Over dit evenement
From your head back to your body after a workweek and relax into the weekend.
A serie of 5 workshops that help you befriend your nervous system. It is not needed to join al 5 to learn more about yourself and your system.
After a full and often demanding week, it’s easy to stay stuck in your head.
Your body might feel tense, restless, or simply far away. Maybe you feel like you need to get going when you know you can actually slow down.
Back to Body Friday is an evening designed to help you gently transition out of that mental space and reconnect with your body.
Throughout the evening, you’ll be guided through a series of practices that support your nervous system in releasing built-up tension and coming back into a state of ease and safety. You will learn the basics of the Polyvagal theory in a simple way so you can understand yourself better in day to day life.
We’ll start by working with excersises from Body Release Trauma Therapy, a powerful yet accessible way to physically shake off stress and activate the body’s natural release mechanisms. From there, we move into breathwork, using soft, regulating techniques that calm the system (no intense or activating breathing styles).
As the evening deepens, you'll learn about the three main principles of the Polyvagal Theory and you'll be invited to do some exercises to fully understand how the system works and how you can move between states. This is the start for befriending your nervous system and you will create your own names for the states so you can recognize them faster in your day-day life. With a easy hypnosis exercise we'll dive into your subconscious to feel and explore the three different autonomic states and give the save states an anchor so you can come back easily.
After the break, we’ll bring the theory into practice with a playful and creative consent exercise.
What does a yes feel like in your body? What happens when you want to say no, but find yourself saying yes instead? And what if you simply don’t know yet? Through a series of simple invitations and choices, you’ll explore your personal yes, no and maybe in different nervous system states. You’ll get curious about how your responses can change depending on how safe, connected, overwhelmed or withdrawn you feel.
We’ll close the evening with a gentle grounding practice to help you settle, integrate and transition into your weekend.
Through slow, intuitive movement, sensory awareness and moments of stillness, you’ll be invited to reconnect with the room, your body and the present moment.
You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of your nervous system, a first personal map of your different states and practical ways to recognise what might support you in everyday life. Because befriending your nervous system starts with learning to listen.
This evening is for you if you:
-> Want to release tension after a work week.
-> Feel mentally overloaded or find it difficult to switch off.
->Notice tension, restlessness or disconnection in your body.
-> Want to slow down and reconnect with yourself.
-> Want to become more aware of your boundaries and how your body tells them
-> Are curious about body based practices and the connection between body and mind. (no experience needed)
-> Spend a lot of time in your head and want to understand your nervous system better.
-> Are curious about Polyvagal Theory and how it can help you in everyday life.
Practical details
Doors open at 19:00, we begin at 19:30.
The session ends around 21:30–22:00.
This Back to Body is the first workshop of a series of 5. Each workshop explores a different aspect of befriending your nervous system, from understanding your patterns to developing practical tools for regulation, connection and everyday life.
1. Map Your Nervous System | Friday 20 November 2026
2. Read Your Body | Friday 8th of Januari 2027
3. From Protection to Safety | Friday 19th of Februari 2027
4. Create New Patterns | Friday 9th of April 2027
5. Beyond Regulation | Friday 21th of May 2027
You can join an individual workshop or follow the full series.
-> Bring a friend and get 5 euro discount per ticket
-> Join 3 workshops and receive €5 off per ticket.
-> Join all 5 workshops and receive one workshop for free (€55 value).
Come as you are. Leave with a little more understanding of yourself, your body and what you need.
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About Melanie:
For the past 10 years, I have been working with the body as a foundation for change and healing. About halfway through that journey, I began to deepen into the mind and nervous system as well by studying coaching, breathwork, energy work and hypnotherapy.
This path started from a very personal place. My own nervous system had been deeply overwhelmed for a long time, shaped by earlier experiences. Learning how to reconnect with my body and find safety within it became the turning point and eventually, the basis of my work because I started to notice it around me too.
Today, I combine different modalities to support others in that same process. I continue to study and expand my approach, often integrating nature as a powerful element within my work.
My intention is always the same: to help you find a sense of calm, safety and connection within your own body (and within the patterns you carry).
Gesproken taal
Engels, Nederlands
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