Layne Burkette

Layne Burkette is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Somatic Skills Educator, and Yoga Psychology & Meditation Teacher with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals and families in cultivating calm, resilience, and authentic connection. Through a trauma-informed lens, she blends nervous system education, embodied healing practices, and practical mindfulness tools to help people regulate emotions, reduce stress, and reconnect with themselves and their loved ones.

Layne is the founder of Life Balance and creator of the Breathe, Move, Heal approach. She is also the co-author of The Perfectly Imperfect Family and Raising Teens Who Talk to You. Her work focuses on nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and family connection.

Through coaching programs, retreats, workshops, speaking engagements, and family-centered resources, Layne offers grounded, accessible tools for emotional wellbeing, including the Reset + Restore Nervous System Starter Kit, Family Nervous System Toolkit, Somatic Skills Membership, 5-Minute Reset for Busy Moms, private 1:1 support, and her signature Breathe, Move, Heal 4-month coaching program. She also presents at mental health clinics, wellness centers, schools, businesses, retreats, and community events, and has been featured on podcasts and parenting platforms for her relatable, science and psychology-backed approach to healing and regulation.

Whether teaching, coaching, counseling, writing, or guiding meditations, Layne brings warmth, wisdom, and compassion to her work as both a clinician and mother of four. She is passionate about helping others create peaceful, present lives—where balance, connection, and self-compassion are not only possible, but sustainable.