In this episode of the Personal Shaman Podcast, Polly Behringer speaks to something so many of us are quietly experiencing—moving through life on autopilot. After spending time clearing out emails and messages, a common theme emerged: people feeling like their days are slipping by, like years have been lost, and not knowing how to come back to themselves.

This episode is a gentle interruption to that pattern.

Originally recorded as part of the Midday Reset Membership, this guided session is a shortened Yoga Nidra practice created to help you step out of autopilot and give your nervous system exactly what it needs—a chance to slow down, regulate, and restore itself.

This session is perfect to help you reset in the middle of the work week or work day. Most attendees are doing this on their lunch hour straight from their car. Make sure to lock your doors, put a window visor... lean back and for the full experience.

Polly shares how autopilot quietly takes over our daily routines and invites you to pause, breathe, and reconnect with yourself before guiding you through a calming nervous system reset.

If you've been feeling disconnected, overwhelmed, or like life is moving faster than you are, this episode offers a moment to return to yourself.

Interested in experiencing Midday Reset live? Join the Midday Reset Membership for twice-monthly live Yoga Nidra sessions, post-session journal prompts, and a supportive community dedicated to nervous system regulation and intentional living. You'll find the membership link in the episode transcript.

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If you enjoyed this episode, check out the 5 Minute Guided Meditation episode to layer your healing and expedite the life you're looking for!

Hello, I am Polly Behringer, and welcome to the Personal Shaman Podcast, the voice of Release Reset.

In this episode, you will experience a guided visualization meditation inspired by the poem, The Road Not Taken, written by Robert Frost in 1915.

This exercise is one of my most requested during lectures, likely because it allows individuals to be transported from walking through a forest to standing along a road, reaching a crossroads where they see a version of themselves in a car slowing down to offer a ride. It enables you to witness two versions of yourself: one at the crossroads and another radiating confidence, embodying a life well lived.

During this episode, I will share the poem, The Road Not Taken, and my personal reflections on selected lines that have inspired moments in my own life. I encourage you to do the same.

The flow of my episodes continues to evolve as I take you on personal journeys—sharing my life experiences, providing behind-the-scenes insights, and being transparent about my own path. I am sharing not only for education but also from lived experience. I have taken many roads less traveled, faced questions and judgments—such as being called crazy or insane for choosing unconventional routes that have significantly altered the trajectory of my life and relationships.

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Polly Behringer

Founder | Release Reset & Personal Shaman Podcast

 I wanted to get back to meditating, but I was struggling with time constraints of incorporating into the flow of my day. It turns out a lot of listeners, friends and people that ask me about meditation do too!

I take on a brief journey over coffee on my front porch sharing how I'm modifying and stacking habits / routines that I'm already doing that are part of my journey and melding holistic practices like yoga and meditation.

In this episode, you will find a BRIEF 5-MINUTE GUIDED MEDITATION that includes connecting to your breath and body. Before you know it, the meditation is over! I would challenge you to re-explore this episode daily over the course of 2 weeks; doing the 5 minute meditation every day and journal how you feel after the session. The meditation begins around the 4:55 mark.

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