Conscious Relaxation
Relaxation workshops
At your workplace
In your community base
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 2-hour relaxation workshops are the perfect antidote to stress and burnout.
They help to:
◦ Regulate your nervous system - helping you to feel calm.
◦ Train your nervous system - to handle stress with greater resilience.
Our capacity to adapt well in life - to respond to change with openness, ease and clarity
- depends on our ability to regulate this system.
Our gentle floor-based workshops incorporate:
Yin yoga
We stretch to a point where we feel some sensation - definitely not pain. Then we breathe, relax, and hold for a few minutes and allow the:
◦ Body to soften
◦ Mind to calm
◦ Nervous system to regulate
This organic process trains the nervous system to handle stress with greater resilience making it possible to experience challenging sensations with a calm mind.
As our muscles relax, we target instead our connective tissues - ligaments, joints and fascia. These passive stretches help to nourish and hydrate your deep 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 soften, to completely relax and let go, bringing your nervous system down to zero.
No experience of yoga needed.
Breathwork
We explore your current breath patterns - a great way to glean information about your current state of being. We then use breathing exercises and techniques to relax, 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
Regular activation of the parasympathetic 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 relaxation workshops can help to:
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Activate your parasympathetic - 'rest and digest' mode, helping you to feel calm, relaxed and clear-headed - and less anxious, stressed and fearful.
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Encourage the release of feel-good hormones such as endorphins and serotonin.
- Improve vagal tone.
- Release any emotional tension that can get 'pushed down' and stored in our fascia.
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Re-pattern maladaptive stress responses and survival reflexes.
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Release habitual tensing, holding, gripping or tightness which can contribute to pain patterns.
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Support the brain’s ability to create new, healthier pathways.
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Move the nervous system out of 'stuck' states of hyper-vigilance or dissociation.
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Improve immune and hormonal regulation.
During the workshop you'll:
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Stretch areas of your body that may have become tight with prolonged sitting.
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Nourish your fascia - the vast intricate network of tissue that surrounds your muscles, bones, organs and nerves.
It can become tight and restricted due to:
◦ Stress
◦ Poor posture
◦ Lack of movement
◦ Dehydration
◦ Inflammation
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Learn techniques to quieten your mind.
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Explore your personal breath patterns.
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Focus your attention inwards, exploring your internal body sensations and emotions.
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Connect with stillness and enjoy the benefits that brings.
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Switch 'doing' for 'being'.
In the Workplace
Turn stress and burnout into motivation, inspiration and innovation.
Our Corporate Relaxation Workshops are typically held:
◦ As part of a team meeting
◦ At an away day
◦ Over the lunch break
They can:
◦ Help your employees to:
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Thrive in a busy work environment.
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Stay calm and clear-headed - enabling them to drive the new ideas needed to grow your organization, by feeling:
◦ Focussed
◦ Motivated
◦ Inspired
◦ Creative
◦ Innovative
◦ Support your organization to improve employee:
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Mental health.
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Sickness levels.
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Resilience.
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Engagement.
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Performance, new ideas and innovation.
◦ Focus on regulating the nervous system and reducing:
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Stress - helping employees to feel calm and relaxed.
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Physical tension - great for employees who sit at a desk.
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Emotional tension - that can be stored in the tissues.
◦ Can be themed around:
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Specific areas of the body.
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Boosting confidence and self-esteem.
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Releasing grief, sadness and fear.
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Managing transformation and change.
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Seasons of the year.
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A topic of your choice.
◦ Include narratives about:
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The importance of a healthy nervous system.
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How stress is stored and manifests in the body.
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The physical, energetic, and myofascial benefits of each pose.
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The mind / body connection.
◦ Can tailor narratives to include your:
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Health and wellbeing messages.
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Transformation and change messages.
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Culture and people messages.
All mats and props provided.
According to research in the UK:
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79% of employees experience moderate-to-high stress levels.
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With younger employees (16-24) and women showing the highest stress levels. (1)
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A quarter (25%) of respondents reported not feeling able to manage their stress levels in the workplace.
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And 1 in 5 (21%) needed to take time off work due to poor mental health caused by pressure or stress. (2)
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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)
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Stress is one of the most common causes of long-term workplace absence. (4)
Regulating your nervous system
When balanced and functioning optimally, the nervous system creates adaptability, resilience and a healthy immune response.
A regulated nervous system
Lowered stress levels calm and regulate the nervous system, which can help to:
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Regulate mood.
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Improve resilience and our ability to 'adapt' well in life.
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Promote sound sleep.
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Balance energy levels.
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Regulate hormones.
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Stabilise blood sugar levels.
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Support thyroid function.
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Support reproductive health.
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Strengthen the immune and endocrine systems.
A dysregulated nervous system
Can contribute to or exacerbate chronic health issues, including:
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Autoimmune and inflammatory conditions.
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Mood disorders such as anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue, and burnout.
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Trauma and ptsd-based symptoms such as chronic pain, digestive disorders and immune dysfunction.
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Neurodegenerative conditions.
Supporting good mental health
Helping you to find your calm.
Our workshops:
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Support good mental health.
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Are trauma informed and trauma sensitive.
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Provide a safe space for thoughts, emotions and feelings to surface.
Help you to feel:
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Energised, vitalised and well.
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Calm and relaxed.
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Grounded and de-stressed.
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Clear headed and able to think clearly.
Meet Vicky
Hi, I'm Vicky. I worked for over 25 years in London in corporate communications before knowing that I wanted to do something different in life.
Sitting behind a desk every day was taking its toll. I was suffering with my scoliosis, feeling constantly stressed and anxious, and was grieving the loss of my Mum.
As part of my own healing journey, I've always been interested in holistic wellbeing and complementary therapies. I’ve practiced yoga for 20 years and love the way it makes me feel. Wanting to share this with others, I decided to train as a therapeutic yoga teacher.
My teacher training included gentle yoga, breathwork, energy medicine, women's health and trauma-informed yoga.
I love seeing the impact that my embodied workshops have on the wellbeing of my clients.
To find out more and book your personalised workshop, contact Vicky.
Email: vickyburke02@gmail.com.
