November Mini-Retreat: Regulating Our Nervous Systems -- Practices for Feeling Safe in Our Bodies in Our Present World with Danny Morris

During this whole new story journey we have explored many stories. Stories we are moving away from and stories that we are stepping into. The stories we are hearing around us today may be a source of stress and anxiety, but when it comes to safety our bodies don't really understand the story we are living. It only knows am I safe, can I rest, can I trust in this connection? Or am I activated and overwhelmed or shut down and frozen. In this workshop we will explore practices that are a mix of neuroscience, somatics and contemplative spirituality to regulate our nervous systems. To find the parts of ourselves that are stressed and anxious and like a loving mother soothe and calm the little ones inside who don't understand the stories, they just want to feel safe and secure. We will learn how to feel this sense of regulation in our bodies within ourselves and as a group. Now is the time that we need each other, to lean into each other and co regulate. The stories of the world will always be there, but when we have each other we can feel safe within them.