Real People
Real Stories
Kate Kavanaugh
“I’ve seen the biggest shift in the last year—and an even bigger shift in the last nine months since doing this work.”
Kate Kavanaugh—regenerative farmer, butcher, and podcast host—credits the 21-Day Nervous System Tune-Up with helping her reconnect with her body in a deep, lasting way.
“Just the simple act of orienting… experiencing that relationship with my body and my environment… really moved the dial for me,” she shares.
Though it’s been nine months since she first took the course, Kate keeps returning to it again and again—proof of how the Tune-Up isn’t a quick fix, but a long-term resource.
“It’s one of those spaces I come back to. It’s helped me feel more at home in myself and in the world around me.”
Jerika Alexis
I’ve tried ayahuasca, acid, ketamine, mushrooms, drum circles, yoga, meditation, inner child work, plant based diet, detoxes, and everything else you can imagine (at least twice) I’ve tried a 12-step program (ACA). I accidentally joined a “leadership” cult-like MLM (whatup ALA). I’ve over exercised, numbed w substances, numbed with relationships, dissociated and isolated.
NOTHING has moved the needle like working on my nervous system the last few months.
Nervous system work is NOT just taking deep breaths to calm down. It’s NOT just cold plunge selfies and frequent trips to the red light infrared saunas.
I’m eternally grateful to Irene Lyon. I’ve been referring to this part of my life as LIFE 2.0 and everyone around me and I feel it. Some of the work she teaches is so basic that it’s… boring. I’m used to ‘healing’ being blown off into psychedelic spaces or big cathartic releases. Half of those experiences have dysregulated me even more. Convo for another day.
If you, like me, have ‘tried everything’: I encourage you to try one more thang, boo. Look at your nervous system. + your healed nervous system will make it more likely any other modality will be more effective.
Elisabeth
“Today, I’m pain-free. My baseline used to be a 5 out of 10. Now, it’s zero.”
After years of chronic pain, fibromyalgia, hypermobility, POTS, and medical mystery diagnoses, Elisabeth found herself burned out, bedridden, and feeling hopeless. No doctor could explain why she was in so much pain—until she discovered the missing link: her nervous system.
“I didn’t want to live like that anymore,” she says. “So I committed.”
What followed was a radical shift. Elisabeth dove headfirst into Irene’s free resources, studied Peter Levine’s work, and then joined the 21 Day Nervous System Tune-Up. She approached the course with full commitment, repeating lessons, taking notes, and practicing daily. The result?
“By the time I finished the course, my chronic pain was gone.”
Her physical transformation was matched by an internal one: less hypervigilance, better emotional regulation, and even relief from lifelong arachnophobia. “Now, I know how it’s all connected,” she says. “This work will be with me for life.”
Her advice for others: “Start where you are—even if that’s lying in bed. Just don’t half-ass it. Commit. If you think you can do it, you can.”
Virginia Creasy
I found you after experiencing severe and acute swings between hysterical crying and the freeze response. I only knew “depression” and “anxiety” as terms but self described my experience as “something so big and wrong that nothing else matters until that’s resolved.”
Started googling that, and I discovered your YT channel and it was this incredible amazement and relief to hear you explain what was happening to me and give words/concept to understand how my body worked. That really convinced me, I guess you could say, because what you said matched my felt sense before I even knew how to really FEEL IT. My own body confirmed the truth of what you were teaching.
I devoured your YT videos and did the 21 day program after that. Funny note, I also remember feeling affronted by some of your directness 😆 but that actually confirmed to me that I was in the right place to be challenged and grow in my capacity. What you teach I believe is foundational knowledge, a missing piece that I can’t believe I never even heard of until my mid-20s (and I know that’s still young!)
Helen MB
Oh my goodness I am so glad l found you. I literally stumbled across you on fb! I’m not sure why you stood out but something told me you were safe. I didn’t really know what to expect other than I wanted to connect with my body. So I explored your offerings.
I trust that I know a safe healer when I come across them. For me that’s a person who is doing their own work and allows me to do mine, guiding when I ask for guidance. There was something in your honesty about your own work. Not always having the answers, your journey to put all you learned together. How you learned from doing the work yourself. Not simply theory read and regurgitated. There was something about how simple it was, and simultaneously challenging. It doesn’t need to be complex, it’s already within.
I started with your free resources, then I think in 2017 I signed up for the 21 day program sensing a need for some structure to my learning. I did that a few times round.
This work has been a game changer for me. These days, well it’s changed. I swim, I do barre, I balance on Swiss balls 😂 & I created a space where others could connect to each other and themselves in cold Scottish water, all thanks to connection with myself at a deeper level.
I believe I am definitely proof that your work works! 🥰
Thank you for doing what you do. For creating a space that is accessible to so many in different ways. 😍
Lisa Loiseau, MPT
I started in 2019 with this powerful work first with the 3 part video series and then added 21 day which took me 6 months to complete with lots of repeats. I later added SBSM in 2022 and have gone thru it 4 times at varied levels but I have completed it fully.
It’s become a lifestyle and I’ve integrated it into my teaching. I’m a Therapeutic Movement coach which blends my background as an exercise physiologist, a physical therapist, a yoga instructor, and a myofascial release practitioner and now I’ve added education on nervous system awareness/health.
Many years ago, I had a studio and one of my instructors was a Feldenkrais practitioner and I enjoyed her classes. Having some common background as Irene and a need for trauma care… I felt ready for this!
