Upcoming Events

Monday, July 21, 2025
12:00pm-12:45pm ET
Join PVI and our Director of Organizational Training, Stephanie D'Angelo, for this free 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 online 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. Stephanie D’Angelo CMT-P has a master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University, where she developed the Polyvagal Informed Embodied Mindfulness program. Can't join us live in real time? Your registration includes access to the event recording that is emailed out within 48 hours of the live event.
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Thursday, August 7, 2025
12:00-12:30pm ET
Join us to learn more about the new PVI Online Community Space and Learning Library, two free resources available to support you on your polyvagal journey. During our time together in this short live-online webinar, we'll go through a live demonstration of both the community space and learning library, and share important tips and considerations as you begin to use these tools. To access the community and learning library content, sign up for a free user account with PVI. Through your PVI Learner Login at learning.polyvagal.org, you'll have access to these support tools as well as any courses you are enrolled in. If you have previously taken a course at PVI, your login remains the same to access course content and these new resources! Can't join us live in real time for this info session? Your registration includes access to the event recording that is emailed out within 2 business days of the live event.

Wednesday, August 13, 2025
1:30pm-2:00pm ET
Join us for a free online course info session to learn more about this exciting new training for therapists and clinicians with Ruby Jo Walker, LCSW! This clinical training certificate program is essential for psychotherapists who are wanting to utilize polyvagal-informed interventions in therapy with their clients. The emphasis in this somatic training is learning bottom-up techniques that promote more profound shifts in the underlying physiology of the nervous system to provide deeper change and transformation. Come learn more and have your questions answered in this online session. Live online sessions for the course begin on September 10. Can't join us live in real time? Your registration includes access to the event recording that is emailed out within 2 business days of the live event.

Saturday, October 4, 2025
11am-5pm ET
Educators, mental health workers, helping professionals, and school-based personnel: Don't miss this opportunity to build capacity, inspire culture change, and contribute to a more compassionate and inclusive educational community by understanding the power of human connection and the nervous system. This live-online day-long event is led by educational neuroscience experts Dr. Lori Desautels and Dr. Niki Elliott. Sliding scale ticket prices make this event accessible; plus discounts are available for groups of 5+ registering together. Your registration includes access to the recordings for self-paced viewing.

Monday, July 28, 2025
12:00pm-1:00pm ET
Free Community Event: Live Discussion with Polyvagal Expert and PVI Co-Founder Deb Dana, LCSW
Note: This event will NOT be recorded. Please join us live in real time if you are able. We’re excited to invite you to a special live online discussion with Deb Dana, LCSW, —renowned polyvagal expert, Co-Founder, and Course Partner at PVI. This free community event is a rare opportunity to hear directly from one of the leading voices in the field of Polyvagal Theory. Deb will answer your questions, share practical insights, and offer guidance on how to apply polyvagal principles in your own life and work. Whether you’re just beginning your polyvagal journey or have been integrating the theory for years, you’ll leave with renewed inspiration and deeper understanding. This is a special chance to connect not only with Deb, but also with fellow students and practitioners from around the world who share your commitment to creating safety, connection, and healing. We can’t wait to come together, learn, and be inspired by Deb’s wisdom and warmth—you won’t want to miss this special event!
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Saturday, August 9, 2025
11:00-12:15pm ET
Free Community Event: Recursando el Sistema Nervioso con Sandra Hinojosa, SEP (en Español with live English interpretation)
Recursando el sistema nervioso: un evento comunitario especial para hispanohablantes con Sandra Hinojosa, SEP. Lo que nos aleja de sentirnos seguros y nos lleva al agobio es cuando nuestro sistema nervioso se siente agotado o sin recursos. En esta presentación y ejercicio práctico, Sandra Hinojosa Ludwig, Coach y Practicante de Experiencia Somática, compartirá cómo podemos ayudar a nuestro cuerpo a encontrar los recursos que necesita para anclarse en seguridad y así poder navegar el mundo con un poco más facilidad. En Español with live English interpretation. What moves us away from feeling safe and into overwhelm is when our nervous system feels depleted or out of resources. In this presentation and hands-on exercise, Sandra Hinojosa Ludwig, Coach and Somatic Experience Practitioner , will share how we can help our body find the resources it needs to anchor itself in safety, so it can navigate the world with a bit more ease. Can't join us live in real time for this info session? Your registration includes access to the event recording that is emailed out within 2 business days of the live event.
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Friday, August 15, 2025
2:00-3:00pm ET
Educational Neuroscience professor and polyvagal expert Lori Desautels, PhD says, “As educators, understanding classroom discipline as a duty of care means approaching behavior through the lens of our nervous systems. When we recognize how stress and regulation shape responses, we create environments that support both learning and connection” With the start of the new academic school year, PVI and Dr. Desautels invite you to come learn about tools and strategies that can help you to set up your classroom in a way that supports both your nervous system as well as your students. Can't join us live in real time for this info session? Your registration includes access to the event recording that is emailed out within 2 business days of the live event.

October 31-November 2, 2025
In-Person & Virtual Tickets Available
The 2025 PVI International Gathering- The Vagus Nerve:
A Path to Wellness
In-Person and Virtually On-Line
The 2025 PVI International Gathering will take place from October 31-November 2, 2025 at the Omni Amelia Island Resort & Spa. This year our focus is The Vagus Nerve: A Path to Wellness. View our schedule of main stage presenters, opportunities for connection and co-regulation with fellow attendees, and exclusive hotel accommodations at the link below. This event is live-in person. Registration for online virtual attendance is also offered. Special Early Bird Tickets are on sale now! We hope you will join us!

Tuesday, August 5, 2025
12:00-12:30pm ET
Join us for a free online course info session to learn more about our upcoming educational offering, Vagus Nerve Stimulation with Dr Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT. Dr. Schwartz is an internationally sought-after teacher, therapeutic yoga instructor, and leading voice in healing PTSD and complex trauma. This new course offers a unique opportunity to enhance your personal and clinical practice with cutting-edge techniques promoting physiological and psychological wellness. Live-online course sessions begin on September 9. Can't join us live in real time for this info session? Your registration includes access to the event recording that is emailed out within 2 business days of the live event.

Monday, August 11, 2025
12:00pm-12:45pm ET
Join PVI and our Director of Organizational Training, Stephanie D'Angelo, for this free 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 online 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. Stephanie D’Angelo CMT-P has a master’s degree in Mindfulness Studies from Lesley University, where she developed the Polyvagal Informed Embodied Mindfulness program. Can't join us live in real time? Your registration includes access to the event recording that is emailed out within 48 hours of the live event.
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Thursday, August 21, 2025
12:30pm-1:30pm ET
Join PVI Course Partners Mathilde Shisko and Michael Allison with their special guest, Susanna Sjoberg for a powerful free online Community Conversation about the old paradigm of leadership and business—the pressure-cooker culture that fuels competition through fear, rewards those who can stay in fight the longest, and leaves nervous systems locked in chronic threat. Together, we’ll explore how this model undermines creativity, collaboration, and our collective potential. While “psychological safety” has become a buzzword, it often fails to account for bodies that don’t feel safe. This conversation introduces Autonomic Agility™—a Polyvagal-informed framework for navigating competitive, high-stakes environments with adaptability, presence, and trust. It's time to challenge the myth that pressure produces excellence, and to reimagine leadership as a practice of supporting safety, flexibility, and performance from the inside out. Can't join us live in real time? Your registration includes access to the event recording that is emailed out within 2 business days of the live event.