Reclaim your love for the work
you were meant to do
Transform burnout & feel more creative and at ease in your sessions by learning to effectively work with your unique nervous system.
This 5 week course was created specifically to help you become a boundaries ninja in all of your relationships by teaching you how to align with the intelligence of your body instead of trying to be a ‘good’ (insert role).
Learn how to restore your boundaries with your clients as well as in the rest of your life.
It won't happen overnight but all of the facets of your boundaries will become clearer, stronger and more adaptable.
→ Energetic boundaries? Yep.
→ Emotional? Mmhm.
→ Relational? Definitely.
After 5 weeks you will experience
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A deeper sense of being on your own team & knowing what you need
Greater clarity about what is ‘yours’ and what is ‘theirs’
More potent sessions as well as greater ease delivering them
Renewed inspiration for your work and/or close relationships
A new perspective on 'resistance'
in relationships
More awareness of subtle relational triggers and how to navigate them with more skill
CHOOSE A NEW PATH
& Learn to harness your boundaries
What if restoring your boundaries actually made the work you do - not only easier, but even more potent
You do amazing work with people. You guide them through healing and transformation, to overcome limitations, and learn to thrive.
You love what you do. Or at least you do when you’re not flirting with burnout or carrying around other people’s baggage. When that happens, the work that you love turns into a burden that you have to cope with.
Your energy, creativity and relationships take the hit - not to mention your work.
This is not a one-size-fits-all, light-your-smudge, and say-this-positive-mantra kind of approach. This is much more nuanced.
While it will be situated in the context of our shared mammalian anatomy, you will learn how to identify and tend to your unique nervous system's defensive strategies as well as your unique strengths and capabilities.
All in service of becoming even more skilled in your professional and personal relationships.
The Program
week 1
April 25
Foundations of the Polyvagal Theory
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History & Context
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The 3 Branches of the ANS
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Neuroception & Automatic Dimmer Switches
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3 Dimensions of Interactive Regulation
week 2
May 2
Mapping your Autonomic Nervous System
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Identifying and Developing your Resources Across 3 Dimensions
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Mapping your ANS Patterns & Habits
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Developing the Superpowers of Curiosity & Self-Compassion
week 3
May 9
Cultivating Resources & Regulation
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Contraction & Expansion - Learning to Honor the Rhythms of Life
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Deepening Your Resources
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Discharge vs Growing Your Capacity
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Discovering Safe Sympathetic Activation
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3 Kinds of Regulation
week 4
May 16
Applying it all in Session & Relationship
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Becoming Fluent in Your Body's Language
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Mapping Your Danger Cues (aka triggers)
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Leveraging Your Resources
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Boundaries, WTF
week 5
May 23
Nuance, Complexity and Caveats
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Safety vs Fawning
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Flight vs Fight
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Freeze vs Shutdown
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Hybrid States
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Working Online
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Ongoing Danger vs Ongoing Symptoms
Beginning On
Thursdays: April 25th - May 23rd
10 AM Pacific Time
11 AM Mountain Time
1 PM Eastern Time
7 PM Central European Time
Sliding-scale $450 - $350
LEARN THE WISDOM OF YOUR BODY
& GROW YOUR CAPACITY
Hi, my name is Asa Dean, so glad you dropped by!
I have worked as a bodyworker, somatic coach & educator, and wilderness guide, all with a focus on trauma resolution and helping people to reconnect to their vitality & wholeness.
You can learn more about my session work here.
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I’d like to share a little bit about my world in hopes of letting you get a feel for me...
I was born in Atlanta towards the end of the 80s. My father was a musician and my mother tended to me and my brother and sister and then later worked as a teacher. My childhood had plenty of food, physical safety and even awesome camping trips. It also had its fair share of addiction, mental illness, and the emotional and relational distress that comes with inter-generational trauma and neglect. Two weeks after I was born at home (go mom!) I was taken to the hospital for an emergency heart surgery due to my aorta being pinched shut. The surgery went great and I continue to have a capable & adventurous body. That procedure along with the anesthetics and extended stay in the hospital also likely primed my nervous system to deal with the stresses of life by defaulting towards more freezing or shutting-down kinds of responses.
The following are a few principles that guide my work with clients as well as living in general:
→ Our body/mind self is hardwired to move towards healing and wholeness
→ Our symptoms of distress are often caused by what were originally intelligent strategies to solve very real problems we encountered in our past
→ Working here in the present moment allows access to the most effective and genuine transformations
You can read more about my healing philosophy here.
One of my greatest joys lives in helping people transform experiences of suffering into those of possibility and belonging. Getting to witness the vulnerability, magic, and even humor that occurs along the way is the icing on the cake. I currently live in the desert Southwest of Durango Colorado and work with clients locally and globally online. Please be in touch for a free consultation.