Thank you for sticking with the nudges to share! I dream of going through your advanced program of becoming a practitioner. I want to keep rippling out the opportunities for building awareness & capacity! Our humanity deserves this!
With gratitude 🙏
Pamela Streit
I love your profound wisdom and authenticity to bring things to the point and wrap it into simplicity for “humans” to understand.
I found you after my embodiment facilitator training with Mark Walsh; only here l understood I was trapped in functional freeze my whole life and that there is a name for that, a pathway out.
The 21 day nervous system tune up helped me so much to understand my system and see/feel where I am.
As my approach widened with many tools I blended to be back into connection, I love to always see and check in where people are at in their system and refer them to you. I see your point, the market is full, confusing for many where to start/go… However I believe the teacher will be found when the student is ready to move forward. Lots of love. 🫶
Lena Weisheit
I have wandered through the online and offline market of trauma healing for 6 years and got worse every year until I found your courses, Irene.
You gave me the missing links I needed, like healing trauma not necessarily being about releasing emotions or calming down. But more nuanced than that. Just so many golden nuggets that helped me to finally get to a better place after so many years of crippling anxiety and depression… ❤️
Michaela
“I can literally say I’ve been resurrected on so many levels.”
After a car accident triggered a flood of deep, unresolved stress, Michaela found herself overwhelmed by sensitivities, burnout, and the weight of generational trauma. Nothing she tried helped—until she discovered Irene’s 21-Day Nervous System Tune-Up.
“Putting myself through this work has been a game changer in my life,” Michaela shares. Through the course, she learned to regulate her system, set healthy boundaries, and heal from multiple chemical sensitivities. She now calls the nervous system teachings “the core of my practice”—woven into everything she does as a coach, a creative, and a human being.
This work helped Michaela move from survival mode into a life of grounded regulation, presence, and possibility. “I can only vouch for all of this one thousand percent.”
Forrest Boden
I had to build up the trust in myself and in the safety I had started creating internally from going through the 21 Days 3 times over a year. I had to have the felt sense of being in the present moment with myself over and over before I could sit there and resource that as my container for dipping into the dark stuff. By then, it wasn’t so dark and I had an epiphany that none of the fear was in the present and only feelings from the past and that I didn’t have to do it all at once. Titration!
This process has changed the way I relate to myself and to my friends and family. ‘I’m grateful’ doesn’t begin to describe the experience of having my own growing agency and self esteem.
I had been to see counselors, healers and all sorts of helpers for over 30 years and I hadn’t gotten to where I am now after practicing this for 3 years. I’ve had PTSD with several personality disorders that have haunted me all my adult life that went undiagnosed and unseen.
This [21-Day Tuneup] process has enabled me to do some deep shadow work with healing and resolution rather than re-traumatizing me or covering it deeper. I wish every child could learn these skills in kindergarten… but it’s never too late as I can attest. All the ‘spiritual’ stuff l used to do can’t hold a candle to where I am now.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
@picazotessie
I did 21 day tune up after a suicidal clinical depression and my life is changing!!!
I just published a book with my healing journey (so far) in Spanish (my language) it’s been a roller coaster facing both light and shadows… that came out of than little box (pandoras box?)
Thank you Irene and team Lyon for your Amazing work!! Hope next season to get into SBSM!
Leonie
This program is well worth the money and time you will invest in it!
This is a gentle way to introduce yourself to your own nervous system and how to become better regulated.
Melanie
Absolutely brilliant course. I’ve been working in the holistic healing and wellbeing world for 40 years both as a practitioner and as a professional. Our knowledge evolves individually and collectively so there’s always more to learn, to discover and to play with. I have learned so much from Irene—relevant to my own lifelong healing of childhood trauma and of living with a PTSD diagnosis, which I’ve recently upgraded for myself to CPTSS (syndrome is a better descriptor than disorder—even though the experience is one of profound dis-ordering and that’s a GOOD thing!).
I love the notion of becoming our own medicine and in doing so to be healing this beautiful blue planet and all the macro/micro communities within which we find home.
Irene’s mix and match method, drawing on the wisdom and teaching of a diverse range of mentors and disciplines, backed up by rigorous scientific research, really worked for me. Through the 21 days I felt pieces of the jigsaw (of my life), hitherto lost or misplaced, slot into perfect alignment.
Lots more to discover of course and I’m really looking forward to it. Hopefully I’ll be in a position to sign up for SBSM when the next round opens.
This work is so important. I feel/know that I’m one of many prioritising this work in the service of global healing.
Thank you Irene ❤️🩹🙏🏽❤️
@byronhphoto
Your clarity of thought and succinct, yet capturing way you communicate that knowledge is just the best.
Still working my way through the 21 day tune up, I’m learning to titrate and be patient. The work you’ve compiled is an anchor in a turbulent time. ❤️
Thank you!
Jacqueline
This program is worth the price! If you are here reading this, don’t be skeptical, take the plunge!
I was able to come out of survival mode mostly and am continuing to work on staying out of it. My digestive system has improved quite a bit and my energy and motivation is as well.
Also I have been able to deal with pain like I have never before as well, in fact, I just broke my foot 2 days ago. I had the impulse about an hour before to do the potent posture exercise and then went for a walk and fell in a post hole! This exercise helped keep me balanced and I did not twist my foot and fell forward in a crouch so the foot only broke from impact. I sat on the ground orienting and just being with the pain and the earth until the shock wore off. I get hurt pretty often and usually run away and suppress it but I never knew I was storing all that trauma causing my healing to be suppressed as well.
