Nervous System Coaching with Robyn Terry

15/05/2023

Befriending your Nervous System

While we may think our brains are in charge, the heart of our daily experience and the way we navigate the world begins in our bodies with the Autonomic Nervous System.

This is the place where the stories emerge about who we are and how the world works, what we do and how we feel.

Our Autonomic Nervous System is made up of the parasympathetic and sympathetic systems with the vagus nerves providing the primary pathways for the parasympathetic system through the Dorsal and and Ventral branches.

🟩 Ventral - connected and able to communicate effectiveyl, meeting demands, engage with life, go with the flow.

🟧 Sympathetic:
REGULATED- energy to move, regulates heart & breath rythems
SURVIVAL - chaotic, angry, anxious, stressed, mobilized to attack, frantic, overwhelmed

🟥 Dorsal:
REGULATED - calm, relaxed, easy digestion, easy to sleep & be intimate
SURVIVAL - shutdown, disconnect, drained, exhausted, hopeless, disassociated, going through motions without feeling

When working with the nervous system we want to create the awareness and ability to move flexibly between the states, this is a sign of well-being and resilience. It is when we get caught in dysregulation (constant survival activation), unable to find our way back to regulation that we feel distressed.

❓ Question for you -
❓ Do you know what you already do to help regulate yourself?

12/08/2022

There are some people that have the most incredible ability to endure and embrace hardship with a sense of humour and grace.

This week I lost my first Yoga Therapy client to cancer.

I worked with her for 6 months and throughout our time together I really got to know her and the resilience of the human spirit. She taught me so much and I feel so so honoured to have been part of her story and hopefully contributed to her finding a little peace and comfort throughout.

You will forever be in my heart. Gone way too soon, conservation & the world has lost a hero.

Though our time together was short, you left an unforgettable imprint on my heart. I will miss our sessions together dearly.

Thank you for letting me in ♡

May you rest in well deserved peace & love.

26/06/2022

06/06/2022

What tops up your tank?

Part of Wellbeing is a consistent topping up of resources so you are far more able to actively engage in life 💖

A lot of the work I do requires huge amounts of attunement - picking up on body & breath signals & intuiting what the next best practice will be for my clients. Mainly in the private Yoga Therapy sessions. Amongst other things, I work with trauma, High risk individuals & pregnancies & terminal illness.

I am also still in therapy doing EMDR for previous trauma and traumatic birth etc. Adapting to a new life in my favourite country, working hard to get my health & wellbeing business going and trying to be the most present Mum & partner I can be.

All of this makes my wellbeing non negotiable as I want to do everything I'm doing and keep doing it with my whole heart ♡

Burnout is a very real issue that is happening more and more in the younger generations, this is not ok. Chronic stress over long periods wreaks havoc in our bodies & brains...

So now more than ever we need to look after ourselves, making ourselves " high up on our lists " "a priority".

Figuring out what restores you is vital. For me it is gardening & nature immersion.

What is it for you?

22/02/2022

22/02/2022

22/02/2022

○ B R E A T H W O R K ○

Maybe you don't notice your breathing at all but feel chronically tired, irritated, hurried, or anxious- so much so that these feelings cast a shadow over all your daily activities.

When we breathe in a relaxed fashion we move from a destructive metabolic state to a constructive one. This shift from operating in a chronic stress mode to a mode of relaxed alertness can affect synthesis of protein, fat, & carbohydrates, increase the production of cells for immune system activation, promote bone repair and growth, as well as enhance the cellular, hormonal, and psychological process.

There are many disordered breathing patterns, for example frozen breathing & chest breathing. Learning how to dismantle these unhelpful patterns and returning to your natural breathing is essential to live fully. Our breath affects EVERY system in our body and life.

Full body breathing is an extraordinary symphony of both powerful and subtle movements that massage our internal organs, oscillate our joints, and alternately tone and release all the muscles in the body.
It is a FULL PARTICIPATION WITH LIFE.

The essential breath is always available to support whatever we do, whether we are chasing after kids, running a marathon or running a business.

The next time you have a chance to hold a newborn baby, notice how every single part of a child's body moves with their breathing.

Breathwork is extraordinary and necessary. And this is a key part of Yoga Therapy and should be a key part of every yoga class.

Private 1-2-1 Theraputic Yoga sessions.
Get in touch 078 083 5827

05/02/2022

Restorative Yoga

When was the last time you had zero input & zero output?

Restorative Yoga is the antidote to stress, it retrains our brains & bodies how to rest & relax deeply.

Monthly workshops.

90 minutes of proped up supportive positions (4/5) to gently open & soothe, guided relaxation and gentle breathwork a candle lit studio with healing essential oils all create the perfect environment to nourish yourself on a cellular level. A delicious hot drink and yummy eats after.

Nervous system training.
Fantastic for sleep disorders & stress induced illness & pain.

Sunstone Yoga & Wellness Studio
56 Kingsmead

23/01/2022

Real mumlife, doing some movement. This video is exactly what my matt time looks like 😅🤣

It can feel really unattainable to get on your matt and give yourself a full 60 minutes of practice (it definitely is for me)

The good news is that It is actually better for us and has more of an impact to move more throughout the day, even if it is just snippets of movement & breath focus rather than going to 1 or 2 hour long classes a week. Which is definitely more do-able.

