Easing Shoulder Stress and Tension Through Mindful Movement 

Dr. Hannah Murray 

In this gentle class, we will explore shoulder anatomy through movement to release tension, improve mobility, and find a deeper level of support to relieve some of the discomforts we often carry in our neck and shoulders. This class is designed to be accessible with minimal props required. There will be a brief explanation of anatomy at the beginning, followed by a series of exercises to highlight the discussion points. Participants should wear comfortable clothes and be prepared to lie on the floor.

How Yoga Nidra Can Reset Your Nervous System

Jessica Crow, RYT, LMT

I'll introduce the ancient practice of yoga nidra, give some background and details about the method and benefits of the practice— especially its positive effects on insomnia and resetting the nervous system that is stuck in fight-or-flight mode (survival mode).

I'll show the viewer how to set up properly and comfortably for their own practice, and then I'll guide them through a full, traditional yoga nidra practice focused on re-balancing and resetting the entire system, complete with a sankalpah they've created at the beginning of class for their personal guidance and healing.

Heal Your Nervous System Through Hypnosis

Saira Hansen, CHt

Through a short presentation and Guided Hypnosis experience, you will gain an understanding of how you can heal your body through your mind. When we experience any kind of traumatic event, which is essentially anything that impacts the nervous system in some way, it can live in our bodies long after the event occurred.

Since our body just listens to what our mind tells it; one way to heal is by communicating with our powerful subconscious mind. Hypnosis opens this channel of communication in order for healing to occur.

Whether you’re aware of incidents that have impacted your nervous system or you just want to experience a guided hypnosis, I promise you will feel lighter, more relaxed and renewed after participating in this presentation.

Build A Toolbox To Follow Your Body's Intuition

Ashley Adams, Master Life Coach 

In this video, Master Life Coach, Ashley Lane Adams describes how most people override the messages that their bodies communicate to them. She teaches two simple practices that you can easily incorporate into your daily life that will allow you to listen to the intelligence of your body. Once you are able to tune into and listen to what your body is communicating with you, you will be able to make decisions that are in alignment with what you desire to be, have, and create in your life. 

Rediscovering Your Mind-Body Connection

Erica Hornthal, LCPC, BC-DMT

 When we talk about movement, most of us think “exercise.” But the way we move our bodies--how we walk, roll, dance, stretch, connect, and take up space--is about so much more than physical fitness. Our movements impact our mental and emotional health...and when we change the way we move, we can change the way we live.

Rediscover your mind body connection, get unstuck, and improve your mental health through simple movement practices meant to regulate your nervous system.

Zen Tanden Breath Practice 

Aretha Moller-Roth, Bodywork Therapist 

Breathwork can, and should, be a lifelong practise. While it can be difficult to commit to something that doesn’t have a definitive end goal, the benefits of a breath practise are multitudinous, and will regularly offer the practitioner new ways of calming an over-stimulated nervous system. 

In Zen Tanden Breathing, we practice slowing the breath rate, and finding comfort in a still seated posture to allow for a focus on the energy field in the abdomen, known as the tanden, as a way to embody the wisdom and energy of the Buddha. 

In this workshop we will look at some of the many physiological benefits of this breathing practice, as well as explore some easy stretching and basic alignment concepts that promote a comfortable seated posture, and finally, delve into a short breathing exercise that can be adapted for anyone at home who would like to continue on in a private endeavour of their own.

Meditation for Self Love

Jessi Galvin 

In this session Jessi will guide you into a deep meditative state where you will drop into the energy of unconditional love. From this state of relaxation and peace you will practice listening to your body, learning to recognise signs and messages that will support you to reduce stress in day to day life. 

Taking time to rest, relax and rejuvenate your energy will support you in regulating your nervous system and restoring your vital life force energy.

How To Build Resilience of Your Nervous System Through Your Workout

Dr. Emily Kiberd

This session will teach you how to optimize the rest breaks in your workout to build the capacity of your nervous system, leading to more resilience. 

You'll dive into what to do during your rest breaks, how to long to rest between sets, the goal of your work out, how to use your breath, tongue position, humming, and using a 1:2 inhale and exhale to put yourself back in the parasympathetic states quickly after a stressful state. From there, you'll learn how this has carry-over to the rest of life during times of stress.

Recalibrate (to) Your Intuition - And Learn To Trust Your Innate Wisdom

Dina-Marie Weineck

Often, we will hear that animals and babies are fantastic judges of character. That is because both are in touch with their intuition. That millennia-old knowing that travels with, guides, and protects us. As we grow old and knowledgeable, educated, and jaded with society's expectations, we lose touch with that inner wisdom, our inner beauty, our inner knowing. Then, we might feel a tug or a pit, or a funny tickling in our gut. Perhapps, you have once before noticed a surge of anxiety or even just an itchy feeling, in a conversation or in the middle of making a decision. Have you ever just said, that's a visceral YAS (or no) and then either heard yourself announce just that or the exact opposite? When we are in a state of "supposed to DO", our nervous system is out of whack, out of balance, and straying in unknown territory. However, when we return to a state of "supposed to BE", we can sense peace while doing and engaging with the world outside of ourselves, both in challenging and soothing times. In this session, you will endeavor to return to yourself, to your intuition, to your Authentic Self.

Making Goals To Keep Your Nervous System Healthy

Carrie Hauskens

Implementing healthy habits and reflecting where you come from can set you up for success. In this presentation I'll walk you through making goals and how to follow through with them. Worksheets are provided. You will walk away with tangible strategies to bring into your everyday life.

Is Living Outside of Your Comfort Zone Hurting Your Health?