It has been a HEALING journey to start by orienting and my foot has rapidly improved in the 2 days with minimal pain. Follow those impulses, orient, and allow your body the time it needs to heal is the best advice I have ever received.
Thanks Irene!
Christiane
I really enjoyed doing the 21 Day course. It took me about 6 weeks, but of course the work is ongoing.
The most important change I noticed is that I sleep so much better than before.
I had always dreamt of being able to get up early in the morning. Now I wake up without alarm at 7:00 and feel refreshed. Before, I often slept till 9 or 10:00 and still was tired. I also don’t wake often during the night, as I used to before.
The second amazing change is that with all the exercises and explorations the “burning feet syndrome”, from which I have been suffering for the last 7 years, is getting better. That means if I orient, the hot toes immediately get a little cooler. And during the Feldenkrais lessons I could feel that tiny contractions in the toes loosened.
I have now enrolled in SBSM, because I really want to do this work. I feel so honoured to be able to learn about the nervous system.
It is really a huge breakthrough for me after 50 years of illness and suffering!
Flemming
I love that we do the 21 day tuneup again. As so many says it sinks in in new ways and brings new insights every time you repeat the exercises and watch the videos — that is also true for me.
I feel so very fortunate to be part of this journey — I think it is the best money I’ve ever spent!
Right now I’m having a cold so my system is a bit activated. It is quite a challenge also to titrate when you can feel that this course is going so deep — and makes so much sense of my experiences in childhood, adolescence and adulthood.
For the first time I feel genuine hope that I can work through 6 decades of stored up survival stress, shutdown/collapse and slowly begin to live the life I was always intended to live. It is so exciting!
My gratitude is eternal Best wishes,
Sharan G.
I remember initially being very disappointed with the 21 Day Tuneup in relation to all the free resources, but now I have actually realised how beneficial and structured it is. And how it’s been something I keep falling back on along side my spiritual life in Christ. I’m truly sorry for not giving it time and misplaced it in my own rush and emotions.
I have benefited immensely from the learning and believe it or not I am SLEEPING OK again for the first time in three years! After back to back insomnia and going three nights with no sleep, I found this saving information!
I’d love to share the testimony if it would be of any help to the insomnia club that I know we have on YouTube!
Alaa Badran
I had an injury last May that totally changed my life and perspective to many things. After the injury I became ten times dysregulated. Before injury I built incredible capacity in my nervous system as I was stuck in functional freeze for decades. The challenge for me after the injury is feeling safe again in my environment and body, I was experiencing consistant feeling of danger going all through my body. Nothing was calming me down.
My therapist suggested to give the system time and ride these huge waves of anger, regret, shame, blame, fear. Try to be curious and LISTEN to what my body needs.
Resourcing to Irene Lyon 21 Days and all of her Youtube channel helped me a lot to process and be with my sympathetic nervous system. Listening to the sensory exercises at bedtime was soothing to me.
I noticed that even after gaining some capacity, an accident might happen and new layers of surprises may come up to the surface. I am grateful for that injury for opening my eyes to more self worth and empathy. Consistency, awareness and the will are the keys.
Thank you Irene and Team for all you do ❤️🔥
Jane
This course has been life saving for me.
I have gained so much new and useful information. My body is changing rapidly after 5 and a half years of PTSD severe pain all over body, unable to breathe properly, stiff person syndrome, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia symptoms. Digestive and gastrointestinal pain and discomfort on a daily basis.
I am now beginning to smile and feel like I know my body so much better. I have a long way to go but I can now read this intelligence, this silent language my body speaks. It is exciting to see what this organism is made of and can do. Fascinating!
I recommend all humans do this course regardless. This is an essential, critical non-negotiable living skill FOR LIFE.
Rebecca Warren
The big benefit for me of the 21 Day program was that I could begin at a lower price point and experience the effectiveness for myself.
I answered for myself: “but will it work for Me?” Yep! Now I’m in SBSM.
Bunka Lee
I took the 21 Day Nervous System last year before going to Peru to do Ayahuasca ceremonies. The course helped me get there.
I had so much stress I couldn’t sleep at all many nights prior to travelling there including the night before traveling. The course helped me make it to Peru and helped me through the intense experience of the ceremonies. I took the Smart Body Smart Mind course in the Spring and incorporated the exercises into my routine. I also attended the Up and Down workshop in Vancouver which I loved. I instantly felt the nurturing loving environment which led me to feeling tears many times but it got to the point that it was too much for me.
I’m now in my 2nd round of SBSM. I have CPTSD from early childhood trauma and inter generational trauma as an Indigenous woman from Canada. My anxiety in groups was so intense I felt like I had a steel ball with spikes in my stomach and my stomach bloated from improper breathing.
I’ve noticed a dramatic almost miraculous change in the last while where I attended a large function and was 80% better — more present.
Further, I am now facilitating a Wellbriety program (12 Step program using Indigenous teachings) for women.
I’m so grateful for Irene’s work. I started Irene’s work by watching the free videos and got so hooked. Irene has a wonderful program. I attribute my progress to Irene’s work, counselling and ceremonies.
Thank you, Irene Lyon!
Julia
This is such a different angle than what I have been used to over the last 40 years of on and off therapy and growth courses. I felt the shifts from the first exercise. I am still busy, as I take a day or two for some of the information to settle.
In the 21-day course, I made more progress than seeing a therapist for a year.
