Connect to calm vagus nerve regulation for teachers
Are you an educator who is looking for resources to better manage your classroom?
Would you like some support to improve relationships in a class setting?
Would you like your students to benefit from improved learning outcomes?
Before we can self regulate, we need to learn how to co-regulate with a safe and balanced other. Image courtesy of Kristin Wiens @kwiens62
How can vagus nerve regulation help in the school system?
YOUNG PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO SELF REGULATE, and need some support to manage feelings, thoughts and behaviours that can send them into a spin when they feel unsafe. THEY RELY ON THE ADULTS AROUND THEM to provide a SAFE ENVIRONMENT to help them CO-REGULATE.
Being in a state of DYSREGULATION means that it’s HARDER TO LEARN and take in information, as the emotional brain is flooded with stress hormones, causing our LOGICAL BRAIN to go OFFLINE. Neuroscience research indicates that ENGAGING THE VAGUS NERVE can elicit a regulatory effect on our nervous system, helping us to GROW OUR CAPACITY TO FEEL SAFE in our system, RESTORING COGNITIVE FUNCTION and fostering IMPROVED RELATIONSHIP outcomes.
Benefits of vagus nerve regulation include:
Helps one to KEEP CALM and BETTER MANAGE STRESS
EASY exercises that can help to MANAGE difficult FEELINGS or BEHAVIOURS
Invites in a PAUSE and helps foster CONNECTION to ourselves and to others
Feeling MORE EMOTIONALLY RESILIENT in the face of a challenge
Appeases the emotional brain, allowing the LOGICAL BRAIN to come back online
Helps with IMPROVED LEARNING outcomes
Fosters ENHANCED CONCENTRATION and FOCUS
BETTER able to LISTEN and take in information
Fosters IMPROVED RELATIONSHIPS
What is the role of the vagus nerve?
The VAGUS NERVE plays a KEY role in keeping us REGULATED and BALANCED. When our nervous system experiences a CHALLENGE, real or perceived, our VAGUS NERVE ALERTS our system that WE NEED TO ACT in order TO OVERCOME the situation we are faced with. We will REACT in ways that are BELOW OUR CONSCIOUS AWARENESS in a bid to NAVIGATE our way BACK TO SAFETY. Having the TOOLS to SELF REGULATE are fundamental in being able to PAUSE, SLOW DOWN and RECOVER from a challenge once it is safe to do so.
About Vagus Nerve Regulation Classes for teachers and educators
The program consists of six (6) 30 minute sessions to CO-REGULATE with a live facilitator to provide you with the RESOURCES and SUPPORT you need to SELF REGULATE, so that they are able to co-regulate the young people in your class. Sessions are to be used within eight (8) weeks.
You will learn SIMPLE WAYS to find a sense of BALANCE and REGULATION in your system, including WHEN to APPLY the exercises for maximum effect.
Please contact me to organise a session outside the available appointment times and to organise a program for your school..
What people have to say about Vagus nerve regulation
“Vagus Nerve regulation is surprisingly simple and practical to implement - anywhere and anytime you are overwhelmed. Michelle is a great facilitator and you instantly feel calm in her presence!”
“With the help of regular classes with Michelle, Vagus Nerve regulation exercises have become part of my routine to stay calm and grounded. I have found this particularly beneficial after experiencing burnout. I would recommend these sessions to anyone who is looking to bring a bit of calm to their day.”
“The work with you was amazing and I thank you for teaching me the simple and effective techniques to reset my vagus nerve. When I commenced working with you I felt fatigued and everything was an effort as I had been in overdrive. Over the 6 weeks of your program I transitioned from living in my head to being more in touch with my body and having more energy. Daily activities came with ease rather than a struggle. My brain fog lifted too. I continue to practice and use the techniques daily as they are a vital part of my tool kit. Thank you for creating a safe space and sharing your knowledge.”
About your facilitator: Michelle is a Polyvagal informed holistic therapist who has been delivering wellbeing to organisations of various sizes for almost 20 years. She has experience working with teams and individuals in organisations both in person and online. Michelle has worked with young people and has a current WWC check.
