@colleen.parentwriter
I started doing nervous system healing work when my son was 13 years old — both SBSM and 1:1 somatic therapy. It’s never too late, even if your kids are older or are already adults.
@happiu.co
When I did my yoga teacher training, I was so disconnected from my body. I wish I had done SBSM prior to my training. I was also meditating a lot but now realise this allowed me to disconnect even more. It was only when I started orienting I realized how disconnected I was. I burst into tears 😭 the first time I tried orienting as it was overwhelming. It took 7 months of daily orienting before I could finally connect to my body and environment at the same time. Always grateful for SBSM, the lessons are life changing 💜
Aurora Casadei
I found you years ago on YouTube when I looked up “what is the fight/flight response”. You were calm, informative, transparent, humble and sounded like you knew what you were talking about. It took me two years before I started really looking at your work and implementing it into my life. I was “drowning” for years and last year I hit the peak of not feeling ok, and that is when I found a craniosacral practitioner who knew about somatic experiencing and talked about the nervous system in a way that reminded me of Irene.
Not long after starting sessions with him and starting to feel shifts I joined SBSM. Having more understanding about my nervous system and learning how to take care of myself from a place of deep listening is changing my experience of health and wellness in ways I honestly didn’t know could be possible. The practices are so reliable. I implement them every single day and my pool of resources seem infinite now, and like I can always count on them.
I am someone who has binge watched and listened to soooooo many people over the years and tried many different approaches and they did help a bit but nothing actually changed in my body. In these last few months for the first time in years or possibly my life, I have experienced more ongoing constant states of relaxation/regulation/joy/ease/clarity in my mind.
From someone who has had insomnia for most of her life, Experienced fatigue for years, petrified of the dark, and woke up everyday feeling anxious and tense to no end, these changes are HUGE. I feel so grateful for this work and this world of people like Irene who are sharing these invaluable pieces. I have been so inspired by the changes in my life that now I know what I want to study more of and how I want to contribute to this world and it will probably be through this type of work! I am very grateful to Irene, her mentors and the people of this world for their crucial contribution! Thank you!
Mitch Webb
Over the last 6 months, I’ve done the 21 day reset. I’ve gotten off of thyroid meds, TRT, exercising again, sleeping better, digestion is improving and I’ve got my energy back. Thank you @irenelyon, stoked to begin my first round of #SBSM 🕺
Leonie Riebesam
[SBSM] is so extensive and worth every penny. I started in Feb ’22 and still haven’t worked through half of it — but I’m continuously doing the practises and am learning and healing SOO much.
I had chronic fatigue syndrome, I was really emotionally in a roller coaster with panic attacks. Irene’s courses really helped me understand my symptoms and know what to do. I have a guideline now and I understand what’s happening.
She explains why she is doing what she’s doing which really helps. I’ve also done psychotherapy in 1:1 sessions, but what they couldn’t provide me with was really understanding my symptoms and developing my interoception and awareness of what was happening, and that’s what I got from Irene’s programs.
I really cannot recommend her enough.
I cannot tell you how much my life has changed in these few years.
I sleep well most nights, my digestion is fine, I’m relaxed about food, my relationships are so much better, I have friends who I ask and accept support from, which I wasn’t doing before. I’m not as stressed as I used to be. I could go on and on, there are so many things that have tremendously changed in my life. I’ve healed so many things. I did lot’s more than just Irene Lyon’s programs, but her education that she gave me really was the foundation of it all. Looking through the nervous system lens at all the other things I was doing really gave them so much power and increased their impact, it increased my intention and focus when doing these things.
If you’re on the edge wondering if it’s right for you, definitely go for it. You won’t regret it.
Hosannah
Nabeela
I highly recommend SBSM… it brought such a change in me. Because of my trauma, I had lost so much of my memories and I tend to forget things so much. Now after going through the first round of SBSM, I remember things. My memories are coming back to me and I do not forget that easily. This is just my first round of SBSM. I have more to heal and I am going back for a second round. So I strongly recommend SBSM for everyone who think they deserve to heal.
Eva Sophia
I am still repeating audios and working through the labs and am looking forward to joining the next round. I have never expected this. Everything you say in advance is so true, about how to work with this program and titration titration titration is my new mantra. 🙂
I have always known that I had an intense childhood, but 2 years ago, I remembered a traumatic summer when I was just 2 years old. I was feeling kinda down (I have been depressed before) and I felt a strong impulse to just ‘ sit with it’, well, lay with it, in the bath. With closed eyes and in a warm comfortable bath, black and white images came to mind seeing a basement and me wanting to get out but couldn’t. (I am writing this not to share my trauma but I find it so very fascinating how trauma works and related a lot to how you talk about it in SBSM) All of a sudden I remembered it all, well, most parts and I knew what happened 41 years ego. Knowing that memories can change, I fact- checked my niece who was partially in these memories. She confirmed it all and gave extra info. Things fell into place. Thats why I have always been tired. My system was suppressing this. But, now what, right?
I have worked through soooo much and learned so much (polyvagal trainings, therapy, trauma informed yoga teacher trainings) This memory was new content for me to ‘ work with’ (I thought) and I was just exploring IFS (internal family systems) at that time. I started working with my parts all by myself and that kind of backfired. (managers got mad probably) Then I joined SBSM. Not so much out of hope to work with this anymore, at that time I was leaving it for what it was, just wanting to return to education again.
