About this event
90 minutes to understand your stress, regulate your nervous system and deeply restore.
Modern life keeps us switched on.
R.E.S.T.™ gives you a place to switch off — and practical tools to navigate stress differently when you step back into your life.
Join me at Dorpshuis Vogelenzang for a 90-minute guided restoration experience combining simple nervous system education with movement, breathwork, meditation and immersive sound.
This is not a yoga class. And it is more than relaxation.
In each session, we'll explore a little of how stress actually shows up in the nervous system — from feeling activated, restless or reactive to shutting down, withdrawing or feeling depleted.
You'll learn to become curious about your own patterns: What happens in my body when I'm under pressure? What do I automatically do when something feels challenging? What helps me come back to myself?
Many of our responses to stress are patterns we've developed over a lifetime. When we begin to recognise them in the body, we create a little more space between what happens to us and how we respond.
That's where choice begins.
Through simple, accessible practices, you'll learn tools you can take into everyday situations — difficult conversations, busy days, relationship challenges, moments of overwhelm, or simply those times when you can't seem to switch off.
And we practise together for a reason.
Regulation doesn't only happen alone. Our nervous systems are constantly responding to the people and environments around us. Practising in a safe, respectful group gives us an opportunity to experience presence, connection and co-regulation while remaining connected to ourselves.
Then we move from learning and awareness into something equally important: REST
Each session gradually slows down, ending with deep relaxation and immersive sound to give your body time to integrate and restore.
Come exactly as you are. Leave with greater awareness of yourself, practical tools for everyday life, and a nervous system that has had time to exhale.
No previous experience is needed.
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🌿 WHAT TO EXPECT
Each 90-minute R.E.S.T.™ Session moves through five stages:
ARRIVE
Slow down, orient to the space and notice what is present in your body.
RELEASE
Use intuitive somatic movement and stretching to explore and release accumulated tension.
REGULATE
Learn something about your nervous system and your individual stress patterns, then practise simple tools you can use in everyday life.
RESTORE
Move into guided relaxation and immersive sound, allowing the body to settle without needing to achieve anything.
RETURN
Integrate what you noticed and leave with a simple practice or insight to explore in daily life.
You are always invited to participate at your own pace. There is no pressure to perform, achieve or share anything personal.
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🌿 WHAT MAKES THESE SESSIONS DIFFERENT
A sound bath can promise deep relaxation.
Yoga can promise movement and stress relief.
Meditation can promise calm.
But with R.E.S.T.™ you: Recognise your patterns → experience regulation → practise another possibility → deeply restore → take something usable back into life.
The goal isn't to never feel stressed. It's to know yourself well enough to notice what happens when stress arrives — and widen your "toolbox" so you can start choosing how to act instead of reacting automatically.
Spoken language
English, Dutch
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