Taught by Dr. Niki Elliott, this 25-hour certificate course explores the damaging impact of implicit bias and identity-threat on student well-being and academic performance. Through a Polyvagal-informed approach utilizing mindfulness, breathwork and somatic awareness practices, participants will learn what it truly means to embody social justice and create healing learning environments for students of all ages.

Taught by Jan Winhall, this self-paced, six-hour course provides an introduction to Winhall’s Felt Sense Polyvagal Model™, a therapeutic strategy integrating Porges’ polyvagal theory with Gendlin’s felt-sense to de-pathologize trauma and addiction. The model provides a generic framework that can enrich many areas of study including education, health, and organizational development by integrating awareness of embodied processes and how vitally relevant that is to desired outcomes.

This is an 8 module course that you may follow at your own pace, and includes 4 bi-weekly 90 minute LIVE group meetups with Michael Allison. Regain control of your physiology to optimize the human experience, and lead your clients to do the same. Instructors are Michael Allison and Stephen Porges.

Master Instructor and 6th Dan Black Belt in Taekwondo, Dean Siminoff introduces students to his Enhanced Resilience Training™ or ERT™, which he developed over 20 years working with African women facing injustice and gender-based violence. ERT™ is a comprehensive, dynamic approach to empowering individuals and aiding their recovery from the effects of trauma. Through this online course Master Dean will walk you through each key element of ERT with explanations and physical demonstrations.

Polyvagal Theory has wide-reaching applicability within Chiropractic, especially when working with neurodiverse children and adults. Whether it is in the intake, the evaluation, or the actual care, practitioners can use Polyvagal-enhanced techniques to improve patient rapport building and connection. Join Drew Rubin, DC, DACCP and Stephen Porges, PhD in this recorded webinar.

This 5-hour training includes 3 hours of on-demand lectures with a 1-hour guided physical yoga practice by Dr. Arielle Schwartz, followed by a 1-hour recorded discussion between Dr. Schwartz and Dr. Porges on the application of Polyvagal Principles to yoga practice.

The Play Zone is a paradigm shift in performance psychology that masters the mental game of performance through the body. This 5-hour course combines on-demand presentations by Michael Allison and a discussion between Michael and Dr. Porges, as well as a live Q&A session. Applicable to all disciplines, incl coaching, leadership, medicine, education, etc.

In this unique course Deb Dana, Dr. Stephen Porges and Dr. Peter Levine introduce and discuss key theories and practices of Polyvagal Theory to Somatic Experiencing (SE) Practitioners and students who have completed their first year of SE training through on-demand lectures, case study analysis, and in-depth discussion: April 21, 2023 at 2:00PM ET with Dr. Porges.

This fully on-demand course will explore how an authentic connection with a school well-being dog can improve the teaching and learning experience by impacting the neural state. Led by trainers Grant Shannon and Amanda Leonard of Dogs Connect. Dr. Stephen Porges joins the conversation to comment on how dogs facilitate co-regulation.

This informative and entertaining discussion between Drs. Stephen Porges and Mona Delahooke presents a new, physiologically based view of child behaviors. For parents, teachers and school administrators engaged with both neurologically typical and atypical children, this self-paced series deconstructs behaviors through the lens of PVT.

Trauma and addiction responses are increasing at an epidemic rate, and we desperately need a fresh approach. This Certificate Program is based on Jan Winhall’s book 'Treating Trauma and Addiction with the Felt Sense Polyvagal Model'. The Model shifts the paradigm from a pathologizing one to a strength-based one. The course is a hybrid of on-demand and live classes. Instructors: Jan Winhall, Stephen Porges. 24 CE's.

This on-demand course integrates information on pre-birth trauma, including epigenetics, as well as on the sensitive period of attachment post-birth.  Tenets of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and Polyvagal Theory are taught by Norman Thibault, PhD and Stephen Porges, PhD within a framework for helping adoptive parents.

The Stockholm Syndrome is an antiquated media-driven term used to explain why people do not leave hostage situations. This discussion between Dr. Porges, Dr. Bailey and Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped in 1991 and held captive until 2009, offers an alternative perspective to the term 'Stockholm Syndrome.’

This 90-minute course is part lecture, part conversation, and wholly relevant to everyone who spends time in and around buildings. Led by architect Ann Sussman and Dr. Stephen Porges, this short course may transform the way you see the world!

For the first time, Dr. Stephen Porges, developer of Polyvagal Theory (PVT), and Dr. Steven C. Hayes, co-founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) sit down for a live online dialogue focusing on the intersection of their communities and schools of thought. Recorded in May 2021.