The changes are sometimes immediately noticeable, sometimes, I will notice, ‘Oh, I did that differently,’ and it feels good, and it stays. No need to practice how to change a reaction to a new action, it happens. Very satisfying results.
Helen Lees
After working with the nervous system over the last 10 years and then starting the 21 day nervous system tune up over Christmas, which I’m still only half way through…
I can guarantee that this work works at the deepest level. The changes are subtle and profound, but it takes time. It isn’t always easy work but it’s pure gold!
I’ve just started reading Women Who Run With The Wolves which is a Jungian based text but the parallels with nervous system healing are quite amazing. ❤️
Hannah
Once you’re in it, you’re in it for the long run!
The 21 Day course seems slow, but has given me so much more insight into what’s happening in my system and what I can do to support myself whilst I’m in the depths of my healing journey.
Valérie
I learned so many new important insights and knowledge about why I ‘function the way I function’. Many many things I didn’t know at all!
I agree with Irene’s vision that one should deeply understand the state one is in, almost as a prerequisite to really WANT to change this state.
I loved the way this course was both theoretically informing, as well as practically exercising.
Sarah
I loved the education component. As I moved through the program, the education of what I was experiencing provided many ‘ah ha’ moments and allowed me to notice moments where I could move into practice.
Although I usually like to move quickly, the slower pace with repetition made sense over time. I learned to embrace the practices as part of my lifestyle.
Emma
The 21 day nervous system tune up course has been life changing.
The techniques I’ve learned have changed how I see my panic attacks and calmed me down so much. I find I don’t even need my calming supplements as much as I did before the course.
The theory on how the ANS (Autonomic Nervous System) works is so well explained, I have a new respect for mine now.
I highly recommend this course to anyone looking to own their health journey again.
Julia
I have been through hell in the past year, dealing with panic attacks, burnout, depression, childhood trauma that surfaced really badly, as well as a completely dysregulated nervous system.
Doing this tune-up was so absolutely worth it! I took my time with it (about 2 months), and the effect is amazing! I have become so much more aware of myself, and in general, my nervous system has been able to calm down a lot more, the panic attacks are gone, and I’m slowly getting back into my power — and feeling more and more like myself again. It’s crazy how such simple tools can change everything.
The way Irene explained them and how she guided us through this course always gave me a very secure feeling of “everything will be alright”. She definitely knows what she’s talking about! I can truly recommend it to anyone out there — it’s absolutely worth it!
Michael
Everyone should do this course. Irene is the real deal in a world that increasingly deals in short cuts.
This course is full of knowledge as well as practical neurosensory exercises which build as the sessions evolve. The course is exemplary and is a resource I know I will go back to time and time again.
Sandra
Before this training, I was the person who always rushed through courses, I just wanted to learn quickly and have them done. Not always even complete them. I even thought I could do this program in just a few days!
And what can I say? I started in November, soon 6 months ago, and I still have a few lessons to work through.
Never in my life have I experienced something this groundbreaking and transformational. Irene — you are amazing, and I’m forever grateful for having you as my teacher.
Today I know the urgent feeling of needing to have it done immediately was a signal of a dysregulated nervous system.
I came across your work when I was searching for more information about the nervous system and felt a strong calling to learn more about the vagus nerve and be able to serve my clients on a deeper level. I could never have imagined that this would give me so many answers, answers I somehow knew were out there when other “gurus” were speaking about what they knew was the truth, and I didn’t agree…(what you call spiritual bypassing and was so spot on when I heard you explain that.)
I’m a nurse, trained as a coach and run my own business and thought I had a pretty good idea of the nervous system and stress-related illness (my heart topic), but I realize it only scratched the surface.
These are my wins so far:
- I now know that the cause of my IBD (ulcerative colitis) and my burnout come from stored survival stress and that l’ve been living in a functional freeze state all my life (due to terrible events and trauma).
- The ADHD diagnosis I got after the burnout, which felt like a relief at the point, I now know comes from my childhood, alcoholic father (now sober) and yelling mother.
- I’m a more present parent for my kids, and my first priority right now is to create a more safe foundation for my daughters (10 yo and 12 yo). In their early years, when I was sick and much in the hospital, and then, a few years later burned out, I haven’t been the mother they needed. So every moment I have left with them under the same roof, I will do my best to help them heal from their traumas and build capacity for a greater future. My soon to be 4 year old grew up with me as a more conscious parent, but of course, helping him become a safe young man and supporting him in capacity building is also important for me.
- I even went to therapy once to get help to be a better mother and not judge myself for being a bad mother for being so ill. At that point I hated myself for yelling too much at my daughters and sounding exactly like my own mother, and I wanted help with that. The therapist said that I’m doing everything right and that I should continue yelling, that it will help them build resilience. I didn’t believe her, thank God.
- My home. I now understand that there’s nothing wrong with me for wanting to have things organized and tidy. And that I want to have a home that is harmonious and looks beautiful.
- My overall health. I move my body the way I feel and I eat what I want. I’ve tried so many diets (all the tips from the time when I was very ill with ulcerative colitis) and so many exercises. When I finally stopped stressing about all this, I now feel so much healthier.
- Another thing. I can enjoy wine and champagne much more these days. Before I was always afraid I would enjoy it too much so I would become an alcoholic like my father. I think that mindset even made me drink more and more irresponsibly before. Now, I can pour a glass of wine just because I want to – not because it’s been a rough day or week or because I deserve it.
- The tinnitus I’ve had come and go for a few years is now gone. I started to acknowledge it, listen to it, and not judge it…and now I haven’t heard the crackling sound for months 🙂
I’m so happy to have found you and your work Irene.
