ANCHORED: A Polyvagal Approach to Yoga for Mental Health
- Erin Jacob
- Oct 31
- 4 min read
Transform Your Relationship with Stress!
Gain the tools to transform your nervous system and cultivate lasting resilience. In this comprehensive, online course, Erin Jacob and Nicole Von Chorus will teach you the Polyvagal model and how to apply it to your life.
This course is designed to help you repattern your nervous system's response to stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and more. With a focus on the vagus nerve, you will learn to navigate the stress response and dissociation, empowering you with new and effective coping strategies.
Special Introductory Sale:
Only $199 CAD
(regular $299)
Use coupon code: INTRO199
Limited Time Offer for the First 5 Registrants Only!
Don't miss your chance!
Beyond Fight-or-Flight:
A Polyvagal & Yoga Journey to Resilience
Challenge what you think you know about stress, mental health, and trauma! This 6-class series introduces you to the Polyvagal Theory, a revolutionary science that moves beyond the simple "rest and digest" vs. "fight or flight" model.
You'll explore the anatomy of the nervous system and its connection to anxiety, depression, and trauma. By integrating these insights with therapeutic yoga, you will learn practical skills to:
Manage your body's behavioral and bodily stress responses.
Restore a sense of balance and safety to your nervous system.
Widen your "Window of Tolerance" for increased resilience.
Using breathwork, gentle stretches, and mindfulness, this course is designed to put you in the driver's seat of your own well-being.
Who Will Benefit From This Series?
If you are a living, breathing, human being who uses their Nervous System on a daily basis, this series has relevance for you!
If you experience any of the following, this workshop is extra relevant:
Anxiety or Panic Disorders
Depression
PTSD
Complex Trauma
Chronic Pain
Chronic Stress
Chronic Fatigue
Grief
Any Mental Health Disorder or Disturbance
Have Injuries, Health Conditions, or Mobility Concerns?
Don't worry!
This course offers a combination of gentle therapeutic options and traditional yoga poses, making it suitable for all levels. With two instructors, Nicole and Erin, demonstrations are provided simultaneously for chair-based and traditional movement forms.
Your Course Includes:
Lifetime Access: All course materials are yours to keep, forever.
Core Curriculum: Six powerful, 90-minute classes that guide your transformation.
Exclusive Community: Access the members-only "Anchored Group" for peer support, inspiration, and community sharing.
Practical Tools: A toolkit of journaling and mindfulness exercises, plus detailed guides for all yoga and breathing techniques.
Bonus Content: Grow your practice with extra resources, video links, and special bonus classes.
Personalized Support: Get direct access to your teachers for all your questions.
Fresh Insights: Ongoing updates and new materials added regularly to keep your learning current.
Course Outline:
Module 1: Introduction & Foundations
Getting Started: Learn to navigate the course platform and set up your personal practice space.
Module 2: The Power of Choice & Freedom
Exploring Your Narrative: Examine how your perception of choice and freedom, or the lack thereof, shapes your experience of trauma and nervous system dysregulation.
Module 3: Cultivating Equanimity with Polyvagal Theory
Building Resilience: Dive deeper into the Polyvagal model to understand how you can stay present and patient with uncomfortable experiences, and transform them into opportunities for growth.
Module 4: Awaken the Inner Witness
Mindful Observation: Develop the skill of non-judgmental awareness to identify and name your emotions, habits, and—most importantly—your specific nervous system states.
Module 5: Self-Compassion & Down-Regulation
The Path to Calm: Learn to recognize when your sympathetic system (fight-or-flight) is active and use the ventral vagus (social connection system) to down-regulate your nervous system back to a state of calm and groundedness.
Module 6: Embodiment, Empowerment, & Up-Regulation
Reclaiming Your Power: Understand how your dorsal parasympathetic system (freeze, play dead) contributes to feelings of disconnection, depression, and numbness. Learn to up-regulate your nervous system back toward a place of balanced peace.
Module 7: Brain & Body Integration
From Theory to Practice: Discover practical ways to integrate the knowledge and body practices from this course into your neural network and daily life.
Bonus Resources
Expanding Your Journey: Access additional materials, exercises, classes, and research to keep you engaged and continue your learning beyond the course.
Special Introductory Sale:
Only $199 CAD
(regular $299)
Use coupon code: INTRO199
Limited Time Offer for the First 5 Registrants Only!
Don't miss your chance!
Meet your Teachers:
Erin Jacob
C-IAYT, E-RYT500, RYS200, YACEP
Erin Jacob has been studying yoga for over 15 years, and founded Centered Within Yoga in 2010. She found her yogic path after sustaining complex and debilitating injuries. She had lost the use of her arm, with a leg that was following the same path. She was suffering from multiple organ issues and failures. After years of chronic pain and being told that a life surgery, wheelchair confinement, and medication were her best options, Erin began her search to find a better future for her health, eventually finding therapeutic yoga........ READ MORE
Nicole Von Chorus
ERYT 200, M Ed. In Counselling Psychology
I received my yoga teacher training in 2015 after realizing how valuable yoga was in helping with people’s emotional and mental health. I have been a mental health counsellor over 14 years, mostly helping at risk youth and families who suffer from different types of mental health difficulties such as anxiety, depression, trauma, etc. I came across yoga used for people with trauma and began to see how valuable using the body was in conjunction with therapy...... READ MORE
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