Women come to work with me seeking a deeper understanding of their emotional landscape and a toolkit for self-regulation.
That has led me to create my upcoming course, “Shift: A Deep Guide to Emotional Regulation.”
This interactive (and recorded) six-week Level 1 course delves into the intricacies of the nervous system and its profound impact on our holistic wellness and self-regulation. This course is designed to empower you with invaluable insights and practices to navigate life’s challenges with grace and resilience.
Throughout the sessions, we will explore the three main nervous system states, providing detailed explanations to help you relate the course material to your own behaviors and stress management. By understanding your own dysregulated states, you’ll gain the tools to cultivate a deeper sense of inner peace and serenity.
My course structure strikes a balance between cognitive learning and embodied practices, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience. Each session, spanning one hour with an additional half-hour Q&A, will equip you with practical strategies and Torah-based wisdom to foster Menuchas Hanefesh in your daily life.
This course is here to empower you, the Jewish female leader, with a toolkit that integrates mind, body, and soul. This transformative journey blends Torah wisdom with modern neuroscience into an approach that is practical, research-driven, and rooted in Mesorah.
The Wisdom of Polyvagal Theory
You’ll be guided into the world of Polyvagal Theory, a groundbreaking concept that beautifully intertwines neuroscience, psychology, and self-discovery. You’ll explore how our nervous system shapes our experiences and responses, and learn how to have a deeper connection with yourself.
A Mesorah of Compassionate Living
Learn powerful sources from Gedolim like R’ Chaim Friedlander zt”l – the Sifsei Chaim – and R’ Shlomo Hoffman zt”l that ground these ideas in Torah. You’ll be empowered seeing the concepts of compassion, connection, and regulation espoused by recent giants of the Mussar movement.
What You’ll Gain in “Shift”
- A Nurturing Space: Forge meaningful connections within a supportive community of like-minded Jewish women leaders, nurturing friendships and partnerships that support your ongoing growth.
- Embodied Learning: Dive into experiential exercises in Polyvagal Theory, empowering you to shift your behaviors at their root in your nervous system.
- Transformative Tools: Equip yourself with a toolbox of practical techniques to facilitate meaningful, sustainable change in your life.
- Radiate Leadership: Embrace your role as a catalyst for transformation and empowerment, shaping the future for yourself and those around you.
- Enhance Wisdom: Grow through the fusion of Torah and modern neuroscience in a feminine setting.
“I’m a therapist (mental health) who studied somatics before but had kind of drifted from it- this course was a great reminder of how to bring the body into the therapy session, and how to use it to deepen the work and provide a more thorough healing for my clients. I’m so glad I did it!
The big and pleasant surprise for me in taking this course was learning about nervous system regulation in a very practical way, that is easy and interesting to engage clients in. Other times I tried to learn it I would get intimidated by all the science jargon and find it overwhelming, but Rena has a way of teaching it in easy, manageable ways that have been very helpful to both me and my clients!
I also really liked Rena’s tying it into Torah and incorporating spiritual principles into the work- something I wouldn’t have been able to find anywhere else. I appreciated Rena’s hard work and availability in making sure we got what we needed from the course, as well.“
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Time and details:
Time: Sundays at 11:30 am NY
Dates: Feb 25, Mar 3, 10, 17, 31, Apr 7
(There’s no class on Purim, and we’ll finish before RC Nissan.)
To ensure that my course is within reach for all who wish to participate, I’ve devised a sliding scale payment model. This allows you to choose your contribution between $300 to $600, aligning with your financial situation and goodwill. Additionally, I’m introducing a deposit system. A $95 deposit is required upon registration, with the remainder due at the conclusion of the course. This structure encourages payment from a place of gratitude rather than obligation.
Join us on this transformative journey towards emotional resilience and self-awareness. Together, let’s cultivate a deeper sense of Menuchas Hanefesh to navigate life’s complexities with clarity and serenity.
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About your instructor, Rena Reiser
Rena Reiser is a Polyvagal-informed Focusing Trainer.
Rena trains women leaders and healers to facilitate embodied change in the lives of those around them.
In other words, Rena helps them understand how their clients’ autonomic nervous systems impact their behaviors and emotions and how to use the Focusing technique to explore and shift these behaviors effectively.
Rena has more than a decade of ongoing training including Focusing, Polyvagal Theory, Non-Violent Communication, and Inner Child/Parts work that she enriches with Torah sources which she applies to her own life and that of her clients.
Together they forge a uniquely empowering approach that allows our clients to shift their behaviors at their source in a compassionate and embodied way.