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Program Syllabus
SmartBody SmartMind™ (SBSM) is a unique online program for dedicated individuals who want profound healing, education, and tools that can last a lifetime.
Healing stress, overwhelm, and chronic symptoms at the root means working with the root of the stress response, aka the nervous system. That’s exactly what SBSM helps you do.
With thousands of participants from over 60 countries, SBSM has transformed how people live, heal, parent, work, and connect. Now, it’s your turn.
How the Content is Delivered
10 Training Modules
Each module (or “lab,” as we like to call them) gives you a blend of education and practical exercises. Video trainings, readings, plus our signature audio ‘neurosensory’ exercises make up each module, and will start you off on your nervous system apprenticeship.
2 Integration/Rest Weeks
A note about the program content and pacing: this work is meant to be done slowly and over a long period of time, which is why everyone who joins becomes an alumni and receives lifetime access for as long as the program is offered in its current form (see SBSM program terms for more details).
Professional Support Team
I’m a huge believer in asking for help and getting support.
In the private members’ dashboard, you’re able to connect with our professional support team and ask questions about your learning experience when we are in the live session of SmartBody SmartMind™

Our professional experts have diverse backgrounds in the somatic, counselling, and mind-body healing arts. All are trained in a variety of somatic-based trauma healing modalities such as Somatic Experiencing and Somatic Practice. Our private forums are a place for participants to connect, support, and learn from each other. These forums are text-based, therefore the ability to read and write in the English language is essential.
Lifetime Access as an Alumni
Giving you the freedom to go at your own pace & the flexibility to rejoin the live learning for as long as the program is offered in its current form.
9 Training Calls
Consider these calls your ‘lecture’ for the week! During these training calls, you’ll be introduced to new nervous system concepts and fundamental theory for healing trauma and restoring regulation back to your nervous system. These Training Calls may be conducted live or delivered through pre-recorded video by Irene or other trained team members. All calls (recorded or pre-recorded) are put in the member area within 24-48 hours following the call for easy access.
Occasionally, live calls may be rescheduled.
Curated Q&A Calls
Our curated Q&A calls are led by Seth Lyon (Irene’s colleague and husband) and occasionally, other members of Team Lyon. They are an opportunity to deepen your learning by hearing specific answers related to SmartBody SmartMind™ participants’ questions. These calls are curated so that we can provide a variety of insight and expertise that will best serve our entire membership.
Occasionally, live calls may be rescheduled.
Movement Lessons with Special Guest Teacher Elia Mrak
(Qigong, Tai Chi, and House Dance)
My colleague and co-teacher Elia Mrak will be providing a handful of movement lessons throughout the 12-week session, to help spark connections between yourself and the space around you. These lessons will be experiential, and will involve movements that can be made adaptive to your abilities.
The Labs
🔹 Lab 1: Build a Strong Foundation for Healing
Learn why building nervous system regulation is the missing piece in most healing approaches. Discover subtle yet powerful exercises that increase your present awareness in both your body and environment, delve deeply into positive strategies for self-soothing, and lay the groundwork for building unshakeable internal safety.
🔹 Lab 2: Tap into Your Body’s Natural Healing Intelligence
Your body already knows how to heal—it just needs the right conditions. In this lab you’ll learn how stress works in your own system and the role of the vagus nerve. You’ll start building the habit of self-attunement by giving your biology what it most needs, and you’ll learn how to tap into your potency with a classic Feldenkraisian exercise.
🔹 Lab 3: Unlock Stored Stress & Tension
Unresolved stress doesn’t just live in your mind—it’s held in your body. Through bringing more capacity to your breath and joints, you’ll release tension, restore energy, and create more space for calm and clarity.
🔹 Lab 4: Lighten the Adrenal Load
Your adrenals and kidneys all too often work overtime helping your body respond to stress. This lab helps you lighten the load your adrenals are carrying, rewire old stress patterns, and shift out of survival mode.
🔹 Lab 5: Increase Space & Flow in your Emotions
In the world of Somatic Experiencing, you have more than one ‘diaphragm’. The diaphragms act as containers that hold emotions, and become shut down and rigid when holding stored survival stress. Learn to work with these spaces in your body to bring more life and energy into them so you can release any stuck emotion naturally.
🔹 Lab 6: Reclaim Your Power Through Healthy Aggression
“I never get angry. I grow a tumor instead” — Woody Allen. Anger isn’t something to suppress—it’s a vital force for healing, boundaries, and self-expression. Safely tap into healthy aggression to feel more confident, assertive, and in your power.
🔹 Lab 7: Exploring Gut-Brain Balance via The Vagus Nerve
The vagus nerve is the key to your gut-brain connection. Use sound, movement, and awareness practices to stimulate your vagus nerve, improve digestion, and restore balance.
🔹 Lab 8: Reconnect Your Body from Head to Toe
Healing happens when your body moves as a whole. This lab brings in more Feldenkraisian learning and a little more ‘structured’ exploration of how the head, spine, ribs and pelvis move, connect, and flow together. Learn how to restore alignment, ease, and fluidity from head to toe.
🔹 Lab 9: Relearn the Movements That Built Your Nervous System
Revisit the fundamental movements of early development (like rolling and hand coordination) to rebuild nervous system pathways, improve flexibility, and restore natural ease in movement.
🔹 Lab 10: Integrate & Embody Your New Nervous System Awareness
Bring everything together with sound, movement, and sensory exercises in this neuroplastic healing stage called neurodifferentiation—where the brain differentiates maladaptive trauma responses from neutral stimuli. This lab is designed to lock in your progress, reinforce your new patterns, fine-tune your nervous system, and create lasting change.
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