Unmasking: Coming Home To Your Nervous System - by Teresa McLean

COURSE

Unmasking: Coming Home To Your Nervous System

With Teresa McLean

Discover a gentle pathway back to yourself in this five-part audio course rooted in compassion, Polyvagal theory, and real embodiment. Over five short lessons, you’ll: - Notice the weight of the mask and the hidden toll on your nervous system - Learn to meet your state—fight/flight, collapse, or calm—with unwavering curiosity - Cultivate rest in the breath that truly belongs to you, not a forced rhythm - Begin experimenting with tiny, safe acts of authenticity - Weave these practices into an ongoing daily rhythm of unmasked living This course is accessible in just 10–12 minutes per lesson — no PDFs, no overwhelm — only sound, presence, and your own unfolding truth.

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Meet your Teacher

Teresa McLean
Ottawa, ON, Canada

Teresa McLean is a massage therapist and healer with over 25 years of experience supporting sensitive nervous systems through touch, presence, and embodied awareness. A late-diagnosed autistic woman, Teresa has lived with the reality of masking throughout her life and now shares accessible, compassionate practices for unmasking and reconnecting with the body. She has studied Polyvagal theory through the Polyvagal Institute and integrates this science of safety with her own lifelong healing journey and professional practice. Teresa’s work bridges nervous system regulation, trauma-informed care, and spiritual connection, helping people move from survival into authenticity with gentleness and trust.

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5 Days

108 students

4.9 stars

10 min / day

Authenticity

English

Lesson 1

The Cost Of The Mask

Explore why so many of us feel the need to hide who we are, and why that is so wise. Learn how masking impacts the body, mind, and spirit, and begin to notice where you’ve been performing safety instead of living it.

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Lesson 2

Meeting Your Nervous System With Compassion

Begin to recognize your nervous system states through the lens of Polyvagal theory, and meet each state with curiosity instead of judgment. Learning to recognize your nervous system state is the first step towards befriending it.

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Lesson 3

Finding The Breath That Belongs To You

Discover how your breath can shift you out of survival mode and help you settle more fully into yourself. Join Teresa in exploring three different breath patterns that can invite you into a more regulated state. See what works best for your system.

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Lesson 4

Softening Into Authentic Presence

Begin to experiment with safe authenticity in small moments, supported by your regulated nervous system. Join Teresa in a visualization exercise where you imagining making a gentle shift towards more authentic self expression.

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Lesson 5

Living Unmasked, Living Regulated

Integration and next steps. This lesson is about weaving the nervous system practices into daily life and honouring the courage of authenticity one small choice at a time. It is about knowing you have the choice to live authentically.

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4.9 (14)

Recent Reviews

C

April 20, 2026

The depth of knowledge, insight, and truth can be heard in the voice. Exceptionally valuable meditations.

Suzy

March 29, 2026

Thank you for this gentle course. I have been practising simply taking a breath and a longer exhalation to begin to unmask and be more present - it’s a wonderful tool that is free and always available to me. Please create more courses Teresa! 🙏

Christine

March 2, 2026

Another great calming soothing class with helpful slow pacing to slow it all down

Nada

October 14, 2025

Thank you Teresa nice short course 👏👏🙏🏻😍

Steve

October 4, 2025

I’m getting on the path to authenticity thanks for the help

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