Shawna Bigby Davis, CHC 

Have you ever felt like you just can't take it anymore? That you've reached your limit, and anything more will push you over the edge? If so, you're not alone. This is a frequent reality for many women with autoimmune and burnout conditions. 

The Window of Tolerance is basically the amount of stress that your body can handle before you start to experience negative symptoms. Once your body crosses out of your tolerance "window," you begin to experience things like anxiety, depression, lethargy, fatigue, brain fog, and even immune system suppression. 

But what is this Window of Tolerance, and how can we stay within it? This post will explore what this is and strategies for expanding your window of tolerance for better mental and physical health.

Tapping into New Possibility

Megan Moore, Health Coach, Trauma Informed EFT Practitioner

 Tapping" - derived from Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) - is an effective and simple 'self-help tool' that works on the mind and body to bring about ease in times of stress. By signalling to the brain and body that it is safe and restoring balance and flow to the body, tapping gives you back agency and ownership when you find yourself triggered or disregulated. It combines a Western neuro-linguistic approach with Eastern energy medicine. 

This video will give you a simple insight and practical experience of tapping, giving you a tool to apply in every day situations for yourself. You'll also understand how to go deeper with this modality to uncover root causes, patterns and beliefs to create new possibility for the way you see the world and yourself within it.

Map Your Protector Parts To Your Nervous System

Sally Fletcher

We all have parts (think people pleasing, perfectionism, procrastination, anxiety, dissociation) that show up for us to protect us from feeling our inner wounds and when our nervous system perceives threat and danger.

This is a practical demonstration of how we can map our ‘protector parts’ against our nervous system to become aware and curious about what parts show up for us when we are in our fight, flight and freeze nervous system responses. 

We can also practice 2 breathing techniques - 1 to calm us when in fight/flight and 1 to mobilise us out of freeze.

Activation Can Be Your Salvation

Cass Ghiorse, Founder of MIDLINE  

Bring the sympathetic nervous system into the fold!

Through experiential practice, breath-work and anecdotal story-telling we will explore how building heat in the body, getting a little loud, and using a powerful exhale can spark the feeling of a healthy fight response and why that isn't always a bad thing! For some of us it can be the antidote to our fear and anxiety.

May this presentation shed some light on how activation and arousal can bring us back to a safe and healthy relationship with life. In this presentation participants will be encouraged to join in whatever capacity best suits them and their systems in the moment.

Quieting the Inner Noise and Cultivating Clarity

Chrissy Tucciarone, LCSW

In this presentation, we'll be exploring how certain phrases and vocal vibrations have a way of creating a broader perspective internally. You'll also learn a powerful exercise for preventing anxiety spirals and connecting to calm and clarity.

Reconnecting To The Body During And After Pregnancy

Miriam Zendle, RYT

 A practical and supportive session diving into about how to reconnect with the body's nervous system during and after pregnancy through yoga, including breath practices, posture guidance and resource sharing.

Mindful Self Nourishment: How TO feed Yourself and Your Family with Joy and Ease -

 Michelle Babb, MS, RD

Far too often, feeding ourselves and our families becomes a source of stress. When can I fit in a trip to the grocery store? Who's eating what these days? Are the foods I'm choosing nourishing? How do I find the energy to prep and cook after a long day? And the most dreaded daily question.... WHAT'S FOR DINNER??? But food gathering and eating can also be an intentional, meditative process that can shut down the body's stress response and become a deeply nourishing endeavor. Join Michelle Babb, MS, RD, author of Mastering Mindful Eating, for a guided tour from her kitchen to yours with practical advice on how to create your own mindful experience to feed and nourish yourself and your family.

An Introduction to Restorative Yoga - The Power of Therapeutic Rest

Dr. Lucy Connor

Lucy shares with us an "all you need to know basics" introduction to restorative yoga followed by a shortened practice including 3 key restorative postures that you can incorporate into or use to begin to build your own home practice. Comfy, warm clothing is advised for the restorative practice. If you have them available, a bolster, some yoga bricks and a blanket would be helpful. If not, do not worry, a few pillows and cushions from about your home will work perfectly well.

Understanding HRV And Using Biofeedback to Regulate Your Nervous System

Andrea Trank, RYT, HeartMath Clinical Coach 

Andrea will clearly explain how HRV has been used by the HeartMath Institute to help individuals get coherent – a state where the heart, mind and emotions are in sync. There is thirty years of research behind what they are doing. Through the process which involves both certain breathing techniques and other emotional regulation tools, you can assess the current state of your nervous system and systematically improve your overall health. She will share very simple tools that you can do daily to emotionally regulate, think clearer, perform better at work, get along better with your loved ones and sleep better at night. All of this starts with understanding the power of the Heart and its rhythms. You will also be provided with a worksheet to help you do these tools on your own.

No More Doubt in the Arena

Dave Wolovsky

 When you step into a new arena, you're guaranteed to get knocked down. It's up to you whether you get back up. If you doubt your right to be in the arena in the first place, or you have impostor syndrome, you're 3x as likely to give up before giving yourself a fighting chance.

The doubt comes from being overly aware of your flaws and ignoring your strengths. Take a lesson from software developers and turn your "bugs" into "features," so you can own your right to be in the arena.

You'll still get knocked down, but you'll have the strength to get up and the presence to win.

How To Add Brain-Healthy Foods

Into Your Meals

Chef Lalo

Chef Lalo, Michelin trained chef who happens to also be vegan, shows you how to nourish the best asset you have – your brain! Here he will show you 2 simple everyday recipes made with brain-healthy plant-based ingredients!