Niamh O’Shea
The Place Within
Beneath the Boats
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Beneath the Boats

There are nights when the dark feels closer than the sky.
Nights where the weight sits low in the body
and even the smallest breath feels like it is searching for a place to land.

These words came from one of those nights.
A moment where the world above felt too far away
and the water below felt too deep
and I had to face the stillness that rose between them.

It is not about fear
and it is not about breaking.
It is about what happens in the quiet
when nothing moves
and you finally hear the part of you
that refuses to disappear.

If you have ever felt swallowed by the dark
or caught in a depth you did not choose
I hope these words hold you gently.
Not to lift you out
but to sit beside you
until something inside you begins to soften again.


Thank you for listening and for letting these words into your life. It means more than you know.

You can also find my guided practices, somatic journeys and healing songs on Insight Timer, created to support your return to yourself in your own rhythm.

I’m grateful you are here.

With warmth,

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