The Ache You Can’t Explain

There’s an ache that lives just beneath the surface. It doesn’t have a name. It doesn’t show up on scans or in diagnoses. But it’s real.

You feel it when the noise quiets, when you lay your head down at night. When the to-do list is finished, and you’re still not at peace.

It’s not depression. Not anxiety. It’s something older. A whisper from your soul that something is missing — and always has been.

You’ve tried to outrun it. You’ve tried to fix it. You’ve tried to tell yourself you shouldn’t feel this way.

But what if the ache isn’t here to be fixed?

What if it’s the very thing calling you back to yourself?

What if the ache is a message?

Come home.

This is the work I’ll be holding in the Scottish Highlands this October.

Six days to breathe, unravel, remember.

To let the land hold you while you lay it all down. To meet the part of you that’s been waiting… quietly… for you to return.

📍 October 21–26, 2025

🔗 www.akhealingretreats.com

Only 7 spots.

One of them might be yours.

With love,

Alana

Breathings of the Heart