Join me and River Valley Coop for a free two-part webinar series to help you live more comfortably in your body and respond to the world more in the ways you want to. In the first, we’ll learn about the autonomic nervous system (ANS), how it works to keep us safe, and how its threat response systems can make it hard for us to feel and respond the ways we want to. When you find yourself feeling hyped up, agitated, and unable to slow down, or detached, unmotivated, and unable to get going, your autonomic nervous system is likely involved.

In this webinar, we'll develop a simple practice for checking in and assessing the current state of your nervous system, and we'll get to know your own particular cues for sensing your ANS state. We'll then try out a variety of ANS settling and energizing techniques, connecting with body, breath, voice, movement, environment, and the beings around you.

You'll use your cues to discover which ones best help you shift your system. We'll end with some pointers for how to help others in shifting their systems.

Join me and River Valley Coop for a free two-part webinar series to help you live more comfortably in your body and respond to the world more in the ways you want to. In this second part, we’ll explore the question I get asked the most often: how do I create some kind of consistent practice to support my nervous system over time?

Our autonomic nervous system naturally fluctuates every day between readiness for action and winding down for rest. All of us have a window of presence -- a range of nervous system highs and lows within which we feel safe, settled, and responsive to the world around us.

But chronic stress, traumatic experiences, and unsupportive environments can leave us feeling like we don't get to spend as much time in that window of comfort and curiosity as we would like. The good news is that our nervous systems are made to learn and adapt. Over time, we can shift our nervous system baseline and even expand our windows of presence.

In this webinar, we'll learn about our windows of presence and how our nervous systems naturally shift during the day. We'll learn to recognize when we're within our windows and how to anchor that settled state in our bodies and minds, to make it easier to return to.

We'll then talk about what works to shift the nervous system baseline over time. We'll develop a process of intention, compassionate self-accompaniment, and reflection to gently incorporate nervous system healing practices into your life, recognizing and building on their effects. Participants will leave with plans for supporting their own nervous system well-being.