INTERMEDIATE: Polyvagal Mindfulness Course

In this course, specifically created for health professionals and interested lay people, you will learn the foundations of the Polyvagal Theory, and a variety of Restorative Practices that you can engage personally, and/or utilize with patients/clients to support their well-being. The course explains:

• a broad conceptualization of the theory, and why it is important
• the 3 neural circuits and 7 Neural Platforms of behavior
• The Connection System (the social engagement system)
• Threat Responses (fight, flight, freeze, shutdown)
• Ambiguous Stimuli (how our neural platforms shape our interpretation of what is unknown)
• Identifying Neural Platforms in self and others
• What each Neural Platform requires in order to feel supported
• A broad variety of practices that accomplish the above, helping us sustain connection states and shift out of defensive states (threat responses)
• A guided meditation practice that integrates Polyvagal Theory
• A supplement for physicians that explores implications of the theory in clinical practice

The course NOW includes nearly 3 hours of conversation between Gabriel Kram and Dr. Stephen Porges PhD:

• First, nearly two hours of conversation about the Implications of Polvyagal Theory for the future of medicine and mental health
• An hourlong conversation about Polyvagal Theory and Resilience

In addition, there are a variety of supplementary resources, including:

• a connection phenomenology map of all relevant terms
• an archive of medical illustrations created by our visual design team to help you understand the theory
• additional relevant video resources