The Autonomic Nervous System Reframed: Polyvagal Theory and Pain Care for Regulation and Resilience (North America - EST - April 25)

Details

When: Sundays 5:00 - 7:00 PM EST • April 25, May 2, May 9, May 16

This class will span a 4-week period with a live, online session for 90 minutes on a weekly basis.

Where: From the comfort of your favorite armchair.

How: All you need to take this live, online course is a Zoom account. We encourage you to sign up for your free Zoom account before the first session. You will receive your Zoom meeting link two weeks before the course begins.

Syllabus

Upon completion of this course, participants will learn how to:

• Describe how underlying autonomic nervous system states influence physiological, psychological, and behavioural states 

• Describe how polyvagal theory helps us to understand the connections between physiological, psychological and behavioural states seen in complex conditions such as chronic, persistent pain, adverse childhood experiences, and trauma

• Establish the factors contributing to autonomic dysregulation and diminished resilience from a biopsychosocial perspective

• Apply core principles of polyvagal theory and autonomic regulation and resilience for the patient with chronic, persistent pain

• Identify practices that promote top-down and bottom-up regulation and resilience for the patient with chronic, persistent pain.

• Review the evidence behind supporting autonomic regulation and resilience in pain care

Benefits

Do you understand the role of the vagus nerve in stress resilience? This course is both a theoretical and practical look at understanding the autonomic nervous system and how it influences our biopsychosocial health and well-being. 

Dr. Marlysa Sullivan has significant expertise in neuroception, looking at subconscious perception of threat and safety and how this activates the autonomic nervous system.  Participants will apply their knowledge of the autonomic nervous system to help facilitate body-mind regulation and resilience for biopsychosocial well-being in pain care. 

Take a deep dive into the fascinating world of regulating the nervous system through the vagus nerve.  This is the “science course” that you have been waiting for! Do you understand the neuroscience of pain regulation as well as you understand the pathology of rotator cuff tears?  If not, this is the course for you!

This live, 8-hour course is designed for licensed healthcare professionals—particularly physical and mental health professionals, and integrative health professionals including yoga therapists and meditation teachers 

Evidence-based assessment and treatment techniques will be emphasized. Participants will learn to apply practices for autonomic regulation and resilience in pain care to help promote biopsychosocial well-being

Instructor

Marlysa Sullivan

Marlysa is a physiotherapist and yoga therapist with over 15 years of experience working with people suffering with chronic pain conditions. She is an Assistant Professor in Yoga Therapy and Integrative Health Sciences at Maryland University of Integrative Health and holds an adjunct position at Emory University, where she teaches the integration of yoga and mindfulness into physical therapy practice in the DPT program. She is also the author of Understanding Yoga Therapy: Applied Philosophy and Science for Well-being and co-edotor of Yoga and Science in Pain Care: Treating the Person in Pain as well as several peer-reviewed articles. Marlysa has been involved in the professionalization of the field of yoga therapy through the educational standards committee of IAYT, which helped to define the competencies for the field, and in characterizing the yoga therapy workforce through research. Her research interests focus on defining the framework and explanatory model for yoga therapy based on philosophical and neurophysiological perspectives.

Certificate

Earn a certificate upon completion from Reframe Rehab.

Mentorship

Get ongoing support with free office hours and monthly drop-in sessions with instructors–available indefinitely to all course graduates.

Time Zone

Find out when the course runs in your time zone: The Time Zone Converter

Participation Policy

• Every participant will receive a certificate for course completion.
• We offer recordings of every session with limited 72-hour access. Putting a time limit on the replay forces you to complete the material in a timely fashion which is advantageous over pre-recorded classes, which often get lost in the busy-ness of our lives.⁣
• No refunds will be given for missed classes.

Cancellation Policy

• Cancellations that are made 15 days or more in advance of the class start date, will receive a 100% refund by original payment method minus 10% administration fees.
• Cancellations made within 14 days or less of the event will receive a credit towards the same course to be taken within one calendar year. No refunds will be issued in this time period.
• Please let your instructor know if you will be missing a class so that the instructor knows.