The Polyvagal Certificate Course: Safety, Connection, and the Human Experience 04 (Aug-Dec 2024)

In-depth exploration of Polyvagal Theory and its application to our personal and professional lives. Guided by Dr. Porges and 9 leading experts in the fields of neuroscience, healthcare, and therapeutics, this course explores Polyvagal like no other.

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Course curriculum

1. A Note from Steve
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2. Course Welcome
3. Save the Date! Live Discussion: Tuesday, May 20 at 11 am ET
4. Time Zone Converter & Zoom Link
5. Course Schedule - Cohort 04 (Aug - Dec 2024)
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6. How to Obtain CEs (100% live attendance required)
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7. Thinkific Walkthrough: Finding live sessions & self-paced material
8. Community Agreements (Video)
9. Community Agreements (PDF)
10. Join the reflection space and conversation in our cohort App
11. Before we begin...
12. Materials for Class
13. Welcome Session Aug 12, 2024
14. Welcome Session - Aug 12, 2024
1. Module 1 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Les Aria, PhD
3. Recording: Live Module 1: Our Autonomic Nervous System (Les Aria, PhD)
4. Slides: Module 1 - Introduction to Autonomic Nervous System
5. Module 1 Prompts Preview
6. Prompt 1.1: Notice thoughts-emotions-body sensations
7. Prompt: 1.2: Notice physiological shifts
8. Prompt 1.3: The 3Ns Practice
9. Share your prompt self-reflections on the PVI App
10. Path of the vagus nerve (anatomy) by Sam Webster
11. Module 1 Quiz: Autonomic Nervous System
12. Module 1 Survey
1. Module 2 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Michael Allison
3. Recording: Live Module 2 part 1
4. Recording: Live Module 2 part 2
5. Slides: Module 2 - Hierarchy of States
6. Module 2 Prompts Preview
7. Prompt 2.1: Meet the body where it is
8. Prompt 2.2: The Habit of Safety
9. Prompt 2.3: A Morning Ritual
10. Module 2 Quiz
11. Module 2 Survey
1. Attend Practice Pod 1
1. Module 3 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Tracy Murnan Stackhouse, MA, OTR
3. Recording: Module 03 Tracy Stackhouse Neuroception: Surveilling Safety Detecting Threat
4. Slides: Module 3 - Neuroception
5. Module 3 Prompts Preview
6. Prompt 3.1: Habit of Safety + Neuroception
7. Prompt 3.2: Active source of safety intention-setting
8. Prompt 3.3: Reflection on offering cues of safety
9. Neuroception Module (Tracy Stackhouse) References
10. Module 3 Quiz
11. Module 3 Survey
1. Module 4 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Arielle Schwartz, PhD
3. RECORDING: Module 04 Arielle Schwartz
4. Slides: Module 4 - PVT, Movement, and Regulation: An Embodied Approach to Trauma Recovery
5. Module 4 Prompts Preview
6. Prompt 4.1: Observing voices in your community
7. Prompt 4.2: Radical welcome vs isolation/marginalization
8. Prompt 4.3: Discuss findings and proposed changes
9. Self-regulation & movement (Arielle Schwartz) References
10. Module 4 Quiz
11. Module 4 Survey
1. Attend Practice Pod 2
1. Module 6 Learning Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT
3. Download Handouts for Class: Felt Sense Polyvagal Models & Body Cards
4. RECORDING: Module 05 Jan Winhall
5. Slides: Module 5 - Listening to Our Bodies
6. Watch: Clearing Space Backwards on YouTube (10 min)
7. Module 5 Prompts Preview
8. Prompt 5.1: FSP Grounding Practice
9. Prompt 5.2: Polyvagal-Informed Focusing with a partner
10. Prompt 5.3: Pausing
11. Prompt 5.4: Reflective listening ("resonating")
12. Module 5 Quiz
13. Module 5 Survey
1. Module 5 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Niloufer Merchant, EdD
3. How My Nervous System Became My Cup of Tea | Niloufer Merchant | TEDxStCloud
4. RECORDING: Module 06 Niloufer Merchant. EdD
5. Slides: Module 6 - Co-regulation and Safety in Connection: Biological, Cultural and Societal Implications
6. Module 6 Prompts Preview
7. Prompt 6.1: Savoring connection
8. Prompt 6.2: With whom do you feel safe?
9. Prompt 6.3: Plan coregulation with someone
10. Prompt 6.4: Your communal practices
11. Module 6 Quiz
12. Module 6 Survey
1. Attend Practice Pod 3
1. Module 7 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: George Thompson, MD
3. RECORDING: Module 07 George Thompson, MD
4. Slides: Module 7 - PVT & Human Relationships
5. Watch: PACE & non-PACE video
6. Module 7 Prompts Preview
7. Prompt 7.1: Practice listening to another
8. Prompt 7.2: Journal on a connected moment
9. Prompt 7.3: Complete your Polyvagal-informed, collective narrative
10. Relationships (George Thompson) References and Resources
11. Module 7 Survey
12. Module 7 Quiz
1. Live Discussion with Dr. Porges - November 25, 2024 @ 18:30 ET
2. RECORDING: 1st Live Discussion with Dr. Porges
1. Module 8 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Niki Elliott, PhD
3. RECORDING: Module 08 Niki Elliott, PhD
4. Slides: Module 8 - Community as Medicine
5. Cultivating a Mindful Response to Suffering Graphic
6. Module 8 Prompts Preview
7. Prompt 8.1: Observing voices in your community
8. Prompt 8.2: Radical welcome vs isolation/marginalization
9. Prompt 8.3: Discuss findings and proposed changes
10. Module 8 Quiz
11. Module 8 Survey
1. Second Live Discussion with Dr. Porges - December 9, 2024 @ 18:30 ET
2. RECORDING: 2nd Live Discussion with Dr. Porges
1. Attend Practice Pod 4
1. Module 9 Objectives
2. Your Instructor: Amber Gray, PhD
3. For class (optional): print and color this vagus nerve
4. RECORDING: Module 09 Amber Gray, PhD
5. Slides: Module 9 - Engaging with the Art of Inquiry & Practice
6. Word Cloud from Presentation
7. Read - Vagal Pathways: Portals to compassion
8. Prompt 9.1: Sensing old and new in your body
9. Prompt 9.2: Tuning into your sequential pathways
10. Prompt 9.3: Sowing ancestral seeds
11. Prompt 9.4: Share your declaration/proclamation
12. Module 9 Survey
13. Module 9 Quiz
1. Please share about your pods
2. Please share about the course
3. CE Instructions