So have a go at incorporating bits of movement into your busy life!

This week:

Some slots still available for Private 1-2-1 Theraputic Yoga.

Monday
Beginners Yoga 17.30
Sunstone Yoga & Wellness Studio

Tuesday
Yoga Mum 9.30


Wednesday
Online Beginners Yoga 17.30 (UK time)

Thursday
Pregnancy Yoga 17.00


EveryBODY is always very welcome 💜

Please get in touch to book or chat about what could be right for you..
078 083 5827

16/01/2022

I am so excited about this year!

Back to teaching group classes and private 1-2-1 clients this week.

I absolutely love what I do and feel very grateful for the roads that led me here.

I love using the tools of yoga to work with people to get back into their bodies to re-establish their connection to their breath and their own innate ability to understand, heal & transform themselves.

There is a lot to look forward to and lots of new things happening this year, Pregnancy Yoga, monthly Restorative Yoga, Women's Circles, Wellbeing Workshops, Pelvic Floor workshops, Post Natal Support group... I will keep you updated on all of these..

Here is what I am offering so far this year..

Private 1-2-1 Theraputic Yoga in person or online.
(see other posts for more info on this)

Group classes:

Monday
Beginners Yoga 17.30

Tuesday
Yoga Mum 9.30

Wednesday
*Beginners Yoga Online 17.30* UK time

Thursday
Pregnancy Yoga 17.00

EveryBODY is always very welcome.

Get in touch to book, have a chat or ask for more information.. 078 083 5827


56 Kingsmead

29/11/2021

🌿Green☘ The colour green and being surrounded by it soothes your nervous system.

When you are out in nature you tend to use your peripheral vision which helps put your nervous system into the Parasympathetic.

In todays time of chronic mid/high level stress we really need to actively participate in filling up our wellbeing tanks to build resilience so that we do not reach burn out.

☘Check in with yourself, your breath, your tank, your mental health🌿

21/11/2021

"Lost & found" by

For many reasons I love this print, given to me by my soul sister Rose Breath of Life Yoga. She got me into cold swimming & held my hand through a lot of very hard times since I became a Mum. I think she also knew that this print would depict the journey of motherhood for me... Very much lost very much found.

Not everything is always all bad or all good. It can be hard for our bodies, hearts & brains to understand and regulate us through such ups and downs. Everything you experience, think and feel your deep viscera will too, the bodymind is not a new thing or an outrageous concept.

Stop now and think about how your daily life, big stresses emotional or other get stored or felt in your body...

Rose & my 21 Day Online Reset comes to a close this evening with an online closing circle and after 21 days of our resetters learning and practicing wellbeing techniques we know that they have a lot more in their toolkits to use through lifes inevitable ups and downs.. A journey of self-discovery, self-appreciation & motivation for positive change, we wish them the best of luck moving forward ♡♡ We will be running this program again early next year if anyone is interested.

Now for this weeks wellbeing teachings:

I only have 1 private 1-2-1 session spot available ♡

Monday
Beginners Yoga 17.30 Sunstone Yoga & Wellness Studio

Tuesday
Yoga Mum 9.30


Thursday
Online Beginners Yoga 17.30 (UK)

EveyBODY is always very welcome 🙏

DM to book on ♡
Salt and Light Retreat

14/11/2021

🧬Neurons that fire together wire together 🧬

This and the polyvagal traffic light system for trauma response triggering have been the 2 most useful neuroscience theories that have helped me in my recovery from Post Natal Depression and PTSD.

What do they mean:

"Neurons that fire together wire together" ➡️ The more you run a neural circuit in your brain the stronger it becomes.
● Example, when Riley made a certain noise in a pressurised or non pressurised situation it would spark a response in me and my brain that would go "f& this s**t I cant do this, everything is going to go wrong this feels too hard and I hate being a mum" after 2 years of practicing changing this circuit I am getting to divert the thought / pathway to a new response like "everything is fine, it is my old pathway making me feel this, I am greateful for being able to be a mum, this hard moment will pass, I am doing so much better now and I can handle this"

Physically this is true too and that is one of the many reasons I love Yoga and its many practices, because I have been able to heal this too. For instance I know when this thought sparked I would hold my breath, grit my teeth and my whole body would tense up, adrenaline & cortisol hormones would surge and I would feel like running away or sleeping for a week!

Yoga & yoga therapy the breath the movement the beliefs the medical facts all of it has been so important in trying to get to a place of equanimity.

This is why I love sharing the practices of Yoga with others, in particular those in physical or emotional distress. There is so much you can do to look after yourself, believe me, I know ♡

My private 1-2-1 schedule is getting busier and busier which excites me a lot! Get in touch if you would like to find out more..

Otherwise come to a class 😁🙏

Monday
Beginners Yoga 17.30pm
Sunstone Yoga & Wellness Studio

Tuesday
Yoga Mum 9.30

56 Kingsmead

Thursday
Online Beginners Yoga 17.30 (UK)

Get in touch to book on or visit my website
www.yogawithrobynterry.com

EveryBODY is always very welcome ♥️🙏