Conscious relaxation workshops | Supporting good mental health

Relaxation workshops

At your workplace

In your homespace

At your retreat place

Find your calm space

Tailored to your needs, our conscious relaxation workshops combine gentle floor-based stretching, breathwork, and meditation to help you - and your nervous system - to relax, recover and reset.

Our 90 or 120 minute workshops are the perfect antidote to stress and burnout.
They help to regulate your nervous system. When balanced and functioning optimally,
the nervous system creates adaptability, resilience and a healthy immune response.

Our workshops incorporate:

Gentle, floor-based stretching, based on:

Yin yoga - we gently stress our connective tissues - our ligaments, joints and fascia - with long holds. These help to hydrate and nourish your tissues, as well as release tightness and any stored physical and emotional tension.

Restorative yoga - we use bolsters, blocks and blankets to support your body and allow it to completely relax and let go, bringing your nervous system down to zero.

Breathwork

We explore your current breath patterns and then use breathing exercises and techniques to stimulate the vagus nerve and soothe and regulate your nervous system.

Soma sensing, meditation and yoga nidra

We turn our gaze inwards for sensory awareness and self-enquiry. By cultivating interoception - our ability to sense and interpret our internal state - we can regulate and integrate our emotions and stress responses more effectively.

Restoring our mind / body connection helps us to move out of autopilot - away from unconscious habits which can lead us to repeat behaviours and thought patterns without conscious choice.

Reiki

We can use reiki, optionally, during the poses - a 'hands-on' energy treatment to help restore the flow of energy running through your body. It can help you to feel calm and revitalised.

Relax...Recover...Reset

The benefits of conscious relaxation

Regular activation of the parasympathetic - 'rest and digest' nervous system response helps recalibrate the body’s stress response, making it easier to return to a state of calm, even in the face of stress.

Our workshops can help to:

Activate your 'rest and digest' mode, helping you to feel calm, relaxed and clear-headed and less anxious, stressed and fearful.

Encourage the release of feel-good hormones such as endorphins and serotonin.

Release any physical and emotional tension stored in the tissues.

Re-pattern maladaptive stress responses and survival reflexes.

Release habitual tensing, holding, gripping or tightness which can contribute to pain patterns.

Improve vagal tone.

Support the brain’s ability to create new, healthier pathways.

Move the nervous system out of 'stuck' states of hyper-vigilance or dissociation.

Improve immune and endocrine regulation.

During the workshop you'll

Stretch areas of your body that may have become tight with prolonged sitting.

Learn techniques to quieten your mind.

Explore your personal breath patterns.

Focus your attention inwards, exploring your internal body sensations and emotions.

Connect with stillness and enjoy the benefits that brings.

Switch 'doing' for 'being'.

In the workplace - turn stress and burnout
into motivation and inspiration

We come to your workplace.

Whether they're organized as part or your team meeting, an away day
or just held over the lunch break - our workshops:

Are a great way to help your employees thrive in a busy work environment.

Can help your employees to drive new ideas and grow your organization,
by helping them to feel:

Clear-headed
Motivated
Inspired
Innovative
Creative

Include soothing / meditative narratives about:

The importance of a healthy nervous system.

How stress is stored and manifests in the body.
The physical, energetic, and myofascial benefits of each pose.
The importance of mind / body connection.

Are tailored to include your:

Health and wellbeing messages.
Transformation and change messages.
Culture and people messages.

Can support your organization to improve employee:

Mental health
Sickness levels
Resilience
Engagement

Performance, new ideas and innovation

All mats and props provided.

According to research in the UK:

79% of employees experience moderate-to-high stress levels.

With younger employees (16-24) and women showing the highest stress levels. (1)

A quarter (25%) of respondents reported not feeling able to manage their stress levels in the workplace.

And 1 in 5 (21%) needed to take time off work due to poor mental health caused by pressure or stress. (2)

63% of respondents had experienced at least one characteristic of burnout — feeling of exhaustion, mental distance from their job, or decline in performance at work. (3)

Stress is one of the most common causes of long-term workplace absence. (4)

A regulated nervous system

Lowered stress levels calm and regulate the nervous system, which can help to:

Regulate mood.

Improve resilience.

Promote sound sleep.

Balance energy levels.

Regulate hormones.

Stabilise blood sugar levels.

Support thyroid function.

Support reproductive health.

Strengthen the immune and endocrine systems.

A dysregulated nervous system

Can contribute to or exacerbate chronic health issues, including:

Autoimmune and inflammatory conditions.

Mood disorders such as anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, and burnout.

Trauma and ptsd-based symptoms such as chronic pain, digestive disorders and immune dysfunction.

Neurodegenerative conditions.

The importance of regulating your nervous system

About our workshops

Our workshops

Support good mental health.

Are trauma sensitive.

Provide a safe space for thoughts, emotions and feelings to surface.

Help you to feel

Energised, vitalised and well.

Calm and relaxed.

Grounded and de-stressed.

Clear headed and able to think clearly.

I've worked for over 20 years in corporate and wellbeing communications and content management. I've always been prone to stress, anxiety and a dysregulated nervous system which have impacted me both physically and mentally.

After training as a therapeutic yoga teacher and reiki practitioner to support my own healing journey, I love watching the effects that simple relaxation techniques can bring to support the health, wellbeing and vitality of others.

To find out more and book your personalised workshop, contact Vicky.

Email: vickyburke02@gmail.com | mobile: 07764 679481.

Meet Vicky

Conscious Relaxation