In this cutting-edge workbook, PVI Course Partner and trauma expert Arielle Schwartz, PhD provides a practical, body-based method to help you treat your trauma symptoms—without reliving your trauma or being exposed to triggers. 'The Polyvagal Theory Workbook for Trauma' offers evidence-based activities to help you heal the effects of trauma, rewire your nervous system, and return to a state of balance and calm. In this free online Author Talk, Dr. Schwartz will share some of the body-based practices from the book designed to help you tap into the power of your vagus nerve and rewire your nervous system. 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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! If you are unable to join us live online in real time, your registration ensures that you will receive a copy of the event recording via email within 2 business days of the event.

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.