system notices the mismatch.

That mismatch triggers neuroplasticity (your brain’s ability to rewire).
The old emotional pathway transforms.
The memory remains, and the pain is gone.

This is not positive thinking.
It is biology.
And it is one of the few known processes that can resolve old emotional learnings at the root.

✨ Save this for a reminder that you aren’t a victim of your past.

08/08/2025

This life is more than just a read through

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07/31/2025

There’s something about vintage photos, summer, gelato, kiddos, flowers, birds, tacos on a patio, flowy dresses… ahhh life 🥰

01/20/2025

If you feel like you have tried everything and you keep ending up in the same place, your unconscious is driving and talking about it more is not likely to get you anywhere.

Send me a note.
I can help.

12/16/2024

As practitioners we have to adapt.
Our understanding of the body changes daily and many of these important changes can take up to 10 years to make it into your standard medical office. Most will argue that they are just too busy dealing with acute concerns to stay in top of new findings in preventative medicine.
Regardless, the literature behind circadian biology and nervous system support is robust and I have experienced significant change in adopting some simple lifestyle habits.
I’d love to show you how quickly you can start to feel different.

With love and light,
Shawna

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Toronto, ON

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http://shawnalane.com/

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