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Scenario

When couples have opposite nervous system responses during shared healing practices

My partner and I have been practicing breathwork together to help with our stress levels, but we've realized we have completely different nervous system responses — I get activated and need to move my body, while they shut down and need stillness. What started as a shared healing practice is becoming a source of tension because we keep trying to regulate in ways that dysregulate the other person.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people attempting mutual regulation are discovering their nervous systems require fundamentally different approaches, creating conflict within their shared practice.

Your guide for this
Patan
Patan works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Nervous system regulation?”

Peri

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