COURSE

Thawing The Freeze: Gently Moving Out Of Nervous System Shutdown

Freeze mode is a nervous system survival state that can leave you feeling numb, disconnected, and stuck in patterns of fatigue, procrastination, or dissociation. In this course, you’ll learn how to recognize the subtle signs of nervous system shutdown and gently guide yourself back to regulation through body-based awareness, breathwork, and intuitive movement. Each day offers clear, science-backed explanations paired with somatic practices designed to restore safety, energy, and connection from the inside out. Whether you’ve experienced trauma, chronic stress, or simply feel "frozen" in life, this course provides a supportive, step-by-step path to thawing and healing. Ideal for anyone seeking nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and lasting inner calm.

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Meet your Teacher

Dr. Kim Lye

Chiang Mai, Mueang Chiang Mai District, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Dr. Kim is a holistic chiropractor and somatic movement specialist with a deep understanding of how the nervous system affects physical and emotional wellbeing. Her work focuses on helping people gently reconnect with their bodies through slow, mindful movement and body awareness practices. With years of experience supporting clients through chronic pain, tension, and stress-related patterns, she brings a calm, compassionate approach to nervous system education. Dr. Kim integrates clinical knowledge with embodied practices to help others navigate states like freeze with patience, safety, and respect for the body’s wisdom.

9 Days

291 students

4.8 stars

6 min / day

Anxiety

English

Lesson 1

Understanding Freeze Mode: What It Is and Why It Happens

In this lesson, you’ll learn what the freeze response is and how it differs from the more well-known fight, flight, and fawn reactions. We’ll explore how freeze shows up in the body and mind, including common signs like dissociation, emotional numbness, or feeling stuck and disconnected. You’ll also hear my personal story of navigating freeze mode after a stressful transition, and begin to understand why your nervous system might be responding this way. This sets the foundation for the body-based practices to come.

Lesson 2

Ground Yourself In The Here And Now

This short, soothing practice invites you to gently reconnect with your body and surroundings through grounding and orienting techniques. With poetic guidance, you’ll explore how to notice the support beneath you, engage with the visual space around you, and tune into the subtle sounds of your environment. This practice helps your nervous system recognize that it’s safe to come into the present moment, one breath at a time.

Lesson 3

Safety First: Creating A Foundation

This lesson explores why a felt sense of safety is essential for healing from freeze mode. You'll learn how to create external and internal cues of safety, and how to recognize your personal "glimmers"—those small, nourishing moments that help regulate your nervous system. By tuning into both your environment and your inner world, you begin to build a more stable foundation for your body to soften and trust again.

Lesson 4

Enter Your Inner Safe Space

This soothing practice invites you to lie down in your bed and imagine a space that feels completely safe, warm, and welcoming. Through gentle visualization, you'll create and enter a personal sanctuary where your nervous system can begin to relax and feel held. This is a place you can return to again and again—an internal refuge that offers comfort, regulation, and rest.

Lesson 5

Reconnecting With The Body

This lesson explores how freeze mode disconnects us from bodily sensations and why reconnection must happen slowly and gently. You’ll learn how intuitive, non-linear movements like rocking, circling, and swaying can support nervous system regulation, and why these motions are deeply healing. Discover how to rebuild trust with your body in a way that’s playful, tender, and guided by sensation, not pressure.

Lesson 6

Rocking Into Presence

This gentle seated practice invites you to reconnect with your body through soothing, rhythmic movements like stroking, swaying, and circling. These intuitive motions help thaw the freeze response and restore a sense of safety and presence in the nervous system. Practice seated in a chair or on the floor, moving only as much as feels good for you.

Lesson 7

Healing Through Connection

This lesson explores how connection, real or imagined, can support nervous system healing. You'll learn the science and power of co-regulation, how to begin feeling safe with others again, and simple ways to invite soothing connection into your life. Whether it's eye contact with a friend, sitting back-to-back with a loved one, or visualizing safe touch, connection becomes a pathway back to presence and warmth.

Lesson 8

Heart Coherence And Inner Child Cradling

This guided practice invites you into a deep state of heart coherence—a scientifically supported state where the heart and brain come into harmonious rhythm. You’ll learn to breathe through the heart to access a sense of calm and emotional safety. From this coherent state, you’ll gently reconnect with your child self, offering them the presence, tenderness, and reassurance they always needed. This is a deeply healing practice of reuniting with the forgotten parts of you.

Lesson 9

Return To Wholeness

This final lesson explores how to recognize the subtle signs of healing as you begin to thaw from freeze. We’ll talk about how to avoid falling into perfectionism, the importance of gentleness in your daily rhythm, and how to use the practices from this course in real life. You’ll leave with guidance on staying connected to yourself, your growth, and your healing journey.

4.8 (22)

Recent Reviews

Inga

January 19, 2026

Thank you! It is a very useful course!

August 23, 2025

Clear explanations. Wonderful techniques. Practical and effective.

Becky

July 26, 2025

Lovely course. This was very manageable and really helped me thaw from freeze state. Thank you!

Melody

June 20, 2025

I would highly recommend this course to others, who are confused by their freeze response and are ready to thaw. 🙏🏼❤️

Barbara

June 7, 2025

I really appreciate Dr Kim and look forward to more of her offerings on insight timer. This course was well done and really resonated with me. I truly feel it would resonate with anyone. Thank you for this Dr Kim many blessings

May

June 5, 2025

A short course filled with practical, helpful information.

Brooke

May 30, 2025

Something I didn’t know I needed. I didn’t and still don’t consider myself as someone who goes into freeze mode, but this course helped me recognize my triggers and gain a little more confidence. It’s worth a listen.

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