Anchored Book Club
6 Sessions
October 6th - December 15th
Held In Person & Virtually
In this next session we will be reading:
Anchored
By Deb Dana
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Discover your body’s neural pathways to calmness, safety, and connection.
An intense conversation, a spat with a partner, or even an obnoxious tweet—these situations aren’t life-or-death, yet we often react as if they are. That’s because our bodies treat most perceived threats the same way. Yet one approach has proven to be incredibly effective in training our nervous system to stop overreacting and start responding to the world with greater safety and ease: Polyvagal Theory.
In Anchored, expert teacher Deb Dana shares a down-to-earth presentation of Polyvagal Theory, then brings the science to life with practical, everyday ways to transform your relationship with your body. Using field-tested techniques, Dana helps you master the skills to become more aware of your nervous system moment to moment—and change the way you respond to the great and small challenges of life.
We will explore:
• Polyvagal Theory—get to know the biology and function of your vagus nerve, the highway of the nervous system
• Befriending Your Nervous System—attune to what’s going on in your body by developing your “neuroception”
• Using Your Vagal Brake—discover key techniques to consciously regulate the intensity of your emotions
• Connection and Protection—learn to recognize and influence your internal cues for safety and danger
• Your Social Engagement System—find ways to create nourishing relationships with others and the world around you
• Practices and guidance to gently shape your nervous system for greater resilience, intuition, safety, and wonder
Through guided imagery, meditation, self-inquiry, and more, Anchored offers a practical user’s manual for moving from a place of fear and panic into a grounded space of balance and confidence. “Once we know how our nervous system works, we can work with it,” teaches Deb Dana. “We can learn to access an embodied, biological resource that is always present, available, and there to guide us toward well-being.”
THIS IS THE START OF SOMETHING MORE.
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This is not your average book club.
Meaningful Connections
You will have the opportunity to dive deep into your own psyche to explore in a curious, playful, & divine way that allows you to understand yourself with FRESH eyes! While doing this you will be held by those who are doing the same thing along side of you.
You will come out of this experience with cosmic connections that you may even find become deeper than some of your current friendships! This is because we will have taken the journey to deeper knowing of ourselves TOGETHER! Let’s dive in hand in hand, hearts open.
Sacred Learning Space
When we read books, we enter into a new world. We see things differently, including ourselves and the world around us! We may not even be the same person we were coming in as we are when we turn that final page. There is a special kind of magic that resides in this place.
As you open up your book, you are entering into a sacred learning space that awaits your openness and wonder. What awaits you there is within the same magnitude and power that you put in. You will learn just how to make the most of it.
What you’re getting:
6 in person/ virtual discussion workshops where we will dissect what we’ve learned, open up about our personal findings, and get to learn the material through the eyes of those we are on this journey with. Our first meeting will be on Friday October 6th at 11am. We will meet every other Friday for 6 meetings total!
Brunch Closing Ceremony at the end of our book club. This ceremony will be used as a way to close our container, celebrate completing the journey together and enjoy a very special and meaningful ceremony to honor our time together.
Integration Assignments sent after each group discussion to give us hands on practices to implement what we have learned into our every day life! This is the ticket to making sure the wisdom of the book does not leave us once we put it down.
A Private WhatsApp Chat Group. This will be our place of sharing and posting quotes that stopped us in our tracks, questions to pose to the group, and check in points.