Summit: Embodied Stress Release

Session 1 — Transforming the Stress Paradigm
Nkem Ndefo, MSN & Dr. Scott Lyons · 75-minute experiential session

Stress is more than fight-or-flight — it's a full cycle of activation, mobilization, deactivation, and restoration. Through guided somatic practices, witness the body's natural stress cycle, distinguish between stress and trauma, and explore concepts like eustress and distress. Learn to recognize when you're nearing your stress limits and how the body adapts through dynamic processes rather than simple balance.

Session 2 — Feeling the Now: Uncoupling Past and Future
Luis Mojica · 75-minute experiential session

Traumatized bodies and minds orient toward past and potential threat, completely bypassing the current absence of threat. Being able to feel the present moment is medicine for the body. In this session, Luis dives into embodied stress relief through uncoupling past and future so your body can finally be in relationship to now.

Session 3 — Experiencing Indestructible Well-Being
Dr. Richard Miller · 75-minute experiential session

We all have the capacity to experience an unbreakable inner felt-sense of joy, peace, and security — no matter our circumstance. Through iRest Yoga Nidra Meditation, manage stress, worry, and anxiety by discovering an ever-present somatic inner resource of safety and well-being. A simple, powerful practice for lasting inner peace.

Session 4 — Harnessing Stress: A Polyvagal-Informed Approach to Peak Performance
Mastin Kipp · 75-minute experiential session

Bestselling author and pioneering trauma-informed coach Mastin Kipp guides a transformative exploration of stress management through Polyvagal Theory. Differentiate eustress from distress, harness beneficial stress for focus and productivity, and develop resilience through polyvagal-informed practices. A science-backed approach to thriving because of stress, not in spite of it.

Session 5 — Somatic Activated Healing
Sah D'Simone · 75-minute experiential session

Discover the SAH Method™ — a bottom-up, body-mind approach to releasing emotional baggage and stress without revisiting past experiences. Begin with a 15-minute introduction to the science and philosophy, then immerse in a 30-minute practice blending somatic postures, ecstatic dance, rhythmic breathwork, dynamic meditation, and affirmations. Closes with integration and live Q&A.

Understand stress as a full cycle: activation, mobilization, deactivation, restoration

Distinguish between stress, trauma, eustress, and distress

Recognize when you are nearing your stress limits

Uncouple past and future to feel the medicine of the present moment

Access an indestructible inner resource of well-being through iRest Yoga Nidra

Harness eustress for focus, productivity, and peak performance

Apply Polyvagal-informed practices for resilience

Release emotional and somatic stress through the SAH Method™

Build a sustainable embodied relationship with stress and recovery