COURSE

Breakthrough Anxiety: Master Your Nervous System

When anxiety takes hold, it can feel like your body and mind are working against you. The heart races, thoughts spiral, and it seems impossible to find calm no matter how hard you try. That’s because anxiety isn’t just “in your head” - it lives in the body. The vagus nerve is your body’s built-in pathway to regulation and safety. In this course, I’ll share with you simple yet powerful somatic tools designed to calm the nervous system and restore balance when you feel overwhelmed. Add this to the practices I teach in my course Breakthrough Anxiety: Your Nervous System Toolkit - to give you the ultimate toolkit and master your nervous system.

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Meet your Teacher

Scarlett Grace

London, UK

Scarlett is a licensed therapist and meditation teacher who specialises in supporting those struggling with anxiety. She guides clients in somatic practices that regulate the nervous system, while blending cognitive tools with body-based work. Scarlett believes that combining mind and body approaches creates a powerful pathway to lasting healing and calm.

12 Days

250 students

4.9 stars

8 min / day

Anxiety

English

Lesson 1

Why Your Vagus Nerve Matters

Let’s discover the key role your vagus nerve plays in regulating anxiety and stress, and why understanding it is the first step to lasting calm. We’ll also validate the many reasons why you might be feeling dis-regulated in our modern world. I'll introduce you to what a regulated nervous system would feel like, so you can get to know the difference.

Lesson 2

Eye And Neck Reset For Calm

Let’s get started with the first somatic practice. I’ll be teaching you a simple eye and neck exercise, designed to release tension and instantly activate your body’s relaxation response. We'll understand together how this stimulates your vagus nerve and soothes your system.

Lesson 3

Alternate Nostril Breathing For Balance

Master this classic breathing technique to harmonise your nervous system and create inner balance in minutes. We’ll be looking at specifically how this stimulates the vagus nerve. We'll focus less on doing this the 'correct' way and more on experimenting with how it feels in your body.

Lesson 4

Occipital Massage And Ice For Instant Calm

You don’t need to jump in an ice bath to feel the effects. I’ll show you how to take an ice cube and stimulate the neck and occipital, to regulate your nervous system. Heads up, bring an ice cube to this lesson as we'll be using it near the end of the practice.

Lesson 5

Shake Off Stress To Regulate

There’s a reason why your dog shakes to release stress. Here we’ll use full-body shaking exercises to release trapped stress and reset your body’s natural rhythm. You might like to do this practice on a yoga mat or somewhere you have space for movement.

Lesson 6

Ear Acupressure For Nervous System Relief

Stimulate a key point on your ears to calm anxiety, release tension, and promote nervous system regulation. Heads up look up a photograph of the ‘Shen Men’ point in the ear ahead of, or during this lesson to make locating it easier.

Lesson 7

Bilateral Leg Taps To Ground

If anxiety takes the form of trauma or dis-regulation due to past experiences, this practice is brilliant at helping you to feel safe in the here and now. A gentle tapping and grounding exercise to help your body safely process trauma triggers and restore equilibrium.

Lesson 8

4-7-8 Breathwork For Deep Relaxation

Learn this powerful breathing pattern to slow your heart rate, quiet your mind, and drift into deep relaxation. If you've already tried this before, practice again with me, understanding it from a nervous system perspective.

Lesson 9

Eyes As Anchors For Stability

I’ll be teaching you a smart way to widen your vision to teach your body it’s safe and secure. You’ll learn how to use eye movements to orient yourself, enhance nervous system stability, and reduce overwhelm.

Lesson 10

Legs Up And Cat-Cow For Tension Release

We’ll look at why these classic yoga movements actually stimulate the vagus nerve. A simple combination of restorative poses to release physical tension and improve circulation while calming your mind.

Lesson 11

Tongue Release For Nervous System Reset

Engage a little-known technique that releases tension in the tongue and jaw to support overall nervous system relaxation. It's amazing how many parts of the body connect to your vagus nerve and how you can use this in so many ways to soothe anxiety.

Lesson 12

Holistic View To Protect Your Calm

To get the most from these practices, it helps to also nurture habits that support your nervous system. In this lesson, we’ll explore simple daily routines and lifestyle choices that protect your calm and reinforce everything you’ve learned.

4.9 (12)

Recent Reviews

Leigh

September 29, 2025

Scarlett, this part 2 course was chock full of useful tools that add nicely to the previous ones. I appreciate and salute your generous offerings as always. Warm and grateful wishes 🙏💛

Nicole

September 23, 2025

Intelligent, useful, well-paced, and worth your time.

Sudarshan

September 18, 2025

Thank you Scarlett for a detailed physical methods to down regulate the sympathetic system. I’m sure one of the techniques should suit each person. Very well done course. Thank you once again 🙏🏻

ilinca

September 16, 2025

Excellent course! Many practical, easy solutions ❤️ Thank you, Scarlett 🌹

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