Self-Regulation…Emotional First Aid

Our western culture has always favored the cognitive intellectual mind and the body was considered a wild, unruly organism of nature that needed to be conquered and controlled.Join us as we explore the body as a vessel of awareness that provides insights before the thinking mind  can filter its precious knowledge through the script of past conditioning.

When our nervous system is in hyper reactivity everything feels harder…small things seem big, fears and doubts set in, thinking is scrambled and our temper is on a hair trigger.Join us as we explore how self-regulation gives us the ability to pause before reacting so that the choices we make align with the best version of ourselves.

Join us as we explore the interplay of thoughts, feelings, body sensations and impulses. Learn how awareness practices help us to identify this dance and then make conscious choices that align with the best version of ourselves.

Our body has a built-in warning system that is acutely sensitive to even the tiniest quivering of emotions and the body detects and reacts to these thoughts and feelings before they fully register in our consciousness…whether the trigger is real or imagined.Join us as we bring awareness to our sensing body and explore the gifts and support it holds for us.

Our minds are busy, often whirling… like a runaway train on the fast track 24/7.Join us as we explore the practice of present moment awareness as a way off the train and as a choice to live our lives more fully.

Life! Yes, it keeps coming at us! And so often we find ourselves stressed out and at the mercy of old habits, judgments and resentments. Join as we explore awareness as the flashlight that illuminates our inner workings so that we can choose to live the best version of ourselves.

Seems like many of us are reacting to these uncertain times with increased angst and anxiety.Join Ana and Dr. Jane as they resume their conversations with rich information and insights to support living more consistently from the best version of ourselves.

Our “felt sense” is another way of knowing that includes hunches, gut feelings, intuition, creative ideas, and wisdom.  Join us for an experience of quieting ourselves and listening in as we access the “felt sense” and allow it to  guide and empower us to be our best and highest selves.

We’ve been immersing ourselves in love-related feelings to foster a sense of balance and harmony.Join us as we move into a loving-kindness meditation that we may extend our love and blessings to ourselves, to others, and to all sentient beings in this world.Enjoy the moment when giving and receiving become one.

Because negative reactivity is fear-based, it sends danger signals to the brain setting off the survival instincts of fight-flight-freeze.Join us as we explore how love related experiences provide the best antidote for this toxic reactivity.