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Polyvagal Reset Class
A gentle approach to calming your nervous system, relieving daily stress, and restoring inner safety.
What is Polyvagal?
Polyvagal Theory explains how our nervous system scans the environment for cues of safety and stress, controlling whether we feel calm and connected, stuck in fight-or-flight anxiety, or overwhelmed and shut down. When modern stress, past trauma, or hectic schedules keep your body trapped in chronic survival mode, standard talk therapy alone isn't always enough to help you unwind. A Polyvagal Reset offers a gentle, body-first ("bottom-up") approach—using intentional breathwork, gentle somatic movement, visualization, and meditation to directly stimulate the vagus nerve, signaling safety back to your nervous system so you can restore deep rest, improve digestion, and regain mental clarity.
Meet your Facilitator, Lara Dietrich, LCSW, PATP
Lara Dietrich has been practicing as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for 24 years. Eleven years ago, she transitioned from the public mental health system to specialize entirely in holistic trauma healing modalities.
Lara practices a person-centered, strengths-based approach coupled with integrative tools including EMDR, trauma-informed yoga, drumming, chanting, psychedelic psychotherapy, inner child work, functional breathwork, and Conscious Connected Breathwork (CCB). Her goal is to empower individuals to connect mind, body, and spirit so they can hear, trust, and lead their most fulfilling lives.
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Common Questions about Polyvagal Reset Class
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This offering is best suited for anyone who experiences stress in their daily life and would like to learn how to be in charge of their own nervous system. It is ideal for individuals navigating life transitions, stress, or hurtful past events that affect how they move through the world.
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Decreased stress and nervous system overwhelm
Improved sleep quality and restful recovery
Lower systemic inflammation
Improved digestion and gut-brain harmony
Enhanced clarity of thought and emotional resilience
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"Bottom-up" techniques focus on working with the physical body and nervous system first (through movement, breath, and sensation) to send signals of safety up to the brain, rather than trying to think or talk your way out of stress.
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No experience is necessary. All movements and practices are gentle, accessible, and adaptable to whatever your body needs.
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