Understand your neurobiology: a theoretical exploration of the autonomic nervous system through the lens of polyvagal theory. 

Types of trauma: both “shock” and “complex” trauma can injure the autonomic nervous system’s normal regulatory rhythm of expansion and contraction. 

Window of capacity & allostasis: when you have access to a healthy window of capacity, you benefit from a self-correcting system that can respond to experiences and come to rest again.

Healthy development: your baseline capacity for nervous system health was formed in childhood, but it can be improved like strengthening a muscle.

Mapping your state: exploring how different branches of your nervous system feel at any given moment.

Safety & stabilisation: restore a felt sense of safety back into your body - the first step towards nervous system health.

Down-regulate sympathetic hyperarousal: learn intentional down-regulation strategies to cultivate calm.

Thaw-out dorsal shutdown: learn how to safely bring energy back into your nervous system when you are shutdown and collapsed.

Top-down vs. bottom-up: explore when to use psychological vs physiological levels to left your state.

Breathe with James: free access to James' app means you can down-regulate your nervous system whenever you need.

What’s wrong attention: prolonged stress or trauma causes that subcortical structures of your brain to become overly sensitive to any source of potential danger or threat.

The predicting brain: when you know how the brain works, you know what to do that helps.

Orientation = stabilising information: feel your brain stem with stabilising information by feeding it with the signs of here and now.

Heal through pleasure: when you learn pleasure is not the destination but the journey, you will establish oases of organisation in your nervous system.

Challenging emotions: learn how to surf uncomfortable emotions and increase your window of capacity.

Stop trying to "release" your trauma: containing emotions leads to much more transformative results.

Build interoceptive capacity: contemporary neuroscience shows that your sense of yourself is anchored in vital connection with your body.

Define your limits and boundaries: developing the ability to “yes”, “no”, “I want” and “I need” is an integral part of nervous system health.

Co-regulation: your nervous system is a social structure that finds balance and organisation through relationship with others.

NS interior design: redesign your environments so that the spaces you spend time in become more conducive to your desired nervous system state.

Follow nature’s cycles: your nervous system is built to resonate with set points derived from the natural world.

Create your sleep sanctuary: if you want to sleep well you have to create the conditions that enable good sleep to arise.

App: Free access to the Breathe With James app throughout the course.

Bookshelf: curated reading & literature for those wishing to dive deeper and broaden their knowledge.

One-One Practitioners: curated list of practitioners who have nervous system health as a central tenet of their work.