A practical workshop on working with Polyvagal Theory – 31 March

There can be no doubt that the world can be challenging, disruptive and uncertain.  The figures globally for stress and anxiety are the highest ever recorded and people are struggling to get access to therapeutic support. But not everyone needs high level mental health support. For some, learning to regulate their nervous system can change everything.

Polyvagal Theory was proposed by Stephen Porges over 25 years ago, and currently is hugely popular in coaching, counselling and therapy as a mechanism for deeper understanding of how our bodies react to triggers and stress.  Polyvagal Theory gives insight into how our nervous system, as a wise, adaptive intelligence, responds to keep us safe – and how some of those responses, while effective in the short term, can leave us with neural wiring that no longer serves us.

This introductory, half-day, practical workshop will introduce the basic concept of Polyvagal Theory and cover the following:

• The 3 key neural hierarchical levels
• The additional ‘blended states’, along with other adaptations that we use to navigate around our autonomic hierarchy
• How to recognise where in the hierarchy you (and your clients) are
• How to move flexibly across the autonomic states
• The ‘Autonomic Ladder’ and ‘Autonomic Spacing’ models of application
• How autonomic state links to deep held beliefs
• How to map your (and your client) autonomic maps
• How to create a plan to return to Ventral Vagal ‘Home’ under your own steam

When: 31 March 2025, 9am – 12.30pm

Where: Online via Zoom

Cost: $215.00 inc GST. The price stated is per person.

Contact:  Feona Horrex – [email protected] / 027 204 0425

For more information and to register – please visit the website:

https://grow.co.nz/polyvagal-therapy/