What if the most powerful tool you have for calming your nervous system, clearing your mind, and navigating life’s most intense moments is something you’re already doing every day?

In this episode of the Mainly Moonology Podcast, I’m joined by breathwork coach and human optimisation specialist Sam Adams for a deeply grounding conversation about breathwork, why it’s gaining momentum now, and how to use it safely and effectively in real life.

We explore what breathwork actually is (and what it isn’t), why not all techniques are suitable for everyone, and how simple, science-backed breathing practices can help you regulate anxiety, sleep better, and build resilience during emotionally charged periods. Including those weeks when the astrology feels relentless.

This conversation is especially relevant if you’re feeling overwhelmed, run down, emotionally sensitive, or mentally overloaded, or if you’re curious about breathwork but unsure where to start.

In this episode, we cover

• What breathwork is and its wide range
• When breathwork helps and when it overwhelms
• Key safety notes and limits for intense practice
• Why breath holds calm some but stress others
• Oxygen, carbon dioxide, and altered states explained
• Effects on the nervous system and brain chemistry
• Astrological relevance with Uranus entering Gemini
• Preparing your nervous system for tough weeks
• A nightly practice to aid sleep and clarity

A quick technique proven to ease anxiety
Breathwork’s role in grief and life transitions
Rediscovering ancient practices for modern times

Practical techniques shared in this episode

Sam guides listeners through two accessible practices you can start using immediately:

Coherent breathing for sleep and nervous system regulation

A gentle, rhythmic breathing pattern designed to calm the nervous system, support deep sleep, and help your brain reset overnight.

The physiological sigh for anxiety relief

A quick, research-backed technique to reduce anxiety in the moment and signal safety to the body.

Both practices are suitable for everyday life and don’t require experience with breathwork.

About my guest

Sam Adams is a breathwork coach and former life coach who blends nervous system education, ancient breathing techniques, and modern science to help people move through stress, trauma, and transition. Her work focuses on helping clients do less, regulate more, and reconnect with who they truly are beneath the noise.

Find Sam online

• Instagram: @samadamscoach
• Website: https://sam-adams.com/

Final note

If the world feels intense, the astrology feels challenging, or life feels like a lot right now, this episode is your reminder that regulation comes before revelation.

Sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is simply… breathe.

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The Last New Moon of the Year + A Week of Healing Energy

As we approach the end of the year, most of us are thinking about what we’re ready to leave behind. Yet this week brings something different. The final New Moon of 2025 arrives on December 19 (USA) and December 20 (UK/Europe/Australia), and it invites a fresh start even before the calendar turns.

This episode explores the astrology of the week, why the energies feel both challenging and hopeful, and how to work with it all in a steady, grounded way.

In this episode

• The flavour of this week’s Sagittarius New Moon

Even with some intense aspects, it has an uplifting, optimistic core if you consciously lean toward it.

• The tricky transits: Mars square Neptune + Sun square Saturn

What they mean, how they may show up, and how to handle feelings of confusion, frustration, or heaviness.

• The healing moments woven through the week

A beautiful Sun trine Chiron and Venus trine Chiron later in the week bring genuine chances to mend, reconnect, and reset emotionally.

• A spontaneous healing chant

Yasmin shares the chant “In Nana” for invoking deep healing and invites you to bring to mind anything in your life that needs resolution or renewal.

• Mars moves into Capricorn

What this shift means for stamina, drive, motivation, and the part of your chart that will receive a burst of determination.

• The deeper meaning of a late-December New Moon

Why this is a powerful moment to reframe your mindset, reclaim optimism, and decide not to carry the heaviness of 2025 into the new year.

Key links mentioned

• Free Mars-in-your-chart PDF

Discover where your drive, determination, and push will be activated next:

https://moonmessages.com/mars

• Free ‘Release 2025’ Meditation

Let go of the emotional weight of the year and get ready for a clearer 2026:

https://moonmessages.com/release2025

Timestamps

00:03 – Why this time of year feels reflective.

01:06 – The Sagittarius New Moon and its mixed energy.

02:16 – Understanding Mars square Neptune.

03:20 – Understanding Sun square Saturn.

04:09 – The healing power of Sun trine Chiron.

05:19 – Spontaneous guided healing chant.

07:03 – Calling in healing.

08:30 – Mars enters Capricorn: stamina and determination.

09:18 – Mars PDF mention.

10:22 – The New Moon chart details.

11:19 – Using this New Moon to reset your mindset.

12:28 – Jupiter’s supportive role.

13:49 – Free 'Release 2025' meditation.

14:38 – Recap of the week’s themes and supports.

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A Week of Big News, Healing and Honest Conversations

This week I’m joined by Londoner and astrologer Israel Ajose to explore a powerful moment in the skies. With Mercury activating Saturn, Neptune and Uranus, and Neptune completing its final sweep of Pisces, we’re entering a week where information moves, truths surface, and conversations have the potential to heal.

We talk about the emotional sensitivity of this moment, why forgiveness may feel easier, and how Neptune’s long Piscean cycle has shaped collective spirituality. We also look ahead to Neptune in Aries and what it means for self-defined spiritual practice - less guru, more inner authority.

If there’s a conversation you’ve been avoiding, a bridge to rebuild, or truth to speak kindly - this energy supports it.

In This Episode

• Mercury aspects + wave of communication, ideas + news

• Why sensitive conversations may bring reconciliation

• Neptune retrograde ending + the close of a 14-year Piscean chapter

• The shift toward spiritual autonomy with Neptune in Aries

• Collective compassion + global emotional themes

• Israel’s top three astrologers and why they matter

• Details about his Sacred Planets Astrology Academy

Takeaways

• This is a week for speaking gently but honestly

• Emotional clarity comes when voice and heart meet

• Neptune endings = release, compassion, closure

• New spiritual identity begins with internal authority

• Healing often starts with one conversation

Listen + Share

If you know someone who needs this kind of astrology - someone navigating emotion, communication or forgiveness - please pass it on.

Israel's website: https://www.sacredplanets.co.uk

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