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The Polyvagal Certificate Course: Safety, Connection, and the Human Experience 04 (Aug-Dec 2024)

Course curriculum

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Support Resources

Module 1: Our Autonomic Nervous System (Les Aria, PhD)

Module 2: Our Adaptive, Reflexive Response Hierarchy to Safety and Threat (Michael Allison, founder of the Play Zone)

Practice Pod 1

Module 3: Neuroception: Surveilling Safety and Detecting Threat (Tracy Stackhouse, MA, OTR)

Module 4: Polyvagal Theory, Movement, and Regulation: An Embodied Approach to Trauma Recovery (Arielle Schwartz, PhD)

Practice Pod 2

Module 5: Interoception: Listening to Your Body (Jan Winhall, MSW, FOT)

Module 6: Co-regulation and Safety in Connection: Biological, Cultural and Societal Implications (Niloufer Merchant, EdD)

Practice Pod 3

Module 7: PVT and Human Relationships (George Thompson, MD)

First Live Discussion with Stephen Porges, PhD

Module 8: Community as Medicine (Niki Elliott, PhD)

Second Live Discussion with Stephen Porges, PhD

Practice Pod 4

Module 9: Engaging with the Art of Inquiry and Practice (Amber Elizabeth L. Gray, PhD)

Surveys & CE Next Steps (if applicable)

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