Upcoming Events & Webinars

​Join PVI Director of Community Development 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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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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​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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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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The 2025 PVI International Gathering will take place in Dr. Stephen Porges' home town of Atlantic Beach, Florida, from November 7-9, 2025. 

This year our focus is The Vagus Nerve: A Path to Wellness. ​​
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Stay tuned for more details including presenters and exhibitors, event registration, hotel accommodations, and more. 

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This event is live-in person. Registration for online virtual attendance will also be offered. 

We hope you will join us!

 

In the meantime, sign up for email updates about this event at the link below. ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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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.​ 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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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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Join PVI Course Partner Jan Winhall for her monthly free Embodied Dialogue sessions! This month Jan welcomes the host of The Trauma Therapist Project, Guy Macpherson, who has made it his mission to connect clinicians and therapists with valuable resources as they navigate their trauma-informed journeys.

In this discussion, Guy will reflect on his personal experiences that shaped his path, including the inspiration drawn from his brother’s journey as a Navy SEAL veteran facing PTSD. He will also share the transformative moments in his career that emphasized the importance of authenticity in therapeutic relationships.

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Additionally, we will explore his Guest Host Series, where he hands over the mic to a selection of individuals he has interviewed over the years. This series highlights diverse perspectives and experiences, enriching the conversation around trauma awareness and healing.

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Join PVI Course Partner Jan Winhall for her monthly free Embodied Dialogue sessions! This month Jan welcomes Julia Samuel, MBE, a leading UK psychotherapist and grief expert, for an engaging discussion as we examine grief in response to global trauma. In a world increasingly marked by deep divides and polarization, many people fear sharing their ideas and feelings, worried about triggering disapproval.

 

This event will focus on how communities might collectively process loss, how grief is expressed when we don’t process it, and the emotional toll when grief goes unaddressed.

How does Polyvagal Theory help us to address the challenge of engaging in safe dialogue amidst division, hostility, and contempt? How do we navigate these complex emotions to find our way to safety together? We will explore the shared experiences of mourning that arise from widespread events and emphasize the importance of recognizing and expressing grief for healing. Together, we will deepen our understanding of how collective grief impacts individuals and societies, fostering a supportive dialogue.

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Join PVI Director of Community Development 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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The newly published book, Somatic-Oriented Therapies: Embodiment, Trauma, and Polyvagal Perspectives, edited by Herbert Grassmann, Maurizio Stupiggia, and Stephen W. Porges PhD, represents a significant consolidation of innovative research and clinical approaches aimed at addressing trauma through various somatic modalities. 

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This volume of collected work from some of the world’s leading experts in trauma aims to delineate this novel domain of research and clinical intervention. It elucidates the common thread linking the contributing authors and introduces a new clinical perspective. 

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Join PVI as we host the editors of this book along with a lineup of six of the contributing authors: Jan Winhall,  Donnalea Goelz, Ruby Jo Walker, Betsy Polatin, Chantal Traub and Michael Allison. The editors will share about the scope and intent of the book; each author will present an overview of their chapter from the book, and share an embodiment practice rooted in their work and research.

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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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