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“The 21 Day Course has added so much to my healing! From someone who has early childhood trauma and then experienced major anxiety, panic attacks and OCD starting from age 12, it is amazing to me how this course improved my daily life!”
— Gail, 21-Day Tune-Up Student
Why the
nervous system
Why the
nervous system
As one of the biggest systems in our body that governs so many other systems (and how we relate to our environment), the autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the proverbial ‘master key’ to true health and healing that sticks (no more “managing symptoms”). These days, more people are realizing how important nervous system health is.
But the biggest mistake most will make at this point is: focusing on “fixing problems” without FIRST addressing the deep autonomic dysregulation which is underneath many of your surface-level problems and symptoms.
This means all that “work” you may be doing (from somatic exercises to breathwork to tapping to talk therapy, you name it) is often little more than a temporary band-aid that will never provide the lasting change and relief you are looking for. And that’s the best case scenario. At worst, these things can even be re-traumatizing.
It’s so important to understand the REAL root of the issues you’re dealing with. The good news? You can start building a regulated nervous system today.
21 Day Nervous System Tune-Up is a self-study virtual training course that blends cutting-edge neuroscience with crafty neurosensory exercises – all designed to spark up your nervous system powers by helping you tune in to the mind-body-environment connection.
Every day, for 21 days, you’ll get an email to guide you, ONE step at a time, through ALL of the following (to which you’ll also have immediate and lifetime access):
- 9 powerful lessons that blend cutting-edge neuroscience with sensory awareness and functional movement practices, all designed to spark up your nervous system powers.
- Easy-to-follow audio exercises that help you get into your biology on a level that can facilitate a shift into true ‘rest, relax, and repair’ mode.
- Vital nervous system science via Irene Lyon’s signature video training, which in itself can change how you see your past, present, and future.
- Daily educational videos designed to enlighten, educate, and prime you for the deeper teachings & biological embodiment practices.
- Support from trained professionals (via our course site), where our team of trained and experienced nervous system practitioners answer your questions on a weekly basis.
- A place to connect with others on this healing path, swap stories and support one another as you journey together through your nervous system apprenticeship.
We can’t do this work alone. It takes support, guidance, and encouragement. We’ve put all the steps in place so it doesn’t have to be lonely, confusing, or overwhelming. We invite you to discover for yourself the power of nervous system regulation & true healing, at the root level.
Join our stellar community of nervous system trailblazers & take a decisive step toward health!
Start Your 21 Day Tune-Up Today
Symptoms of an unhealthy nervous system
- Digestive and immune system troubles.
- Chronic pains and illnesses.
- Habits and patterns that drive you (and the people in your life) crazy.
- Emotional symptoms, like depression, anxiety and stress…
- Fatigue and brain fog.
- Difficulty forming lasting, healthy relationships.
- Mental roadblocks, fears, and resistance that paralyze you from doing what you know (deep down) you’re meant to do.
PERKS OF A HEALTHY NERVOUS SYSTEM
Emotional Regulation
Recognize and accept your good, bad, and ugly emotions without judgment or toxic shame. Learn to express difficult emotions in a healthy way and experience improved relationships.
Real-Time Stress Relief
Have a set of practical and fast-acting tools at hand that help you relieve stress in the moment, then process and integrate those bouts of anxiety so they don’t keep coming back to bite you.
Restful Sleep
Go to sleep easily, sleep deeply and peacefully through the night, and wake up in the morning feeling fully rested and refreshed.
Strengthened Immunity
Bounce back faster from those pesky common colds and flus. Feel your body’s repair system act on a dime when it needs to, allowing you to recover more easily from injuries and illness.
More Energy
A tuned up nervous system is like teflon for unhealthy stress. When you don’t waste all your energy just trying to hold it together, you finally have enough in the tank to do what you enjoy!
Better Gut Health
Experience less food sensitivity, better nutrient absorption and improved digestion, not to mention pooping with ease without that (quite common) funky cycle of constipation/diarrhea.
WHAT YOU’LL GET
Part 1
Irene’s signature 5-part biology of stress video training series
When you learn about your biology – and like really learn, from the inside out – something special happens; by understanding what’s happening (in your biology) you can fear it less – the stress, the anxiety, the pain, etc. This opens the door for change to happen at a deep level.