Healing & Gratitude from Finland!
Xx Sandra
Dani
I kind of hit the ground running because it was exactly what I was looking for at the time. I’d done a ton of therapy and had had gains, for sure, but kept sort of hitting up against a brick wall when it came to how do I implement changes.
I did the three-part healing series and then just went straight into the 21-day Tune-Up. I couldn’t get enough — I was insatiable.
During that 21-day Tune-Up, the biggest shift that I found — and it sounds kind of like not a big deal — but my presence, especially with my kids, was night and day.
I’d heard a lot about being present… but until I did that first orienting exercise, I was like — oh, this is what presence is. This was different. It was much more presence in a conscious way rather than sort of checking out or bypassing… that was the first time I really felt that I dropped into a feeling and an experience of presence.
Anja
What led into the nervous system work was that I had been very anxious. I was a good, functional freezer. And that was not a problem until I became a parent. And when I became a mother, I lost all my structure. So I was really at the bottom. And I had never been there before. I started feeling myself just tighten up into this knot of rage and catharsis. I had to go out in the yard and just scream. I was just like, “oh my God, the neighbors!—but I don’t care, I have to.” It was a really tough time for me.
I started googling. I was like, “God, nervous system—I’m messed up. I need something. I do not have the tools for this. I have none of the tools I need.” So I started googling, and I found you. I found your site, and I signed up for the 21-Day Nervous System Tune-up.
Orienting was mind-blowing to me. So I took that grain of gold from orienting and I brought it into everything. I tried to bring it into everything. I practiced many times a day. It was my lifeline.
And as far as the last five years of this practice—it has revolutionized the experience of who I am and what my life is. And those are big words, but it’s actually really true.
Victoria
This nervous system work was the missing piece for me after years of focusing on inner work. I am seeing success in the areas I was hoping for but also: gaining more than anticipated in ways I never expected.
As a late diagnosed ADHD adult: my ADHD symptoms have decreased overall by approximately 80%. No more meds ~ I AM my own medicine.
Now that I know how to truly connect to my body, I recognise that when I forget to do so my brain falls back into old patterns. It is less than a month since I discovered Irene’s work and her generous free offerings; then decided to undertake her 21 Day Nervous System Tune-Up program. I am one very happy and grateful student who is well and truly hooked on nervous system regulation ~ for life.
I highly recommend Irene’s teachings to anyone who has worked hard on honouring their wellness but has a knowing that something is still missing.
Janet
I found the need to be aware of my impulse to be especially grateful recently. My mom had been sick for a while and I had a strong impulse that I needed to see her. The next day my husband and I drove about two hours to see her and spent the afternoon. Two days later she passed away. I’m so blessed I listened to my impulse….it was a gift from God.
NW
Glad to finally be listening to my body and its messages. Long overdue. Establishing safety in my body enhances my self esteem and self trust. Not to mention enhanced self care.
Lise
Hello, I have been listing to the free audio since a few month, I am on the 21Days since three weeks and I am really grateful of the support of this learning. The tools are simple, deep and perfect for creating a new ground in my regulation of my nervous system. Even if it is a huge learning for me who was always running in my life, I feel the spaciousness and depth. I really appreciate the support of the team when I need to ask a question. I never met a program like this where we can go solo and receive support. It brings me belonging, not alone, safety. The richness of the thousands of questions asked before me are part of this amazing process. Hearing Irene repeating it can be healed, really give me hope. Thank you! I am going on next days as I am going my rhythms. Some moments I am urging and I realize that it is true it take times. I can only say that I advise this program to anyone who feel one matters for oneself and for our circles. Thank you so much!
Kaja
I didn’t know [if] I would learn anything new with he 21 Day course because I watched almost every YouTube video from Irene… But I’m so happy I did the program, it really goes beyond and deeper than her vlogs (even though they are grand as well). It took me 6 months to finish 21 days (I know!) and I think I might just start again. Because I want to re-learn what I’ve learned, let it sink in that tiny bit deeper… Thank you so much for The Work!
Anna
The 21 Day course was a good basis for me to start with for a trauma-based therapy. I knew for some years (since I first heard about the polyvagal theory) that it would be THE THING for me, but somehow couldn’t make the connection. Now I know what it’s all about and what’s important to me in this therapy.
Of course, like many others here, I have a long history and am now full of hope that things will really change. Some small “enlightenments” already happened during the course. Finally I have words for those moments and I actually believe that these are steps to healthy awareness, in fact, steps to enlightenment.
Chris
This is the course I didn’t realize I was looking for. Several years of trying a plethora of ‘healing’ modalities I didn’t realize what I needed was this course as a foundational basis to understand and judge those modalities as to whether they were correct for me. Whether you’re interested in doing this for the experience of the information to better understand the human state, I found it to be brilliant from both an informative and experiential place.
Mark
Although I have done more neurofeedback, bodywork and meditation practices than anyone I know, this 21-day tuneup program opened me to something even more fundamental: the ability to regulate my nervous system and clearing unconscious traumas and stress. As a result: other practices have improved and previously unresolved issues are clearing. It’s like a nervous system support team for 21 days, for the price of a few sessions in other modalities.
Simply awesome, thorough, detailed and the comments with feedback are like a book I can’t put down. Way above my expectations.
