Body Connection: Movement, Breathwork & Burnout Recovery for Real Life

Self-care is not about motivation or aesthetics. It is about regulation, awareness, and rebuilding trust with the body after stress, trauma, and burnout. In this episode of Self Care, host Geraldine Hardy is joined by Nenad Stanis, founder of Body Connection Movement, for a grounded conversation on embodied recovery, nervous system regulation, and why movement is inseparable from mental health. Drawing on lived experience rather than theory, Nenad shares how trauma, displacement, chronic stress, and burnout shaped his approach to movement — and why most people struggle not because they lack discipline, but because they lack safe, adaptive frameworks that meet them where they are. This episode explores: Why movement is a nervous system tool, not just fitness How trauma and chronic stress manifest physically The role of breathwork in regulating overwhelm Why short, consistent practices outperform intensity The risks of copy-paste training models What “awareness first” means in sustainable recovery This is not a performance-driven conversation.  It is a practical discussion on rebuilding capacity, stability, and resilience over time. Guest Contact Nenad Stanis Founder, Body Connection Movement 📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nenadstanis/ 📷 Body Connection Movement: https://www.instagram.com/bodyconnection_movement/ Host & Programme Contact Geraldine Hardy Founder, Alina The Sanctuary 📩 Email: [email protected] Produced by Yachting International Radio (YIR) 🎧 Independent global media network covering wellbeing, leadership, and life beyond the surface 🌍 https://www.yachtinginternationalradio.com