Learn to Map & Track Your
Autonomic Nervous System
With a special focus on:
Postpartum + The Polyvagal Theory
Your autonomic nervous system is always on, sensing for safety and threat.
This powerful system impacts and influences all the other systems of your body.
This is especially important with regards to postpartum as post-birth is an incredibly tender, specific and sensitive time for the mother-baby dyad.
This class can positively influence your own postpartum experience if you are an expecting mother.
This class can help you become a more sensitive and informed postpartum care practitioner.
This class can prepare you to be with a new mother-baby dyad as a spouse, family member or guest.
You can understand the posture of safety and growth through the lens of autonomic function
AND
use simple somatic tools to begin rewiring for safety and connection.
In this 2 hour class you will learn:
How the polyvagal theory applies to the specific and sacred postpartum time
The physiological states of sympathetic activation and parasympathetic immobilization
What it means — short and long term — to fight, flee, fawn, freeze and collapse
How is breastfeeding impacted by autonomic health
How your autonomic state relates to past trauma
How your autonomic state impacts all the other systems of your body including pelvic health post birth.
How your autonomic state impacts your infant
The role of the vagus nerve in autonomic function
How to recognize the difference between story and state
The origins and physiology behind safety and growth
How to map and track your unique system so that you may learn to map and track others
What neuroplasticity is and how it applies to your unique system
Simple exercises and methods to restore autonomic function
Join us live
Monday, October 27th 5 pm, EST
$45
~ recording available for those unable to attend live ~
See what others have to say about the class below:
Melissa did an excellent job of helping me learn to identify what my body was feeling. Her course gave me the understanding of how to "tap in and listen", a tool that every pregnant woman should have. If you are in the Vermont area do not pass up an opportunity to work with her. I am also impressed with her deep knowledge of herbalism and all things that support ease in pregnancy and postpartum. She is an essential asset to your birth journey.
Eyla Cuenca - Uncovering Birth
Amazing class and space held by Melissa! I was able to explore quite a few feelings and emotions and learn from them in a short period. Thanks so much for holding that space for us, it was awesome!
Angie Kowolski
Melissa is a wealth of knowledge and experience, it is a joy to work with her. Her mini course dives deep into the nervous system and finding safety within the body. It is a fabulous resource to learn/remember and remind ourselves how to self regulate. I highly recommend all that Melissa has to share.
Samantha Herman Stroud, Mother and Birth Doula
“Melissa's interactive workshop left me feeling empowered! — with practical knowledge and skills to help me take responsibility for knowing my body and for communicating authentically to myself and others. Thank you for your sensitivity and for making a truthful connection with us!🙏”
Helen Mieta, Grandmother and Birth Doula