Sandra Diane Newton, M.A.
Feel emotionally alive through breathing.
WHERE THE BODY HOLDS THE STORY
Is this book for you?
Where the Body Holds the Story invites you to explore the connection between breathing, emotions, the body, and inner awareness.
“I’ve heard about using breathing to help me physically and emotionally, but I don’t know where to start.”
“At times, I feel emotionally dead, but I don’t know how to reconnect with my emotions.”
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“I have noticed that my breath changes when I suppress a feeling, but I’m not sure how that affects me or what I can do about it.”
“What’s all the chatter these days about breathing being the key to freeing me?”
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“I believe that my breathing is strongly connected to my emotions, but I don’t know how to breathe in order to get in touch with my emotions.”
“What gives? I am depressed, which I know is anger turned inward, but I don’t feel angry.”
“I believe that energy must flow freely through my body in order to heal it emotionally, but I don’t know how to get that energy flowing.”
“I know that I would feel better if I had a good cry, but I can’t seem to cry.”
“ I am aware that breathing is a very powerful tool, and I would like to know how to use it to help myself.”
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“I believe that breath is the key to unlocking the repressed truth held within my body, but I have no idea how to use my breath to unlock that truth.”
“I believe that every breath reflects my state of Being, but I don’t know how to change my breathing in order to change my state of Being."
“I have heard that the breath is a doorway back to myself, but I don’t know how to use the breath to go through that doorway.”
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“I believe that the breath is sacred, and I would like to know how to use it to connect to a Higher Source/God.”
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“I would like to know how to get energy to flow freely through my body to avoid disease and sickness.”
“I know that I have many emotions stuck in my body, but I don’t know how to release them.”
“I would like to know how to reclaim my power through breathwork.”
“I am frustrated, because I know my body holds onto emotions for a long time, but I don’t know how to release them.”
“I have noticed that certain parts of my body tighten up when I am repressing sadness or anger, but I don't know what to do about that.”
“I am frustrated, because I know I need to bring more awareness into my body, but I don’t know how to do so.”
True or False?
“I feel that breath is a bridge between the spiritual and the physical, but I don’t know how to cross that bridge.”
Discover What Breathing Can Open
Learn how breathing and feelings are connected.
Get in touch with suppressed emotions through breathing.
Feel emotionally alive through breathing.
Breathe to release repressed truths held in the body.
Discover breathwork therapy to connect to your emotions.
Learn about body armoring and breathing.
Discover the links between breath, emotion and health.
What Readers Are Saying
“This book gives very detailed breathing exercises that I now use on a daily basis to help me feel grounded and more peaceful . The author talks about how sacred the breath is … that really hit home for me. I keep this book on my night table as a reminder to do the breathing exercises and to stay in the moment.”
“Where the Body Holds the Story” by Sandra Diane Newton, M.A. is a tender yet deeply transformative guide into the body’s innate capacity to heal. Drawing on more than 30 years of experience as a Neo-Reichian therapist, Sandra Diane Newton, M.A., reveals how the breath serves as a doorway into the silent narratives stored within our muscles, tissues, and energetic field. She shows that the body remembers what the mind may forget—and that within those memories lies the possibility of profound release and renewal.”
“Whether you are a healing professional seeking deeper somatic understanding, a spiritual seeker on a path of inner discovery, or someone quietly longing for greater self-awareness and calm, Where the Body Holds the Story will illuminate your journey back to your most grounded, authentic, and embodied self.”
“I have personally experienced Riechian therapy and the deep emotional release that comes about by release of trapped past unexpressed emotions through breath and body work. It's life changing. This book gives you simple tools to use the breath in ways that will help anyone to be more in touch with who they are which is the most important lesson in life 'KNOW THYSELF'.”
“This amazing book is a wealth of information about how important breathing is for both the physical and emotional bodies. This book is about breathing to remember who you truly are, and goes into some history of the miraculous use of breathwork by Yogis.”
"Through compassionate insights, somatic exercises, and powerful real-life client stories, Newton invites readers to reconnect with their inner healing intelligence. Her teachings illuminate how breathwork can loosen emotional blockages, soothe long-held trauma, and awaken a deeper sense of emotional awareness. With each mindful breath, the pathways to self-acceptance, balance, and peace become clearer, encouraging the reader to gently inhabit their body once again."
"A very good and well written book. Although breath work is not new to me, it is always good to get different perspectives. The author did give excellent instructions on all the different breathing techniques and how they relate to the various parts of the body."
“Everyone should pickup this easy, powerful handbook. We all breathe, and we all could use a manual for how to use the breath to balance our emotions, deepen our feeling of home/relief/comfort in our physical body, and live in flow as awareness (rather than having a peak experience). So many great take-aways that produce instant shifts in attention and perceiving."
"This is an easy introduction to Neo-Reichian Psychotherapy pioneered by Wilhelm Reich, a one-time disciple of Sigmund Freud. But unlike other books about this form of psychotherapy, this one is simple, easy to read, and quite practical."
"Whether you are a healing professional seeking deeper somatic understanding, a spiritual seeker on a path of inner discovery, or someone quietly longing for greater self-awareness and calm, Where the Body Holds the Story will illuminate your journey back to your most grounded, authentic, and embodied self."