In this episode of the Path of the Awakened Heart podcast, I'm joined by breathwork and trauma expert Alyse Bacine, creator of The Metamorphosis Method. With more than two decades of experience facilitating breathwork, Alyse shares how trauma imprints live in the body and why simply talking about them is rarely enough. She offers insight into her framework for helping women identify their core wound, release childhood and womb imprints, and reclaim their power in life, love, and leadership.
Together we explore what it truly means to hold a clean, safe space beyond being "trauma-informed," how breathwork opens the subconscious to process suppressed emotions, and the ways authentic healing naturally expands intuition, purpose, and confidence. We also talk about discernment when choosing mentors, the strength of vulnerability in leadership, moving beyond the guru paradigm, and the energetic shifts we're entering as Neptune transitions into Aries.
Episode Highlights:
[07:37] Alyse shares her journey from school counselor to founder of the Metamorphosis Method, integrating breathwork, trauma clearing, and energy work for fast, targeted transformation.
[11:06] She explains the "core wound" concept - distilling many life traumas into one root pattern - and how recognizing it unlocks change across relationships, business, and self-worth.
[14:30] Alyse introduces "birth story" work, showing how womb and early-life imprints (like her mother's fear during a teachers' strike) shape our baseline nervous system and decisions.
[33:29] On vulnerability in leadership, she advises healing the root trauma that makes openness feel unsafe - so vulnerability becomes embodied strength rather than forced performance.
Learn more about Alyse:
Alyse Bacine is a Breathwork and Trauma expert with 24 years of experience and the CEO of Alyse Breathes LLC. She has her Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology and certifications in both Social Emotional Learning and Mindfulness Practices, as well as an extensive background in the mental health field where she served as a school counselor for 10+ years and received a grant to implement a meditation program at her school.
Knowing that she always wanted to expand her mission of healing familial and ancestral trauma, and normalizing meditation, and breathwork practices, she opened her own business and quickly became a six-figure mentor. Alyse has been featured in top publications like Oprah Magazine, Well and Good and Nylon.
Alyse uses her unique healing modality, The Metamorphosis Method™ to help spiritually intelligent women transform their current realities to get to their next-level selves. Her programs are deeply rooted in healing so that women can navigate work, love, and life as powerful leaders, without the burden of trauma playing a role in their highest potential.
Links:
Website: https://www.alysebreathes.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alysebreathes/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artoffemininebusiness
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alyse.levy
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alyse_breathes/
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