The Deeper Call
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Hi, I am Ashley Neese, and I am so glad you are here.
I created The Deeper Call to question and practice living a deeper life. Here I share breathwork practices and personal essays to help us open up, look more deeply at ourselves, and cultivate connection.
Since leaving Instagram, I am invested in creating a safe space for us to be in real conversations and practice together. The comment sections of my posts offer a place to drop in with each other and share our depth, our joys, our struggles, and our intentions.
The Deeper Call is about more than self-transformation. It is a gathering of humans who are devoted to remembering that we are resilient, harmonic forces of the earth. Here we honor healing as a collective effort that transcends individuation. Source
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Search ArticlesA spring letter from the Sierras
Welcome to The Deeper Call — a space for dropping in when everything is trying to pull you out. I’m a breathwork teacher who left LA for rescue horses and dirt under my nails. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or checked out right now, I offer a small number of 1:1 sessions to help you come back to yourself. Dear friends, The lupins have nearly reached their peak out here in the Sierras. The bright green of the oak leaves matches the vibrant grass on the rolling pastures.
I'm 25 years sober
Welcome to The Deeper Call — a space for dropping in when everything is trying to pull you out. I’m a breathwork teacher who left LA for rescue horses and dirt under my nails. If you’re feeling overwhelmed or checked out right now, I offer a small number of 1:1 sessions to help you come back to yourself. My beloved daughter and I at the ranch on film x Marielle Chua I’m 25 years sober today. I’ve been sober for more years than I was alive when I stopped drinking.
Softening by 2%
Welcome. I'm glad you're here. The Deeper Call is a twice-monthly offering of letters and practices for coming back to yourself — from a breathwork teacher who traded wellness influencing for donkey brays and dirt under her nails. New here? Start with these: Consumption Culture Burned Me Out The Generosity of Grief What's Actually Helping Dear friends, Lately I’ve been noticing how quickly I override myself, even in small moments.
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A different kind of birthday
Welcome. I’m glad you’re here. The Deeper Call is a biweekly offering of letters and practices for staying grounded in change—from a breathwork teacher who left goop summits behind for donkey brays and dirt under her nails. With my heart horse, Maeve, 35mm x Marielle Chua Dear friends, I spent my birthday last week under the sheets, hiding from the light. A level ten migraine came raging to the back of my left eye at 2 am.
Five ways to practice wonder
Welcome! Whether you’ve been here a while or just arrived (hello, new friends!), I’m so glad you’re here. The Deeper Call is a biweekly offering of letters and practices for staying grounded through change—from a breathwork teacher who traded goop summits for donkey brays. Celebrating the birthday boy! Dear friends, The doors opened and suddenly we were flying.
What’s actually helping
Welcome to the Deeper Call and Happy New year! This is your bi-monthly reset: essays paired with practices, rituals, and remedies to help you stay grounded through change. From a breathwork teacher who traded goop summits for donkey brays. Family portrait in the summer garden the day after Freya’s adoption x Marielle Chua I adulted so hard in 2025. I adopted our daughter. I got back to weekly functional training. I reconnected with childhood friends. I trained in psychedelic assisted therapy.
Let's practice together on the winter solstice
I'm taking a handful of 1:1 breathwork clients for January and February. If you want space to integrate everything this year stirred up - and start 2026 more connected to your body and intuition - I'd love to work with you. Dear friends, The winter solstice is here and I have a Field Note to share. I recorded this from my bed with the sun streaming through the window, five shades of green moss glowing on the granite boulders, and that particular quality of December light settling in.
I asked AI to heal my inner child
AI-generated image of me hugging my younger self (based on photos I uploaded), courtesy of DeeVid Dear friends, I really wanted it to be real. The AI-generated image of me hugging my younger self, the one I spent two hours trying to create while my kids slept. I wanted it to actually heal something. It started last week while scrolling Facebook for vintage horse trailers. An old friend shared an image of herself smiling huge, hugging a sevenish-year-old girl who also looked like her. Sort of.
Field Notes #5: Permission to Quit
Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -10:19 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Dear friends, I’m back with our fifth Field Note, recorded from inside our kitchen in Mariposa, looking out at the rain coming down. The house is quiet, Nic took the kids to preschool. I’m feeling super cozy in my favorite wool socks. I know many of us are in a tender space heading into December.