Deb
Since taking the Tune-Up, I am WAY less affected by others and their ‘stuff’ because I feel so much more regulated. I am also much more mindful about what I need to do to look after myself. One of my favourite exercises was The Power of Orienting because I loved being quiet in the stillness and observing what was all around me that I, quite often, take for granted.
Mark
Each person needs to study themselves – this course is a wonderful guide to help us do that. Irene has a wonderful voice, pacing, and manner of speaking that makes the audio lessons easy to follow and comforting. The exercises we covered expanded the sophistication of my approach to continued self-understanding and self-maintenance.
Jess
I love the 21 Day Tune-Up Course.
I appreciated the content and the experiential lessons. This course was an important and accessible turning point for me in taking part in my own trauma healing journey.
Dee
I may be taking the long way through the 21 day program (on day 6 and started 60 days ago), but I tell you amazing things are happening. Like for instance I rode a bike today after 20 years of being scared and frozen. My daughter is 13 and it was our first bike ride!! Thank you Irene.
Silja
The tune-up course lessons are all very useful and all the content speaks to me 100%. Truly, this course and it’s lessons are for the people who are trying everything to help themselves, but nothing seems to work. With this course, I have began learning real things – techniques that work with my system since the first time I tried!
Annika
I took and lived through the 21 Day Course during my summer vacation. It became a part of the day I looked forward to. I appreciate the quality of both the theoretical as well as practical materials. Irene doesn’t underestimate the learner, which is important for me. I also love that I have ongoing access to the course, and actually I’ve started my 2nd round through! I remind myself daily of some of the ideas, concepts and tips Irene shared in the course, and I also have used some of them in my work as a transformation and vitality coach. One of my former clients and present cooperation partner told me that after I took the course I radiate calmness and being in the present moment.
Kati
This has been one of the most worthwhile courses I have ever taken.
Even on Day 1, I could feel my nervous system coming in to more regulation.
During this course, I experienced actually feeling GOOD in my body—better than I have ever felt in my WHOLE life, even with years of intense spiritual practice and undergoing many therapies. I am able to touch in to a new sense of safety and vital embodiment that I’ve never known before. I also experience more fluidity, body joy, ease and confidence—and even a deeper sense of spiritual perception. None of these experiences is stable yet, so I know I have my work cut out for me, to grow capacity, release old traumas—and sink into the simplicity and goodness of my own human being. But the exercises are simple and practical and powerful. I love the intuitive capacity that we’re encouraged to sense into. This course feels like the missing piece in my spiritual practice and in my life. I know I’m onto something big. I’m excited to keep practising. Very grateful.
Lucy
The 21 Day Nervous System Tune-Up gave me a new understanding of my nervous system, which would have been really hard work to come by any other way. It also showed me how simple it is to ‘tune-up’ your nervous system. Forget all those YouTube videos about the vagus nerve — this is the real deal you if want a healthier nervous system.
Zoe
“Doing this course has had a huge impact on me. I find that I am really able to calm myself down when I become stressed, which I was never able to do. I used to get into very negative patterns of thinking as soon as I became overwhelmed and felt like there was too much on my plate, but I’m now able to catch those thoughts, say ‘Hi, I hear you, but I don’t agree and you’re not serving me’ and then replace them with much more positive thoughts instead, and am getting better at it day by day. When I feel the stress take over me I now acknowledge what I’m feeling – I check in with my heart and my breath and accept what they are feeling so that I can feel the stress, and then release it.”
Matt
What is taught here about nervous system healing is likely why you’re stuck. Learn what you can do about it to become unstuck. Free yourself with this material.
Even if the only thing you learn is the Orienting… it’s worth it. But there’s far more to help support you on your healing journey. That’s what this course does better than any other I’ve encountered. It offers you all the support you need. And for people that have never had that? It makes all the difference.
This has to be one of the best online courses I’ve taken. You guys really thought of everything when creating it.
I feel it does a great job of teachings the fundamentals without overwhelming someone who’s never done this kind of thing before. You have a talent for teaching and ensuring the knowledge sticks so that people can actually use it to transform their lives.
It occurred to me just now that what you’ve done here is created support for people in as many ways as you could. This too makes it more likely that they will actually use what they learn. And it’s what people who have so much trauma need.
Anastasiya
The 21 Day Tune-Up is a well structured course and I like that it’s a mixture of short and long exercises, this way it doesn’t overwhelm you. I know I can pause anytime, but the course is encouraging you to keep going. I absolutely loved it, it’s so informative and helpful. It has opened my eyes and has made sense to so many things I’ve been going through and experiencing lately. Now it’s time to fix and heal. I’m so grateful!
Jasmina
The 21 Day Course was very well done. I enjoyed Irene’s thorough training, very comprehensive explanations (English is my second language), fantastic graphics, not to mention her pleasant voice and pleasant friendly face. The course was A+++
Andrea
I loved the course & learned so much. It is SO worth taking. Healing my nervous system was the missing link in my healing journey. I don’t feel broken or hopeless anymore. I feel deserving of healing and a calmness I never felt before. I feel tuned to my body for the very first time in my life and it feels amazing!
Katie
My takeaway from the Healing Trauma Training, was that this is the missing link! I have spent what little energy I’ve had (20 years bedridden with CFS — chronic fatigue syndrome) trying to find answers and help, but nothing helped. Then I found this. I was blown away! It makes sooooo much sense that I’ve watched almost all Irene’s videos on YouTube, I’ve started with the 21 Day Tune-Up, and have signed up for SBSM.
