Faced with chronic stress or trauma, our bodies can lose the capacity to self-regulate the nervous system. When this happens, even the smallest things can trigger the body’s stress response, that stress response can last for hours, days, weeks or even months and life can feel like a constant state of anxiety, dread and overwhelm.
Learning how to regulate our own nervous systems, and teaching our clients how to do the same, is the foundation of our mental health. This workshop will discuss specific breathing exercises we can use to tap directly into the nervous system itself to communicate safety, calm and return us to the realities of the present moment. It will briefly discuss some of the science & physiology behind regulating the nervous system. We will talk about why learning how to “turn off” the spinning mind with breathing practices can be a way to break out of disregulated states. And we will cover 3 specific breathing practices that can work wonders for self-regulation as an additional support to ongoing therapeutic work.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- understanding why the breath is so effective as a way to regulate the nervous system
- an brief review of the body science behind nervous system regulation and dis-regulation including biochemistry, physiology and mind-body communication
- why interrupting the spinning or over-thinking mind with breathing exercises can shorten the refractory period of a stressful event, which is key to a healthy nervous system
- Experience and learn how to teach clients 3 specific breathing practices for self-regulation
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- This workshop is open to all therapists and those interesting in learning more about breathwork; the nervous system from both an experiential and scientific perspective.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- This workshop will give participants new level of understanding of 3 breathing exercises that they will be able to use for themselves and their clients to support self-regulation.
