The Art of Choice: Cultivating Resilience Through Embodied Decisions
This workshop is an exploration of the connection between nervous system regulation and our capacity for choice. You will learn how chronic stress and past experiences can impact our ability to make conscious decisions, often leading to reactive instead of considered actions.
The session offers a thoughtful balance of nervous system education and gentle, embodied practices that support a greater sense of agency. Without requiring personal disclosure, you will discover how cultivating a deeper relationship with your body can support a more grounded, intuitive approach to navigating decisions, both large and small. Through guided yoga practices and reflective journaling, you will be supported to consider how you can increase your capacity for making choices that are in line with your goals - and consider how your environment and body/mind can support better decisions.
Have experienced trauma (including PTSD and CPTSD)
Are experiencing chronic stress
Might find some practices overwhelming due to anxiety, depression or other big life experiences.
EXPECT:
● Understand how the nervous system influences our ability to make choices.
● Learn foundations of interoception and how bodily awareness supports decision-making.
● Experience how safety, choice, and agency can support nervous system regulation.
● Discover practical somatic "brain bicep curls" to build resilience and self-awareness.
Expect Expansion:
This workshop invites you to explore the intersections of traumatic stress studies, neurobiology, and embodied practice, providing both a theoretical grounding and a practical, embodied path to strengthen your relationship with choice. By deepening your awareness of how your body responds to internal and external cues, you can cultivate the conditions for more conscious decision-making and a greater sense of agency in your daily life.
Who is This For:
If you are curious about the relationship between your body, mind, and nervous system, this workshop offers valuable insights and practical tools for understanding how they shape your capacity for choice and conscious decision-making. This session is suitable for anyone interested in exploring the physiology of stress and its influence on the decisions we make, benefiting both personal well-being and our ability to create more grounded, intentional responses in all areas of life.
No previous experience is necessary, only a curiosity about how connecting with your body can support a greater sense of groundedness and choice.
Your Guide
Meet Renée
Renée is a trauma-informed yoga facilitator and educator and works to make workplaces kinder and more psychologically safe through ‘Trauma Informed Leadership’ - supporting leaders and organisations with transformational learning on evidence based leadership practices and transformational change.
With training in Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin, and Yoga Nidra, Renee facilitates trauma-informed yoga with a special interest in supporting those from disadvantaged backgrounds, complex trauma, accessibility and mental health challenges.
A passionate believer that the world being more trauma-informed makes it better for everyone, Renée is currently completing her Level 2/300 hour teacher training with the Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) program and is continuing her studies in traumatic stress. She’s also a vocal advocate for complex trauma survivors, and mental health, regularly speaking and writing about the importance of trauma-informed practices, better leadership and healthier workplaces.
Please note that refunds are not available for events. You are welcome to sell your ticket if you can’t make it but we do not refund tickets for further change of mind, illness, forgetting the event, no-shows, or any other reason. By purchasing the ticket you agree to this.