Upcoming Events & Webinars
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
10:00am-10:30am ET​
Join PVI and host Stephanie D'Angelo for this free overview of the PVI Online Community Space. Learn where to find resources, RSVP for events, how to network with others in the community, and how to make the most out of being a member of the online space!
The PVI Online Community Space is a unique place to connect with fellow polyvagal-informed professionals and others interested in applying polyvagal principles to their work, relationships, and daily life. By joining you get access not only to our supportive community, but also to exclusive content and gatherings.
This free drop-in Welcome & Orientation is intended to be beneficial for anyone wanting to familiarize themselves with the platform and technology used in the space.​​​​
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Monday, December 16, 2024
12:00pm-12:20pm ET​
Join PVI and our PVI Online Community Space manager Stephanie D'Angelo for this free 20 minute reset! Take some time out of your day to dedicate to your practice of mindfulness. Mindfulness meditation is one of the most powerful methods we have to regulate our nervous systems! During these brief practice sessions you'll explore ways you can personally create stability and cultivate safety, move toward acceptance of the present moment experience, cultivate self-compassion,
practice making choices, and be curious. Everything offered during the session is invitational, and you will be empowered by having the choice to opt-out at any time.​
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Wednesday, January 15, 2024
12:00pm-1:00pm ET​
Self-care supports your nervous system by promoting regulation, reducing stress, and fostering a sense of safety and balance in your body and mind. As 2025 begins, let's spend some time together in community, learning and practicing different ways to care for ourselves and our nervous system health.
Polyvagal Institute is happy to host this free event as part of our series, "A New Year’s Journey of Self-Care." ​​
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Sandra Hinojosa Ludwig is the author of the best-selling book,"CHICA, WHY NOT? How to live with intention and manifest a life that loves you back." Sandra is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) and a Certified Life Coach. In her professional practice, Sandra specializes in helping Latinas and others to create an intentional life and to overcome familial and cultural expectations, fears, and limiting beliefs.
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During this Somatic Alignment practice, Sandra will guide you in regulating your nervous system to regain your internal sense of safety in the here and now. Together we will learn ways to begin to increase resilience so that life and triggers don't feel as overwhelming, and to create more space for life experiences in the everyday.
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Can't join us for this event in real time? No worries! Your registration here ensures that you will receive the recording of this session sent to you by email within 48 hours of the live event.
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Monday, February 10, 2024
12:00pm-1:00pm ET​
Self-care supports your nervous system by promoting regulation, reducing stress, and fostering a sense of safety and balance in your body and mind. As 2025 begins, let's spend some time together in community, learning and practicing different ways to care for ourselves and our nervous system health.
Polyvagal Institute is happy to host this free event as part of our series, "A New Year’s Journey of Self-Care." ​​​
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Deb Dana, LCSW, is a PVI Course Partner and Co-Founder, known worldwide for translating the principles of Polyvagal Theory for use by clinicians in the therapeutic setting.
​In her newest book, The Nervous System Workbook, Deb presents a guide to understanding and befriending your unique nervous system―and to finding your way back to safety and calm in times of stress. The Nervous System Workbook can teach you how to find more well-being amidst all of life's challenges, starting inside your own body.
Can't join us for this event in real time? No worries! Your registration here ensures that you will receive the recording of this session sent to you by email within 48 hours of the live event.
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Monday, December 9, 2024
1:00pm-1:45pm ET​​
Join the PVI Community and Danish choir conductor Janne Wind for this free co-regulation event! ​​
Singing together is a wonderful way to experience feelings of connection and co-regulation. Janne Wind, a polyvagal-informed singer, composer, and conductor, has found a way to create a safe space to connect online, teaching and leading from a polyvagal informed perspective while incorporating breath, grounding, communication, safety and resonance as an integrated part of the Choir work. ​
Here is how it works: Find a place where you can sing freely--maybe with people you feel safe with, or perfectly fine on your own. You will NOT have your mic on your device - so no one else can hear you. If you feel comfortable, you can turn on your camera-- otherwise, just do this for your pleasure. Song lyrics will be provided, and Janne will invite us all to join in. (You'll be able to hear her and her choir, but no one else will hear you). We hope you'll join us!​
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Thursday, January 2, 2024
12:00pm-1:00pm ET​
Self-care supports your nervous system by promoting regulation, reducing stress, and fostering a sense of safety and balance in your body and mind. As 2025 begins, let's spend some time together in community, learning and practicing different ways to care for ourselves and our nervous system health.
Polyvagal Institute is happy to host this free event as part of our series, "A New Year’s Journey of Self-Care." ​​
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Kristen Toth is a somatic educator, coach, and SSP provider who helps people regulate their nervous system and cultivate embodied safety to heal from trauma and stress. During this session, Kristen will invite and guide us in a practice of gentle somatic tools and embodied awareness that supports nervous system regulation and resilience from the body up—not to bypass what’s difficult, but to support ourselves in being more present and connected so we can feel capable of handling whatever life is asking us to hold. You’ll be encouraged to follow your body’s own wisdom about what feels right, and supported in approaching this type of self-care with radical respect for your own nervous system, exactly as it is.
