We are living in strange times, and that's unlikely to change anytime soon
Imagine navigating these (weird) times while also
- remembering you have a body and taking good care of it
- feeling proud you managed your stress and didn't take it out on your kids, spouse, or yourself, and
- not getting so exhausted you need to sleep for a month.
This is where Soft Strength
comes in
Soft Strength is a revolving container that provides space to learn about and practice nervous system regulation skills through the lens of different challenges that we encounter in modern times.
Next session starts December 3
Here’s the challenge: our modern world asks A LOT of us.
And we’re not making up the very real threats to our communities, our bodies, and the environment.
So how are we supposed to relax and take care of ourselves, when the future of our reproductive rights and wild spaces are at risk?
The key isn’t to stop caring or avoid these very real realities.
Instead, we learn how to:
- Land safety in the body when it is present – so that your animal body can release its hypervigilance and have more moments of relaxation and relaxed alertness.
- Corregulate with nature and others – so that your body knows it’s not alone and is able to attune to the support and resource it has around it.
- Access your healthy aggression – so that your body knows it can protect itself if it needs to, and the flow of lifeforce can move through you.
- Learn how to ride the backside of a nervous system activation wave - so that we can experience regenerative rest and keep going without burning out or giving up.
Soft Strength: Winter Wisdom
Starting Tuesday, December 3
The upcoming round of Soft Strength steeps us in the wisdom from the darkest time of the year, finding safety in post-election reality, and learning the nervous system skills we need for 2025 and beyond
We will work our way through a four-week arc focusing on the different skills needed to:
- Support ourselves in this post-election world
- Prepare for the dark season and the potential SAD feelings that can come with it
- Learn how to rest and tend to ourselves, even when it feels like the world is on fire
- Fortify ourselves through the holiday season
This is relational work.
Our bodies are in relationship with the world around them. Soft Strength skills help us right-size those relationships so that we are resourced by the nurturing ones and know how to navigate the impacts of the tougher ones.
This is
liberation work.
We’ve been taught to control the body and suppress its messages. Somatics help us shift this dynamic, so that we can be in partnership with our body, understand what it's telling us, and know what to do with that information.
This is unlearning
Our bodies knew how to do much of this when we were kids, but capitalist imperialist white supremacist patriarchy isn’t the most conducive environment for fostering these skills.
This is culture-making.
I dream of a world where we are supported in listening to our bodies, trusting them, and riding our nervous system waves. With the energy and life force that frees up when we are able to let our nervous system energy flow, we can build a safer world for everyone.
"These sessions definitely developed my understanding of somatics AND how to learn about my nervous system. I feel better equipped cognitively, physiologically, and emotionally to make this part of my life, recognizing that this is a slow long-term practice."
Amy M
Learning & practice
Course flow is designed to support your embodied integration of the concepts and give you lots of space this busy time of year.
- Weekly Content uploads for 4 weeks
- Tuesdays beginning December 3
- New learning modules and guided practices added weekly
- One optional, live call to ask questions and/or receive support
- This will be on Tuesday Dec 10 @ 4pm AK/8pm ET
- Call will be recorded and posted
- Bonus Pre-submitted Q&A recording to be released the week of Dec 16.
- Online community space for discussion & integration
- Access in perpetuity to all shared resources
Meet Your Instructor
Hi, I'm Sarah (she/they) MSW, SEP, CPT
I am a life-long Alaskan, somatic psychotherapist, and movement professional. In my work as a nervous system educator, I integrate Somatic Experiencing with Internal Family Systems, EMDR, and connection to nature to help people understand and work with their nervous system patterns.
You may also recognize me from my other endeavors at Mind & Mountain that integrate fitness, nature, & the Nervous System with Mindful Interval Training workouts. I'm looking forward to working with you and sharing what I know about nervous system capacity building for stressful times.
For a more extended bio, click here.
"For a 4-part program, I feel like I got a lot – resources, access to a recording and guided practice, optimal group size, and connection."
Soft Strength Participant
What About the Bundle?
Soft Strength: Winter Wisdom is the next course in this learning flow. Train With Your Cycle follows in January, with best results if you do them together as they build on each other. To encourage that, we are making them available as a package deal for a discount!
Soft Strength: Winter Wisdom
Use the darkest part of the year to explore your relationship with rest and wintering. This class will consist of 4 weeks of material for you to delve into asynchronously with one live group meeting for questions and support.
Content will be released weekly for 4 weeks beginning Nov 26. Live Q&A + practice Dec 10 @4pm AK
$240
Train With Your Cycle
Learn about how to work with the cycles in your life instead of against them. Focus will be on the menstrual cycle & nervous system cycle with dabblings into other cycles we encounter daily (moon, grief, creativity).
We will meet every other week for 3 months beginning Jan 25 @4pm AK
$395
Is the Train With Your Cycle course for me even if I don't menstruate?
What if I can't make the live calls?
Are there discounts for Alumni?
I've already done some nervous system work - is this going to be a repeat?
How long will I have access to the recordings/resource page?
Soft Strength: Winter Wisdom
I'd be honored for you to join me in learning how to provide yourself and your people with nervous system care. These are critical tools for navigating these modern times.
If you have any lingering questions, click here to send my team an email.
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