Every ounce of my being believes in this and having experienced the wonderful support of the Facebook group, I feel as if I’m exactly where I should be, so thank you!! I hope you all understand how much you are helping us who keep fighting against all odds, who have been told by countless doctors that there is no way up. I’ve chosen to never in a million years believe that because I believe in my body, I’ve just lacked the right information, guidance and support. I can honestly say that being in the 21 Day Course and it’s Facebook group, is like coming home. It’s safe and I know we all are there for each other and have each others backs.
I can’t express in words how much this means to me, so again, thank you for making so accessible and safe.
Crystal
I’ve studied or experienced what feels like virtually every therapy, energy healing modality and body work available and I’m shocked that I’m only now learning this particular piece of work. It’s extremely foundational and I can’t wait to experience more of it personally and integrate some pieces into the birth trauma healing work I do professionally.
The Tune-Up made me realize I’ve been living up in my head because it felt SO unsafe to BE in my body. I don’t think I realized how much I avoid really getting into and feeling my body before I did this program. It feels like there is so much trauma stored in my body that it’s scary to really feel into the sensations, so I’ve been avoiding it at all costs.
Now, I am orienting as many times as I can during the day to become aware of what’s happening in my body and in the environment around me. I’m following my impulses more so when I need to sleep, eat, drink, go outside, etc., I find myself listening and acting upon those nudges. I’m also finding my potent posture when I’m standing.
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 in the dedicated Facebook group 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!
Inge
So simple yet so profound. I only did the lessons once and feel I can do them at least a few more times before it will all be “in place”. The exercises are simple, but life changing, even already in the few weeks that I have done them. Things come up I didn’t even realize were there. Hard things, but also a new and deeper connection to myself. I love it. Thank you for putting it out there.
Sonja
With the 21 Day Course, I got big change. I got out of the freeze state and back into my body. I feel connected with my environment again. I practice every day because I am so happy to feel again. Thank you so much for this course. Life-changing and a gift for the world to heal trauma.
Katrin
The 21 Day Nervous System Tune-Up course helped me better understand, What the h*^! .. is going on in my body! A fundamental shift in my life was learning how to follow my impulses, and it has made such a difference to actually now understand the science of my body and stress responses.
When I can understand what’s going on I can better “be with” my body and its sensations (emotions) and just be present to them, rather than being overwhelmed by them.
The way Irene taught the complicated science made learning it easy. I enjoyed the entire course and I’m looking forward to learning more and deepening my awareness.
Amy
TAKE THIS COURSE!! Before Irene’s course, I hadn’t been paying attention to my body’s cues. After the first day, my relationship to stress was permanently altered. Such a powerful start – giving me information I needed to see how I was holding stress IN my body instead of noticing it, tuning in, and using it to my advantage. I began to feel more “myself” when I would tune in and let go of tension in my body. Her genuine care for those she helps is totally present in her voice. I can’t think of a more powerful thing you can do for yourself for such a low investment.
Jo
This course has left me so much more empowered to make changes in my life and handle stress than years of meditation. Irene has found the perfect blend of do-able, helpful and interesting lessons that will appeal to people very new to body work as well as people who have been doing body practices for awhile. Irene has the unique gift to blend the science and the practice into a course that feeds your mind, body and spirit. I was really blown away.
MJ
This course gave me a key to unlock trauma on a level I always hoped was possible. I’ve been working on healing since the mid 1970’s but it was this course that allowed me to access places inside myself I’ve never been able to access before. The healing I’ve been able to access through this course is astounding. It works in such a gentle way. It’s actually the embodiment of Peter Levine’s words, “…to create a slow, gentle, honoring way to return to your body”. I can’t thank you enough for doing this work and giving us all the opportunity to heal.
Caire
Overall, I am feeling much more positive and improved ability to deal with stress has helped me sleep better after the 21 Day course. Because of this, the internal tremor I experience at night is less intense. I have also noticed I am carrying less tension in my body. I have CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) and initially a lot of anxiety came up. I also felt exhausted but once I adjusted my pace and slowed right down, this eased and I experienced subtle shifts. I’m now working through the course a second time and incorporating the practices into my daily routine. Recently, my energy levels have improved very slightly, which is fantastic. When I started the course, my body felt like a lead weight but with all this buzzing energy trapped inside. This has reduced in intensity. I have high hopes that I will improve more if I continue to put into practice what I have learned.
My advice for others taking or thinking about taking this course is to persevere! Go with the flow, take one day at a time and you will start to notice subtle shifts.
Rod
I’ve had my first MAJOR release from freeze! I’ve been doing the exercises since January, and I woke up from a really good sleep this morning and my body mounted a fight/flight response with no provocation from ‘me’ or my thoughts. A chunk of nameless, stored historical stuff has appeared: heightened sensation, a nervousness, arousal and stimulation that feels half good and half bad. I’m just observing it ‘do’ itself.
The old me would have shut this down and labelled it as ‘oh God! I’m losing my marbles again!’ I feel like I’ve arrived at a totally new place.
Keep doing the work folks! It pays off!
Elisabeth
I have done the ’21 day tune up’, seen every Youtube video (yes, every single one) and taken advantage of every resource on your website. Thank you for helping me help myself!
I am now for the first time since fall 2014 pain free from fibromyalgia, symptoms of EDS, PMDS and menstrual cramps, plantar fasciitis, POTS and much more (Yes, I’ve been ”diagnosed”. I know now that all of these symptoms come from an unregulated NS).
This spring I took a walk with my husband around my own block and realised ”this is the first time I’ve been able to walk here pain free”.
