Embodied Regulation in a Dysregulated World

Event ID: PP1150177

Mon, Mar 16, 2026 | 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Venue: Room 412 (Hilton Austin Downtown)

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Summary

Insight doesn’t change lives. Integration does. Trauma isn’t stored in memory. Leadership isn’t built in theory. Both live in the body — and the nervous system that governs it. This immersive session is a nervous system reset for a world stuck in chronic fight, flight, and freeze — a living portal between ancient medicine and modern neuroscience. The experience begins with a short, grounded presentation on the power of breath and how it directly influences the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, shaping emotion, decision-making, and presence in real time. Participants are then guided through a trauma-informed somatic breathwork and meditation practice, using mouth breathing to safely release trapped emotional and survival energy — without storytelling or retraumatization. The session transitions into nasal breathing, supporting embodiment, integration, and regulation — moving the body from release into grounded coherence. We close with a live ocean drum ritual, using rhythm and vibration to anchor integration at a cellular level, followed by an optional sharing circle for connection and reflection. This is not self-optimization. This is embodied regulation. Participants leave regulated, present, and connected — with a lived understanding of breath as a tool for emotional regulation, resilience, and conscious leadership.

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