The Depth of the Ocean

Get into a comfortable position, close your eyes, take a deep, slow breath, feel your diaphragm expanding, and hold that full breath for a moment… then slowly exhale. Repeat this action, but when breathing, focus the breath into your belly button and feel your belly expanding. As you breathe, feel all tension, stress, and worry leaving your body, leaving this moment. When you feel calm and centred, open your eyes and focus on this blog. See and feel the words.

Now go deeper, deeper into yourself, deeper than your thoughts, which become as waves moving across the surface. As you go deeper, become aware of the peace, the stillness, the wholeness. Here in the depth of the ocean, there is no stress, no anxiety, the breath providing the only connection to the surface, miles above. The Breath brings in fullness and removes tension and worry. Every human is a unique and seemingly independent wave with hopes, traumas, expectations, joys, sorrows—but at our depth, we are the calm, connected, immovable Ocean.

We live so much of our lives at the surface. A surface that can be turbulent—raging with storms, crashing waves, pulled by tides beyond our control. This is where our thoughts swirl, our emotions churn, and our past traumas often guiding our direction. Like whitecaps on the sea, they can feel overwhelming, constant, even defining.

But they are not the totality of who we are.

Those waves—our fears, our wounds, our grief—are not us. They are movements. They rise, they fall, they pass. They are weather patterns, not the water itself. Beneath every ripple of sadness or crest of joy lies something infinitely deeper and more constant: our inner ocean.

The ocean is a powerful metaphor for the human spirit. On the surface, it is subject to chaos. But descend below, even just a few meters, and a profound stillness begins to emerge. Go deeper still, and the noise of the surface fades entirely. This is where your soul resides, in the quiet depth. Not in the storms, but in the silence between heartbeats. This is the place of healing.

Trauma often lives on the surface—through memories, bodily reactions, and emotional flashbacks. It's like the aftermath of a storm tossing debris across the shoreline. It can be hard to look past it, to feel anything else. But just as the sea is never only its surface, we are never only our pain.

Healing doesn’t mean denying the surface—it means recognizing it for what it is: a part, not the whole. When we allow ourselves to go inward, when we commit to breath, presence, and grounded movement, we begin to access the depths where true transformation happens.

Breathing is an anchor. It is a significant bridge between surface and core. Deep breathing isn’t just a technique—it’s a sacred key, unlocking access to your body, your presence, your wholeness. It bypasses thought, guides us below the noise, and ushers us into the quiet intelligence of the body and soul.

Every wave may appear distinct, but all waves are born of the same water. When we drop into ourselves, past the surface agitation, we find that we are all connected. All part of the same ocean. All impacted by the moon, the pull, the gravity of something greater.

This knowing changes everything.

When we view our emotions and traumas as isolated, personal burdens, we suffer more. But when we remember that everyone has their own waves—that joy and grief are shared human experiences—we begin to soften. Compassion arises. We recognize ourselves in one another. We stop judging our experiences as good or bad, and begin to ride the waves with curiosity and presence, knowing that underneath it all, we are unshakable.

Your depth has never been harmed, never been broken. Your depth is divine.

At Soul Warrior Fitness, we use movement, breath, stillness, and presence to reconnect with that core. Not to escape life, but to fully engage with it—heart open, grounded in truth, strong in body and spirit. We move the body to move the energy. We breathe to remember the vastness within us. We hold space to honor the experiences at the surface, but never forget our origin below.

So today, and every day, we invite you to come back to your Ocean.

Let the waves rise, but do not mistake them for your truth. Let emotions move through, but anchor in your breath. Let your story unfold, but remember the stillness that has always been yours.

And when the surface feels too much, when the world feels too loud, or your own mind too overwhelming—pause. Breathe. Return.

Dive below the noise.

Come home to your depths.

Here, there is peace. Here, there is power. Here, there is You.