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Beyond Survival Mode: Understanding Trauma and the Nervous System

Discover how trauma can shape the nervous system, and how somatic practices and neuroplasticity may support the development of greater safety, resilience, and trust in your body.

📅 Wednesday, September 9, 2026 🕐 01:00 PM ET (07:00 PM CET) 💻 Live Online ⏱ 60 Minutes 🎁 Free to Attend

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When Survival Mode Continues After the Danger Has Passed

Trauma and prolonged stress can teach the nervous system to remain alert, even when you are no longer in immediate danger.

You might experience this as anxiety, hypervigilance, shutdown, avoidance, difficulty relaxing, or feeling disconnected from your body. You may understand logically that you are safe while your body continues to react as though something is wrong.

These responses are not signs of weakness or personal failure. They may be protective patterns your nervous system learned in an effort to keep you safe.

In this free, trauma-informed webinar, somatic practitioners Natalie Rivans and Nicole Larson will explore how these patterns develop, and how somatic practices and neuroplasticity can help us begin creating new responses, gently and gradually.

What We'll Explore

During this webinar, you'll learn:

✓Why trauma can keep your nervous system on alert, even after the danger has passed”

✓Why the body may continue to scan for danger

✓How patterns such as hypervigilance, avoidance, and shutdown can develop

✓Why it can become difficult to feel grounded in your body

✓How neuroplasticity allows the brain and nervous system to learn new patterns

✓How gentle somatic practices may support greater regulation and body awareness

✓Why small, repeated steps can be more supportive than forcing yourself through fear

The session will also include short, optional practices you can try from wherever you are.

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Who Is This Webinar For?

This webinar may be helpful if you:

✓Feel as though part of you is always waiting for something to go wrong

✓Experience anxiety, hypervigilance, shutdown, or avoidance

✓Find it difficult to relax or feel present in your body

✓Live with chronic or unpredictable symptoms that have left you feeling unsafe in your body

✓Understand logically that you are safe but still experience strong physical or emotional reactions

✓Have found previous approaches too intense or overwhelming

✓Want to learn about a gentle, body-based and neuroplasticity-informed approach to trauma and nervous system regulation

You do not need a formal trauma diagnosis or any previous experience with somatic practices to attend.

A Gentle, Trauma-Informed Session

You will not be asked to describe, share, or revisit a traumatic experience during this webinar. Cameras are optional, and you are welcome to participate in whatever way feels most comfortable for you.

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Short & Gentle

Practices are kept brief and easy to follow.

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Completely Optional

Join in only if and when it feels right for you.

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Present-Focused

Focused on the present rather than past experiences.

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Adaptable

Adjust anything to your individual comfort level.

You can pause or opt out of any practice at any time.

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Meet Your Hosts

Natalie Rivans

Co-CEO · Certified Somatic Practitioner

Mindfulness and Meditation Teacher, guiding gentle, body-based approaches to nervous system regulation.

Nicole Larson

Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner

Somatic Parts Work, Movement for Trauma, and a 200-hour Meditation Teacher Training background.

Reserve Your Free Place

Join us for a supportive and educational conversation about trauma, the nervous system, and the possibility of moving beyond survival mode.

Date

Wednesday September 9, 2026

Time

01:00 PM ET

Location

Live Online

Duration

60 Minutes

Cost

Free

Recording

Sent to everyone who registers.

This webinar is provided for educational purposes only. It does not provide medical or mental health advice and is not a substitute for diagnosis, treatment, therapy, or support from a qualified healthcare professional.

If you are currently experiencing a mental health crisis or require immediate support, please contact an appropriate healthcare professional or emergency service in your area.