What most people get wrong about healing, but SBSM gets right →

Most people try to jump into healing at an advanced level without first doing the foundational work.

Imagine you’re building your dream home by nailing a bunch of 2x4s together and slapping on a coat of paint before you’ve even drafted a blueprint or poured the concrete…

The result? Not so dreamy…

When your goal is to create radiant health, you need to build a strong, resilient foundation of nervous system regulation and capacity—which requires following a clear, step-by-step blueprint.

The ‘blueprint’ of SmartBody SmartMind™ focuses on a term coined by Irene Lyon called, Neuroplastic Healing Sequencing, which guides you in building nervous system capacity in the most effective sequence—which starts by building your attunement to your body and your environment, first.

As your attunement and capacity to be present with sensation grows, this foundation frees up more space so your body can release stored stress and trauma naturally.

SBSM is your neuroplastic blueprint, guiding you step by step through both practice (neurosensory exercises) and theory (non-dumbed down nervous system education), alongside expert support (a team of qualified practitioners to answer your questions as you go), so you can effectively build the capacity to regulate, heal, and transform from the inside out.

PRACTICE

36 Neurosensory Exercises

During the 12-week period that we are in session, you’ll receive practical neurosensory exercises that tap into multiple layers of your somatic (body) experience and how it all connects to the environment.

The ‘exercises’ are designed to improve sensory and intentional awareness by working with a whole host of the body’s systems.

For example, you’ll learn how to work with the visceral systems like the kidneys and adrenals, the gut-brain connections (that’s where the vagus nerve comes in!), as well as bring more capacity to breath and whole body movement.

Nervous system basics such as orienting, connecting to the environment, and learning how to better follow biological impulse will be part of all exercises from start to end.

More advanced lessons will teach you how to learn again with ease and curiosity by bringing greater awareness to habitual body tensions and behaviours, so one can re-route (rewire) better patterns of thinking, moving, and being.

The goal? To grow internal somatic capacity, regulate your nervous system, and heal overwhelm, burnout, and chronic symptoms at the root.

These neurosensory exercises are audio tracks that range in length from the quick 10 minute reset exercises to lengthier, more relaxing and rewiring 30-40 minute sessions. There’s a good blend for everyone.

These practices have been crafted and recorded by Irene Lyon, and they blend her expertise in the somatic healing arts of Somatic Experiencing, Somatic Practice and Feldenkraisian learning.

These revolutionary neurosensory exercises work in tandem with the theory being taught.

THEORY

The Biology of Stress Video Training Series

In order to transform the way your body handles stress, processes old traumas, and grows greater amounts of vital lifeforce energy so you no longer have to store up stress or trapped trauma, you need to understand how the biology works.

This signature video training series contains five master class video trainings that have completely revolutionized how our members witness their lives, the lives of those around them (family, friends, co-workers), as well as how they see the world and passerby around them.

It can feel like an awakening to finally understand how and why our biology drives our behaviour and symptoms.

Training Topics Include:

1. Autonomic Nervous System 101

Video 1 is a comprehensive overview of the autonomic nervous system and all its branches, how our stress response works when in good regulation (and in dysregulation), and the importance of social engagement.

2. What Animals In The Wild Do That We Don’t Do

Video 2 brings you on an African safari adventure and introduces the ‘freeze’ and immobility response, why it is essential, but also why it can get us humans into nervous system trouble when left on too long.

3. Vagus Nerve 101

Video 3 is all about the wandering cranial nerve that is the vagus nerve, and how it creates communication pathways up and down and throughout our entire human experience. There is nuance and complexity with what some call vagal ‘tone’ and this training goes right to the heart (literally) of what is known as the Polyvagal Theory.

4. How Survival Stress Shows Up In The Body

Video 4 explores the topics of co-regulation and how we were originally ‘wired’ as infants, what we want to happen for optimal self-regulation and health, and what happens when it doesn’t go as nature intended it. This training dives into the “cost” of being stuck in a constant state of survival stress and how it can manifest in different ways.

5. Healing Our Human Predicament

Video 5 dives into the different kinds of memories – procedural and declarative; or implicit and explicit – that humans have, the ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ ways to tackle stressful events, and why working with and healing early and developmental trauma is more about restoring nervous system regulation and less about “releasing” trauma.