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Can't join us for this event in real time? No worries! Your registration here ensures that you will receive the recording of this session sent to you by email within 48 hours of the live event.
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Saturday, January 18, 2024
11:00am-12:00pm ET​
Self-care supports your nervous system by promoting regulation, reducing stress, and fostering a sense of safety and balance in your body and mind. As 2025 begins, let's spend some time together in community, learning and practicing different ways to care for ourselves and our nervous system health.
Polyvagal Institute is happy to host this free event as part of our series, "A New Year’s Journey of Self-Care." ​​​
​PVI Course Partner Arielle Schwartz, PhD, is a psychologist, internationally renowned teacher, yoga instructor, and leading voice in the healing of PTSD and complex trauma. She is an author of five books, and an accomplished teacher who guides therapists in the application of EMDR, somatic psychology, parts work therapy, and mindfulness-based interventions for the treatment of trauma and complex PTSD.​
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Therapeutic yoga is tremendously effective, in part because of how yoga interacts with your vagus nerve. A yoga practice helps you to become increasingly flexible…not just of the physical body but in your nervous system. Research has shown tremendous benefits of yoga for increased vagal tone, stress reduction, and trauma recovery. Come explore this modality with one of the best!
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Can't join us for this event in real time? No worries! Your registration here ensures that you will receive the recording of this session sent to you by email within 48 hours of the live event.
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Thursday, December 12, 2024
12:00pm-1:00pm ET​​
Join PVI Course Partner Jan Winhall for her monthly free Embodied Dialogue sessions! This month Jan welcomes Trevor Rocca. Trevor is an accomplished therapist, delivering impactful workshops and therapy sessions around the world, helping individuals navigate their challenges and foster personal growth.
Together Jan and Trevor will discuss how and why creating a safe environment is crucial for effective therapy. Understanding the role of regulation prior commencing trauma work is vital for a successful therapeutic journey.
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This event happens in The Felt Sense Polyvagal Approach to Trauma and Addiction, a group within the PVI Online Community Space. Join this group by first joining our community, here.
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Friday, January 10, 2024
12:00pm-1:00pm ET​
Self-care supports your nervous system by promoting regulation, reducing stress, and fostering a sense of safety and balance in your body and mind. As 2025 begins, let's spend some time together in community, learning and practicing different ways to care for ourselves and our nervous system health.
Polyvagal Institute is happy to host this free event as part of our series, "A New Year’s Journey of Self-Care." ​​
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As Dr. Gray describes, "Our human bodies are movement. Movement is a primary language, creative expression, and pathway to healing. This brief introduction to a Polyvagal-informed Somatic & Dance/Movement Therapy grounding practice weaves a little theory with two experientials that are infused with polyvagal and Indigenous wisdom." This movement practice is appropriate for, and can be adapted to, all levels of mobility.
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Polyvagal-informed Dance/Movement Therapy is at the heart of Dr. Gray's Restorative Movement Psychotherapy, innovated over years of idea-sharing and collaborative teaching with Dr. Stephen Porges. The core of this work is breath, sound, and movement as a direct access to regulate the nervous system following traumatic exposure. Dr. Gray is also a member of Polyvagal Institute's Editorial Board.
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Can't join us for this event in real time? No worries! Your registration here ensures that you will receive the recording of this session sent to you by email within 48 hours of the live event.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2024
1:00pm-2:00pm ET​
Self-care supports your nervous system by promoting regulation, reducing stress, and fostering a sense of safety and balance in your body and mind. As 2025 begins, let's spend some time together in community, learning and practicing different ways to care for ourselves and our nervous system health.
Polyvagal Institute is happy to host this free event as part of our series, "A New Year’s Journey of Self-Care." ​​​
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Singing together is a wonderful way to experience feelings of connection and co-regulation. Janne Wind, a polyvagal-informed singer, composer, and conductor, has found a way to create a safe space to connect online, teaching and leading from a polyvagal informed perspective while incorporating breath, grounding, communication, safety and resonance.
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Here is how it works: Find a place where you can sing freely--maybe with people you feel safe with, or perfectly fine on your own. You will NOT have your mic on your device - so no one else can hear you. If you feel comfortable, you can turn on your camera-- otherwise, just do this for your pleasure. Song lyrics will be provided, and Janne will invite us all to join in. (You'll be able to hear her and her choir, but no one else will hear you).
Can't join us for this event in real time? No worries! Your registration here ensures that you will receive the recording of this session sent to you by email within 48 hours of the live event.
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