Nervous System Sessions
Yoga + Applied Polyvagal Theory for Nervous System Health
6-Week Virtual Course on Zoom
April 14 ~ May 19, 2026 | Tuesdays | 5:30-7pm MST
The Invitation:
Join Deb for a 6-week immersive course blending yogic philosophy & earth-based wisdom with applied Polyvagal Theory to cultivate nervous system literacy, resilience, and embodied awareness. Rooted in compassion, this course offers a shared language for understanding the protective patterns of stress and trauma while expanding our internal capacity for regulation, connection, and thriving. Through the lens of nervous system fluency, we build community from the inside out.
Each session weaves together accessible neuroscience, trauma-informed principles, and experiential yoga practices to deepen awareness of your nervous system states, expand your window of tolerance, and develop practical skills that support greater nervous system flexibility and resilience.
Why This Matters:
Understanding your nervous system changes how you practice, teach, parent, lead, and relate with love ones. When we build literacy and share a common language, we reduce shame, normalize stress responses, and increase empowerment & agency.
This course is for yoga practitioners, lovers of somatic practices, teachers, care-givers, householders, mid-lifers, parents, and/or anyone ready to deepen self-awareness, cultivate resilience, and embody regulation from the inside out.
Why take this course?
*Develop a skillset to navigate & support chronic stress, anxiety, depression & burnout in everyday living
*Gently reduce patterns of chronic stress, anxiety, overwhelm, burnout while honoring the protective intelligence of your nervous system
*Expand your capacity for nervous system flexibility & self-regulation
*Build nervous system literacy grounded in compassion
*Grow your capacity for embodied resilience & presence
*Experience collective growth rooted in shared understanding
*Connect with Earth-based teachings that awaken inner wisdom
You’ll Receive:
* Weekly live gatherings that weave together study, discussion, and guided practice
* Reflection guides and home practices to support integration between sessions
* A supportive community space for shared inquiry and connection
* Recordings available for 3 months
Nervous System Sessions
Each session will include 45-minute dialogue followed by 45 minute practice to deepen your experience of the intersection of Yoga philosophy & practices, applied Polyvagal Theory and Earth-based wisdom.
Session 1: Foundations: Mapping the Autonomic Nervous System
Explore ANS physiology, core principles of Polyvagal Theory, trauma-informed tenets, and yoga as “regulation of the fluctuations of the mind.” Learn about neuroception, interoception, proprioception, and the tiered response to threat plus practices emphasizing grounding and connection.
Session 2: The 3 Gunas & Nervous System States
Grow your understanding of ventral vagal, sympathetic, dorsal vagal along with their hybrid states through the lens of the 3 Gunas & the natural world.
Session 3: Compassionately Tracking & Identifying Nervous System State
Cultivate skillfulness at identifying nervous system states/3 Gunas, normalizing and understanding patterns, observing state shift and grow your skills in applying support for each state.
Session 4: Reclaiming Nervous System Flexibility & Vagal Efficiency
Dive into vagus nerve anatomy, the vagal brake, and factors that impact vagal tone. Learn techniques to restore the felt sense of “safe enough” in the body and understand the importance of cultivating nervous system flexibility.
Session 5: Growing Capacity (Cultivating Sattva)
Develop long-term vagal toning through yogic practices that support you in expanding your capacity for sattva (ventral vagal) while building sustainable regulation.
Session 6: Co-Regulation, Embodiment &Post-traumatic Growth through Pratipaksha Bhavanam
Integrate the teachings through practice, reflection, and Pratipaksha Bhavanam, cultivating new pathways of response and resilience.
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No worries! These sessions are recorded and will be available for 3 months after the course.
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Please find a quiet space to be able to settle into your practice. If you are attending live and feel comfortable being on camera, consider orienting your camera towards a well lit space without a lot of sunlight in the background. Have your props ready. Consider having a chair, a bolster or pillows, blankets and your mat.
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Again, no worries! you are invited into the space just as you are.
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Absolutely! The practices will be accessible for all bodies. There will always be options offered as well.
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