When the System Needs More Than Rest — Psilocybin, Breathwork, and Burnout Recovery

Burnout doesn't resolve with rest alone because it has reorganised the body's regulatory systems — the autonomic nervous system, the stress response, the brain's capacity for resilience and meaning. This post explores what the research now shows about three approaches that work at the level where burnout actually lives: psilocybin (drawing on two recent randomised controlled trials in clinical populations), slow breathwork and vagal regulation, and body-oriented awareness practice. Part two of two.