Course curriculum

  • 1

    Instructions for this course

    • How to Use this Course Supplement

    • Structure
  • 2

    Welcoming Your Body

    • Learning Objectives

    • A Healthy Nervous System

    • Breath Awareness Practice

    • Body Awareness Practice

    • Compassionate Listening

    • Homework: Journaling

    • Homework: Leaning in

    • Homework: Body Sensation Practice

    • Sensation Words
  • 3

    The Nervous System: Polyvagal Theory and Connecting to Safety

    • Learning Objectives

    • The Polyvagal Theory

    • Neuroception

    • Balanced Breathing

    • Homework: Getting to Know your Autonomic Experiences

    • Creating a SIFT

    • Cultivating Safety: Somatic Resources

    • Recorded Practice: Savoring Safety

    • Recorded Practice: Orienting
  • 4

    Working with Fight/Flight

    • Never in the history of calming down...

    • Down Regulation through Centering

    • Down Regulation through Back Breathing

    • Supportive Touch

    • Touch: Abhyanga
  • 5

    Working with Collapse/Freeze

    • Breath of Joy

    • Movement Practice for Collapse
  • 6

    Creating a Plan

    • Practice: Tune in, Take in, Tend to

    • Stretching into Dorsal Vagal: Stillness

    • Stretching into Dorsal Vagal: Solitude

    • Stretching into Fight/Flight
  • 7

    Additional Resources

    • Books