Video 1 |
Autonomic Nervous System 101: The function of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems and why they need to work together. |
Video 2 |
African Safari Time: Learn how animals naturally release stress so that it doesn’t stay stuck in their system and make them sick. |
Video 3 |
Vagus Nerve 101: Why you can blame your parents for your shortcomings. |
Video 4 |
How toxic and accumulated stress shows up in the body: An important wake-up call! |
Video 5 |
Healing the human predicament: Why nervous system regulation at a global level is critical right now. |
Part 2
9 of Irene’s proprietary neurosensory exercises
You’ll get nine practical audio lessons designed to spark up your nervous system powers.
The Power of Orienting |
Reset your stress levels in seconds by learning how to pause, slow down and look around. |
Following Your Impulse |
If you find it hard to trust your intuition and lead with your gut, then this simple practice may just knock your socks off! It’s time to get back to your body’s most basic impulses. |
Finding Your Potent Posture |
This handy little exercise can give you a whole new way of improving your posture that’s functional, dynamic and dare say… a little unusual. Plus, you’ll discover what babies can teach you and why their learning process is sharp and smart. |
‘Multi-Tasking’ Awareness |
Building resiliency and realizing our potential means being able to bring multiple streams of intention and attention into one moment in time, while still staying easy in our breath and connected to the ground. Here you get to experiment and explore this concept of ‘multi-tasking’ awareness so you can improve your nervous system capacity. |
Balancing Your Back |
Muscular tension and overall body stiffness are a nasty by-product of too much sitting in one place, not a lot of varied movement in day-to-day life, and quite frankly, not enough active play out in nature. This gentle exercise can be the equivalent of taking a movement meditation vacation for your entire spine and also your mind. It can help iron out the kinks and melt away tensions. |
Tense & Relax |
Mindfulness training and meditation are hot stuff these days, yet so many people struggle with it. With some clever guidance and learning how to go INTO the tension, this exercise can teach you how to feel the tension as a way to release it. The result when you do this: MORE RELAXATION. |
Containment and The Self-Hold |
Healthy connection to self and the ability to self-soothe are key components of a resilient nervous system and a good life. This neurosensory exercises brings often unconscious, yet helpful behaviours, to the forefront of our awareness so we can realize (and practice) natural methods that serve to calm us down. |
Finding the Painful and the Pleasant |
Imagine using the pain you feel as the catalyst for opening up more space in your body and mind. In this final lesson, you’ll be introduced to this rather different, yet highly effective concept. Pain is a signal that something is blocked in the body. By going into your pain, befriending it and getting to know it, it can give you some important clues for making some massive 360 degree shifts. |
Global and Local Healing |
Our body is made up of cells, tissues, fluids, and organs, plus a complex array of processes that connect it all together. To bring this ‘tune-up’ to a close, the concept of working with the local and global systems of body and environment, respectively, are woven together in this final neurosensory exercise. We are all connected and this final lesson brings these precious dots together. |
Bonuses
Professional Support
When you log into the course site, there are Somatic Experiencing colleagues moderating all questions posed on a weekly basis, so you get direct contact with them and you can ask your most pressing questions in and around the course content. This is a great way to connect with others in the course as well, to not feel so alone while on this journey and share in the camaraderie of the group.
Post-Course Practice tips
After the 21 days are over, you will not be left in the lurch. Four practice tips will be waiting for you that can help you put all this learning into practice and play.
Soothing Music
As luck would have it, Irene’s husband and Somatic Experiencing colleague Seth Lyon just happens to be a music composer and he has composed a beautiful piece of music that’s specifically geared towards calming the nervous system. Our gift to you!
Real People
Real Stories
Michaela
When I think about where I am now and what has been going on with me even the past few weeks and months compared to most of my life… it’s like my wildest dreams are taking place.
For years, I was trying to do work blindfolded. But as soon as I came to nervous system work, the blindfold came up and it finally all made sense and I could see. It was just a nectar. I consumed it all in the most nourishing and enjoyable way without major struggles.
When I was going through the ‘21 Day’ course, I literally felt from day to day like a veil was being lifted in terms of my perceptions. I had so many realizations, so many epiphanies.
It is possible to turn things around, but you will have to work for it. You can’t buy it. Someone else can not do it for you. But you can do it. I strongly believe everybody has the capacity [to heal].
Andrew
After more than thirty years of seeing counsellors, therapists, qualifying as an NLP practitioner and life coach and spending more than $25,000 in personal development, since I started the 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up, I’m really unlocking myself and freeing myself from my past. I’m already noticing that my stuck states shift much quicker; am more present and confident with people and am noticing that my body is becoming more alive. I’ve started to rediscover my creativity and childlike nature which is a real blessing.