About a month ago I took a walk in the forest and got an impulse to run up a hill (yes, I RAN for the first time in seven years). When I stopped and realised that it didn’t hurt and that I hadn’t dissociated I started to cry. I can’t even remember if I have ever cried from gratitude before.
My ”I’m-doing-this-for-the-first-time-pain-free”-list is getting so big since coming out of the freeze response that I’ve just about lost count. I’m even doing things without dissociating or feeling pain/ discomfort for the first time EVER in my life due to some degree of functional freeze/fawn response from early age/childhood.
All physical transformation aside, the mental shift has been indescribable! My capacity/swimming pool has increased so much that it is unrecognisable, both in my approach to my work life and in my personal life.
I began my healing journey September 2020 by reading ‘Waking the Tiger’. God bless Mr. Levine and his work, but that book gave me so much anxiety and left me with more questions than I started with. After some googling and some more googling I finally found your work and it was like someone turned the lights on. I know you’ve heard this before, but your work is so pedagogical I didn’t even have to use Google Translate. I’m 34 years old and from Sweden, English isn’t my first language, and here I’m learning about neuroplastic sequencing healing without a dictionary.
I just wanted to share a very short version of my healing journey story. I owe it all to you and I’m so grateful! I’m sharing your work to everyone I know, and to anybody that I think needs it. Thank you so much!
PS. This is my patio, summer 2021. I have NEVER in my life kept any plant alive before!
Shaina
I have done lots of other therapies including yoga, but this material really gave me a new level of self awareness and body awareness. I now sleep better, have less back pain and headaches, understand how I hold stress in my body, and practice tools that gently release tension throughout my day. It is so worth it so invest in yourself and learn advanced self-care skills.
John
Love, love, LOVE this training. I’m doing the Healing Trauma video series AND the 21 Day Tune-Up. Half way through the tune up, and honestly I feel like I’ve gone from blurry vision to ultra HD.
I’ve been exploring spirituality and healing for a while, I’ve made a lot of progress, BUT Irene’s material feels like it’s SO much more on point, reliable and trustworthy. Just the facts, the research, no ideological beliefs, just what works.
Truly. It feels like I’ve gone from blurry pixelated vision to ultra HD. It’s giving me a whole new way to understand myself, that fits with what I’ve already learned by personal experience, and takes it much much further. I’m beyond excited to continue learning more. I want to take it as far as possible. Already planning on doing the 12 week SmartBody SmartMind training.
Thank you Irene and everyone who works on this. AMAZING product and information, and I absolutely agree that this is some of the most important work.
Oscar
I just want to thank you so much for having created this affordable course for us. In my case, I come from a very traumatic childhood and lived with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and anorexia for almost my whole life. I did not even know what those terms were until I turn 28 (I am 37 now). I went to therapy at the age of 34 and did 35 sessions. However, I could not get my life back after I was released, and that was a big disappointment for me because I just did not understand why. I felt fine on my last session and as soon as I had no sessions left, I felt even worse.
I don’t even remember how I found Irene Lyon, but since video one, I fully connected with her and understand every single word that she was saying. I signed up for her free videos, I took a lot of notes, and then I signed up for the 21 Day course. Many things got better. I got a job now. (After 2 years of being afraid to work).
I know that I have to work more on myself, her course helped me to start getting my life back together, especially with the job part. My anxiety has decreased at least 80% (to me that is a miracle). Depression is down at least 70%, and I am just paying attention to other things.
I loved the course. It helped me so much. I have nothing negative to say about it. I am just glad that I took it and I will repeat it. I strongly believe that if I can apply all on this course my healing will advance so much more. Thank you.
Josephine
Irene’s 21 Day Nervous System Tune Up came to my attention as I was looking for ‘something’ to help with my anxiety and better my knowledge for my clients as I am a Massage Therapist, Aromatherapist and Reiki Master. The 21 Day Tune Up program made me realize that the relationships I had with my caregivers as a child, and going through Breast Cancer at 39, had dysregulated my nervous system.
The program has shown me how to “feel to heal.” When I first started lots came up that normally I would hold in. It was like a healing crisis. Now I have the tools to deal with what comes up! I have more control of my body not going into a fight/flight or freeze state.
Irene is the ‘real deal’, her support is impeccable (even with me living in Australia)… If you are looking for a happier, healthier, more fulfilled life, I definitely recommend this program.
Ayesha
Several times per year I get sick, injured or just exhausted. I am then forced to take time off, again and again, and tend to get back to work a little bit before I should. I kept learning the same lesson the hard way and finding “loop holes” to not fully learn it. Luckily during the start of this month, while I was quite sick and recovering, I decided to purchase this course.
This was an absolute game changer. During these 21 days, it was like a lightbulb going off every single day. A new major realization or break through, while overlapping with the subtle shifts from the day before. I felt my capacity literally growing day by day.
I feel like I actually know how to take care of myself now. I understand myself more, and because of that I honestly love myself more.
The way the course and the concepts are laid out is “just enough”. Not too little, not too much, not intimidating, very digestible. Actually pleasurable and I looked forward to it everyday. It really worked for me as someone who goes deep in these exercises in the comfort of my home. I feel I spent too much time in therapy talking and not enough time learning, and maybe I should have asked more questions. But this told me things I didn’t even know I needed to know…
I am so happy to say that I just finished the final day today. I have already recommended it to several friends and truly hope they will do this course as well. For the cost of 2 therapy sessions, I feel like I just took a quantum leap.
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.
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