Come learn to become a wiser operator of your body, heart, and mind. This 3-hour workshop will introduce you to your autonomic nervous system from the inside out, through the lens of polyvagal theory and an array of experiential practices.
You'll gain a deep appreciation for how your nervous system regulates your energy and attention, along with all of your bodily functions, and discover strategies for spending more of your life in your most well-regulated window of presence.
Through somatic movement, visualization, and journaling, we'll explore the three branches of the autonomic nervous system - social, sympathetic, and parasympathetic - and how they work together to keep our bodies healthy and safe. We'll create an anchor into a deep sense of how your nervous system feels in its most regulated, connected, and present state that will help you recognize and return to this window of presence in your daily life. We'll then map when and how we get triggered out of presence and what can help bring us back.
We'll explore a number of movement, breathing, meditation, and vocalization techniques to quickly help bring our systems back into regulation, as well as strategies for shifting our baselines over time and expanding our windows of presence.
Participants will gain:
A deeper understanding of and appreciation for the three branches of the ANS – parasympathetic, sympathetic, and social – and how they work together to keep us healthy and safe,
Familiarity with what each branch feels like in its well-regulated, safe-enough state and its threat management state,
Tools for quickly settling your ANS in the moment to bring you back into your window of presence, and
Strategies for working with your ANS to shift your baseline to a more regulated state over time.
Register at Sisu Wellness. Learn more about your autonomic nervous system and how befriending it can improve your life and health. Questions? Contact me.