I’m on my third run through of the program (Once you’ve invested you can repeat it as much as you like) and am still delighted by the quality and quantity of the support from Irene’s team; as well as from the other participants. The investment is an absolute bargain. If you’re serious about resolving your issue and this looks like it’s a fit, do it!
Rebecca
As a mind-body life coach I suspected my nervous system was somewhat unregulated. Not always, but more often than I’d like, I would get ‘triggered’ for seemingly no reason and would experience jitters and low-level anxiety that wouldn’t switch off. Particularly, when turning within to notice my emotions. (Later, I’d learn that ‘orienting’ could settle this down.)
I heaped on tons of self-judgment and created stressful stories about my abilities to help others heal their chronic pain. Thankfully, a Canadian friend and coach forwarded me one of Irene’s videos. To say it resonated would be a huge understatement – I HAD TO KNOW MORE so I immediately signed up for her 21-Day Tune Up program and felt HOPE surging through my veins.
While it’s true Irene’s training has been incredibly beneficial in helping me understand mammalian physiology, the nervous system, and how both relate to chronic pain and illness, it’s been a much bigger awakening than that.
Irene’s a fantastic teacher, mentor and presenter. She doesn’t ‘dumb down’ anything; rather, gives easy to understand and digest bite-sized lessons. I got anatomy and neuroscience education, mind/body/emotions connections review, movement therapy introduction, how to honour impulses, hear inner wisdom, helpful videos and relevant resources, a like-minded FB community, answers to my personal questions – and well, a newfound intimacy and healthier relationship with myself.
The information she provided fits ‘hand in glove’ with all the mind-body tools I’ve amassed and used over a ten-year span. For me, the mind-body puzzle is complete. These days I’m feeling happier, peaceful, authentic, and more confident as a coach. It’s a joy to witness my clients benefitting from what I learned too.
So, if you have a nervous system, a mind, a body and emotions (and we all do!)– this course is for you. It’s a game changer and I highly recommend it
OTHER REASONS YOU MIGHT NEED THIS
Shutting down in times of stress is your default and being emotionally numb, you know all too well. You find it difficult to express any solid full-scale emotions like joy, anger or sadness. And sometimes you think your DNA doesn’t have the “express yourself” gene. (You’ve even tried hitting pillows and screaming in the shower — it feels good for a while, but the gremlins always seem to return.) |
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You’ve stumped your doctor, acupuncturist and therapist and the most they do is prescribe “less stress” and “take it easy” — or, maybe “try this specialist” or “this pill.” |
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No matter what you do, you feel tethered to a massive rock and right now, hiding under it seems like the best possible solution. |
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You say stuff you know you shouldn’t be saying, but before you know it, cruel and hurtful words are flying out of your mouth, attacking those you love the most, like your children or partner. You’ve got mindfulness ADHD. |
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Whenever you head to your meditation class, you lack focus, and you can’t calm your mind to save your life. |
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Harmful habits and addictions hijack you. They also cause you unnecessary obsession, heartache, self-hatred and shame, but you do them because they are the only way you know how to feel any sense of control, safety and security. (BTW: These habits don’t have to be crack-cocaine…. um, how about exercise or being obsessed with food as some more commonly accepted types of addictions?) |
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You’re constantly trying out holistic practitioner, after woo-woo professional after transformational coach to get to the bottom of why you’re still a certified hot mess (Because even though you’ve made some progress, something still ain’t right.) |
WHY IS IT SO TOUGH
to get on top of these pesky things?!?
Chances are no one has ever taught you how your nervous system really works, nor have they given you the tools to work with it in a very smart way. You see, for things to really shift, you need a combo of both. Irene’s got you covered because this IS her specialty.
A MESSAGE FROM IRENE
You have the capacity to heal yourself; your system is not broken. But to really heal means dealing with stress at the deeper level of the nervous system.
When we bring more nervous system regulation on board and start to work at this level, the benefits are GAME CHANGING.
With a more regulated nervous system, we not only feel less stress, we may also see change (often profound!) in almost every area of our life; physical health improves, well-being grows, and ageing becomes more graceful.
We have more energy to live our lives, the little stuff AND the big stuff, and we gain more energy, focus, presence, and peace of mind.
I realize this can sound too good to be true, but it’s actually how we humans were designed to work.
Can you picture what your life might look like with less stress and more regulation in your nervous system?
I want to help you make this vision a reality, and I created The 21 Day Nervous System Tune-Up to teach you how. This self-study course is a powerful, and absolutely doable, place to start.
The ‘Tune-Up’ is changing people’s lives and waking them up to what it means to become truly healthy.