Nervous System Literacy 101 September

Understand your nervous system 

Feeling overwhelmed, wired, or worn out?
You’re not alone.

In today's rapidly changing world, many of us are navigating heightened stress, uncertainty, and complexity—both in our personal lives and in the systems we engage with. These pressures can lead to burnout, disconnection, and reactive decision-making, making it harder to collaborate, create, and care for what matters most.

In this gentle and practical 2-hour online workshop, you’ll learn how your nervous system works and how to support it so you can meet life’s challenges with more steadiness, clarity, and care.

We’ll explore simple ideas from Polyvagal Theory to help you understand why you might react the way you do in moments of stress and what helps bring you back into balance. You’ll be guided through a series of somatic (body-based) practices to support calm, connection, and self-awareness.

At the heart of this work is enhancing our response-ability—our capacity to respond rather than react in each moment. When we work with our nervous system instead of against it, we create the conditions for greater choice, clarity, and adaptability, allowing us to meet challenges, relationships, and creative opportunities with more ease and presence.

Why This Matters

A regulated nervous system is foundational for:

• Creativity – the ability to imagine and innovate amidst uncertainty.

• Collaboration – the capacity to connect, co-regulate, and engage with others.

• Good decision-making – accessing clarity and wisdom rather than reacting from stress.

• Response-ability – our ability to respond rather than react to challenges.

• Sustaining our care – staying engaged with the world’s challenges without burning out.

This session is for leaders, creatives, facilitators, change-makers, and people who want to grow resilience, presence, and response-ability in the face of increasing complexity.

What You’ll Gain 

• Understand the core states of your nervous system
  Explore how your nervous system moves between connection (ventral vagal), fight/flight (sympathetic), and shutdown (dorsal vagal)—and why this matters for communication, collaboration, and wellbeing.

• Recognise your personal nervous system patterns
  Identify your unique stress responses and develop self-awareness and self-compassion for how your nervous system navigates daily challenges.

• Practice simple, effective regulation techniques
  Engage in interactive exercises that help shift your nervous system toward balance—practices you can use in real-time to support resilience, focus, and creativity.

• Enhance your response-ability
  Learn how to work with your nervous system rather than against it, so you can respond intentionally instead of reacting from stress or overwhelm.

• Rethink self-care through a nervous system lens
  Self-care isn’t just about relaxation—it’s about sustaining yourself in a way that helps you stay present, engaged, and effective without depleting yourself.

• Take-home workbook with reflective somatic exercises
  Receive a workbook with guided exercises to continue your learning and integration beyond the session.

How to join

This is a live online session with interactive elements. A link to the session and access details will be sent after registration.

Spaces are limited. Register today to embark on a journey toward greater connection, creativity, and wellbeing.

Get in touch if you’d like to run this training for your team or be notified about future sessions.

Upcoming Dates

September 29 or October 14 at 9:00-11:00am AEDT