Dear One,

Tis the season for ... nervous system co-dysregulation! Weeee!

Because biology is wired for survival, our bodies are always paying attention to the nervous systems around us.

Co-regulation is when your nervous system joins in the rhythm of another person's nervous system. This can be delightful. Like a literal or metaphorical hug to your heart, one person's steadiness, capacity, and bright light can ignite your own.

And on the undelightful flip side ... one person's nervous system activated into a fight-flight-freeze-appease state can ignite (or fuel the fire of) your own dysregulation.

Co-dysregulation = when one person's f*cky nervous system further dysregulates another person's f*cky nervous system.

Which makes hard relationships and interactions ... even harder.

Which means ... it's probably time to recommit to your own nervous system. So that it can be as steady and fueled as possible. So that you can stand a little stronger in the balance of your Safe & Social and Rest & Digest responses. So that you can hold one foot in your window of tolerance while activation washes through you ... meaning you might still get flooded, but you have more of your wits about you throughout the storm, and you come back to the shores of yourself more efficiently.

So that you can be a glorious beacon of co-regulation, autonomically sharing the gifts of your hard-earned self-regulation practices.

If your yoga practice is where you stockpile your nervous system resilience, join me on the mat. Here's what's happening!

High five from my nervous system to yours,

~Alex

YOGA CLASSES & WORKSHOPS:

Befriending Stillness: Radically Restorative Yoga Workshop is this Saturday, December 16th from 6:30-8pm. Please make sure you pre-register ... we've been selling out! 3 spots left! Waitlist registration available. Please contact the studio directly with questions.

New Year's Awakening workshop is Sunday 12/31 at 4-5:30pm! Join in-person at JP Centre Yoga or virtually for this beautiful ritual into the new year. Bring your journal for this one.

Radical Resilience: Winter Self-Care Series is now HYBRID, meaning in-person or virtual, every Thursday in January from 5:45-7pm, or anytime via recording (available for 7 days)! We will blend postures with yoga philosophy and therapeutic practices for self-care and psychological wellbeing.

My weekly teaching slot is shifting from Sundays to Thursday evenings. Last Sunday class is January 7th at 6pm! New time slot starts February 1st, with the Radical Resilience workshop series happening in between.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING: Dates are posted for the Restorative Yoga Teacher Training, January 12-15, 2024! With Alex & Brenna Matthews. See below.