This training helped me so much. It goes beyond words. A few changes:
-Eating differently: I was always hungry. Especially while travelling. This is changing. I can also feel when my stomach is full now!!
-Drinking less alcohol 🙂
-Listening better to my impulse to go to the toilet. I have a habit of always holding my pee. I feel the impulse but ignore it. Probably trauma related because I can remember wetting myself when I was really scared thinking I was about to die.
-Drinking coffee later in the morning, instead of right when I wake up, is such a big game changer for my kidneys/adrenals!!!!!
-Feeling de-freezing but also a mix of something else because I am ‘doing’ a lot now. I am not procrastinating a lot anymore, at the same time, I have to remind myself to also rest haha. The audios of SBSM are very very soothing. I listen to them a lot.
-Better sleep, less panic attacks feeling I was about to die when falling a sleep.
My healing journey started years ago with a Vinyasa Yoga teacher training, and now has evolved into much small movements and paying attention in small ways. It has become simpler but with sooo much more ‘ results’ ! (Love Feldenkrais)
Your videos have become resources to soothe and I am taking better care of myself in small ways. My kidneys are very happy with that.
Thank You Thank You Thank You. There is sooo much nuance and depth in SBSM. Sooo happy I signed up.
PS- I would like to add something to that. I have done several modules and trainings about the nervous system, and have read many books for my work as yoga therapist / teacher. There was a moment of doubt before I signed up for SBSM. “Another training Eve, really. You know this stuff. Your body knows.”
The alumni part makes this different: not ‘another training module’ for a week or month(s), but for as long as you want. It sounded to good to be true, haha. So I checked it by emailing you. Getting a quick and clear answer made me sign up for the training. I gave teacher training for a few years which made me a bit skeptical about the popular way of healing you see nowadays, but Iwas directly impressed with the content of this programme!
This training is perfect for if you are new with ‘all this nervous system stuff’, but also for if you already know the (polyvagal) theory! So many blind spots were addressed in SBSM. Connecting dots on a different level. Slowly rewiring by titrating.
Irene speaks in a very calm, clear way and addresses in a very ‘safe way’ – predictability, repeating, reminding and a lot of space to digest. Her team is always there to help, to answer, to hold space during the training calls. Also very nice to learn from Seth. Deep stuff made very accessible.
You can find many things in books and online. But it is not so complete and in depth, made clear as SBSM. I love that I now have a library that I use as a resource, to learn, to practice and to heal.
Nicole Martinez
This work feels almost magic but I already know it’s not magic because of the education that I got from Irene. It’s physiology and neuroplasticity, with a big dose of getting in touch with your own intuition – your own knowing and self healing abilities. Our bodies are amazing. I hope everyone who’s interested in this work can do it. I’m convinced it’s about the only thing that will create a better world.
Eleanor Amy
I didn’t fully do the course first time, or fully immerse myself. I took it easy. I took it slow. I watched every webinar and zoom and Q&A and did a few exercises from the beginning lessons over and over. So why do I feel so grateful for such an expensive course that I didn’t fully “get my moneys worth out of and heal?” Because I learned to breathe. (Aaand I learned to embrace Resistance!) Literally. I can now walk, and breathe, and feel the actual physical inhale/exhale of my breath. I can feel my lungs, I can feel my body engage- and I can breathe with and into my emotion more than I could before. I’m so excited for round number two….. I am really excited to tap into more and see where my body takes me this time. I’d also add that unlike other courses I’ve seen, for everything from dogs to self help, to fitness to faith, to food, there continual “upgrade” pushy emails or messages to “unlock” more info and get even tantalizing material…. But with SBSM, what you see is what you get. No ads and flashy ads, no upgrade your membership and unlock the full meal deal access… and then you get content (it seems!!) for life. That, is incredible in this day and age. Love it and so appreciate the integrity of team Lyon.
Stara
My journey into nervous system healing started 6 months ago when I signed up on the 21 Day Tune-Up program and then up-levelled to the SBSM program. So much has changed in and around me. Literally getiƫng to know myself on a visceral level; small baby steps, no rush, self-paced; nothing like academia where everything is about pass/fail and tight “dead”lines. I don’t flinch when a door slams anymore; I am actually feeling alive in my body; all the illnesses and stored memory I never had the capacity or knowledge to work through are purging now; my life force is growing; I am no longer in robot-mode. A big part for me has been the bracing patterns (specifically my hips and pelvis, always rigid, noticing how people walk nowadays no swinging of the arms and hips; all robotic), holding our breath when we do simple things like stand up, we hold our breath, when we sit do we feel our spine against the back of the chair? Do we actually feel the wind on our cheeks? Do we feel cold and hot or is it mechanical? How wonderful to listen to my body and eat when I am actually hungry not when my strict regimen that I put in place myself; tells me to. Yes I do slip back into that as we are wont to do, the programming goes very deep; ancestrally too. However with all the resources and tools we are given; I don’t feel like I am in a spiral or drowning if something tense happens. The bad memories I have of past traumas don’t have as much of a hold on me as they have for decades. Its as if I am now deeply at the root of all my anxiety and fear and healing this from an angle that is making the change I have so wanted all my lifetimes. I am so grateful and truly starting to feel alive!
Anda
The biggest gain was having everything structured in a way in which it really explains my experience, and how to do the healing work. The materials make me feel seen and offer tremendous support whenever I feel challenged. The chat support is one of the greatest offerings in the programme. I really appreciate the quick and on point way in which the moderators reply.
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