Nurturing the Nervous System

Yoga and Embodiment Practices for resource and regulation.

This course explores how we can use yoga and embodiment tools to support resource and regulation in in the body and consquently the autonomic nervous system. This is a foundational course that use’s poly vagal theory as a lens to understand how our own systems might respond to perceived stress and lack of safety. The aim of this course is to help each participant understand how they might begin to create more stability and safety inside their own body. No previous experience of yoga is necessary. The practices are simple and accessible to all.

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Month 1 - Poly Vagal Theory

• Learn about the nervous system through the lens of Polyvagal theory (course manual provided)

• Explore Somatic Experiencing® Principles of Orienting, Grounding and Resource.

• Explore how to listen to the body’s signals and how it receives cues of welcome and warning from our environment, relationships and inside the body itself (Neuroception).

Month 2 - Mapping the Nervous System

• Map how different nervous system zones affect your body, emotions, thoughts, impulses and responses.

• Revisit tools from month 1 and touch in on embodied self regulation tools.

Month 3 - Self Regulation: Focus on the fight/flight response

• Explore befriending your nervous system with practices that can help self regulate and shift out of the sympathetic fight/flight nervous system response.

Month 4 - Self Regulation: Focus on the immobilisation response

• Explore befriending your nervous system with practices that can help self regulate and shift out of the freeze/collapse response.

Month 5 - Yoga for Nervous System Resource

• A focus on what lights up the ventral vagal system (safety, connection, resource).

one - to- one session

• Booking a one - to - one session each month during the course is helpful to explore more in depth what is coming up for you.

• This is a suggestion and not a requirement to participate in the course.

• One - to - one sessions will be an extra cost of £60 per 1hr.

Dates

• Saturdays - TBC

• 10:00 - 13:00

Cost

• £250 - payable by BACS. All info sent on booking.

• I self fund subsidies to make this work more accessible for those experiencing financial hardship. I especially welcome enquiries from anyone experiencing financial hardship who identifies as being marginalized due to race/ethnicity, disability, gender, from the LGBTQI+ community and those in reciept of Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) or Jobseekers Allowance.

• Payment plans welcome- your welcome to pay in installments if you need to please be in touch to arrange dates.

• Cancellation/refunds - If you need to cancel no refunds are available but you are welcome to send someone in your place or for a £25 admin fee I can try my best to fill your space if there is a waiting list. If I need to cancel, you will be refunded the full amount.

• Please note this course is not a substitute for individual therapy. Feel free to ask any questions surrounding this.