About this event
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.
RECORDING
This workshop will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.
ZOOM
This workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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All the colleagues at ONLINEVENTS and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a manner consistent with the BACP Ethical Framework, which can be accessed on the link below. When registering for this event you are agreeing to be present and interact in a manner that is consistent with this Framework.
Sarah Hunt
Sarah Beth Hunt is a meditation and breathwork coach, yoga teacher and founder of Messy Luminous Being online platform. She received Ph.D. in Indian Studies from the University of Cambridge, and has trained in both the Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhist meditation and traditional yoga through the British Wheel of Yoga. She currently works with clients using movement, breathwork and mind-training practices to harness the body’s physiology and the mind-body connection and transform their inner state.
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