Coming Home To Your Body - by Michael Arnstein

COURSE

Coming Home To Your Body

With Michael Arnstein

This course is for anyone who feels disconnected from their body, whether because of trauma, chronic illness, anxiety, burnout, or the everyday weight of stress. If your body hasn't felt like a safe or trustworthy place to be, this is a gentle place to begin rebuilding that relationship. Over 8 sessions, you'll learn practical, trauma-informed tools to regulate your nervous system, reconnect with your body's signals, and build a sense of inner safety. Each session includes a short teaching and a guided practice designed to meet you where you are, with no pressure to fix anything or force a breakthrough. You'll be guided through: -Breathwork to calm and regulate your nervous system -Proprioceptive practices that help you feel grounded through movement and stillness -Interoceptive awareness to reconnect with physical sensations without overwhelm -Compassion-based embodiment to soften self-judgment -Mindful observation to shift from reactivity to curiosity -Visualization and anchoring practices that make safety feel doable This course isn't about perfection, performance, or pushing through. It's about relating to your body with more gentleness, honesty, and care, one breath at a time.


Meet your Teacher

Michael Arnstein is a certified mindfulness and compassion meditation teacher and a personal coach who specializes in working with people navigating chronic illness and nervous system dysregulation. His approach blends mindfulness, somatic practices, and nervous system education, grounded in both professional training and lived experience. After facing years of post-concussion symptoms and chronic health challenges himself, Michael developed a deep understanding of what it means to feel disconnected from the body - and how to begin rebuilding trust in gentle, realistic ways.

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8 Days

159 students

4.8 stars

12 min / day

Pain

English


Lesson 1

Coming Back To The Breath

We begin with something simple, steady, and always available: the breath. You'll learn diaphragmatic breathing to gently downshift your nervous system and start restoring a sense of safety in your body.

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Lesson 2

Feeling Physically Supported

Notice where your body is held: by the floor, the chair, the ground beneath you. Through gentle proprioceptive practices, you'll use physical contact and support to calm your nervous system, return to the present moment, and feel more grounded.

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Lesson 3

Awakening The Senses

Your senses are a direct line to the here and now. In this session, we practice embodiment through a simple three-step process (acknowledge, connect, and engage) to shift out of overthinking and into presence.

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Lesson 4

Touch and Movement

Gentle touch and movement can offer the body a felt sense of safety. Through simple, intentional contact, you'll soothe areas that feel tense, distant, or guarded, and practice being with yourself in a tender, grounded way.

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Lesson 5

Safety in Sensation

What if you didn't have to react to every sensation? You'll practice staying present with physical sensations without labeling, judging, or pushing them away, building trust that you can simply notice and be with what's here.

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Lesson 6

Tracking Emotion In The Body

Emotions live in the body as much as the mind. With gentle, compassionate attention, you'll begin to recognize emotional sensations not as threats but as waves that can be noticed, named, and allowed to move through.

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Lesson 7

Compassion For The Body

Here we turn toward the parts of ourselves that feel hurt or overlooked. Through imagery, breath, and gentle contact, you'll practice relating to your body as worthy of kindness, shifting the inner tone from judgment to compassion.

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Lesson 8

Creating A Ritual Of Care

In this final session, you'll weave together breath, contact, awareness, and compassion into a simple ritual of your own. It's not a performance but a practice of returning: a consistent space of safety and care you can come back to over time.

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