FREE mini-course

Micro Practices to Ease Anxiety & Overwhelm

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Why you need this mini course

Anxiety and overwhelm often live in the nervous system, not the mind

Somatic therapy works by meeting the body first, supporting regulation through sensation, awareness and connection rather than analysis or control. This mini-course offers a calm, accessible doorway into that work. If you feel like you’ve tried everything to feel better and nothing has truly landed, this may be a different way in.

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What you'll learn

Why anxiety, overwhelm and tension persist even when life feels “fine”

How nervous system patterns keep your body in protection mode

How to create micro-moments of safety that allow your system to settle

Gentle, real-life somatic practices that reduce anxiety without forcing

How to feel more grounded and present in your body

Everything is designed to feel doable, supportive and kind. Inside The Gentle Nervous System Reset, you’ll explore:

A gentle invitation

This is not about pushing through anxiety or mastering regulation

This free mini-course is about listening to your body, building safety slowly, and creating the conditions for ease to emerge. If your mind feels busy day and night, or your body holds tension in your shoulders, jaw or belly even when nothing “bad” is happening, your nervous system may be stuck in protection mode.

This trauma-informed somatic mini-course designed to help you soften anxiety, release chronic tension and return to a felt sense of safety, gently, slowly and without effort. This course does not ask you to think your way calm. It supports your body in remembering how to feel safe again, at a pace that honours your capacity.

This course may be supportive if you live with anxiety, overwhelm, burnout or chronic stress. Feel tense, restless or on edge in your body. Struggle with overthinking, perfectionism or people-pleasing. Long to feel calmer without working harder or fixing yourself. Want a compassionate, body-led approach to nervous system healing. You don’t need experience with somatic work, you don’t need to feel ready, you only need a small willingness to begin.

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What's included

Short, focused lessons designed for tired minds and busy lives

A guided somatic awareness practice you can return to anytime

Simple daily prompts that integrate gently into real life

Optional access to the HeartSomatics™ community space

To support slowing down, the course is released gradually

Alongside written content, you’ll find audio and video practices at the end of each lesson. You’ll also receive gentle guidance emails to support your journey, which you can unsubscribe from at any time. This free mini-course includes:

Meet Laura

Somatic wisdom for awakening, healing and aliveness

Laura Starky is the founder of the Somatic Wellness Hub with over 25 years’ experience in trauma, mental health and substance misuse. Her work combines trauma-informed somatic therapy with non-dual contemplative wisdom, supporting adults who understand their patterns intellectually yet still find themselves caught in repeating emotional reactions or nervous system overwhelm. Alongside her therapy practice, Laura teaches embodied meditation and holds small group circles that support people to reconnect with the body and integrate their experiences in everyday life.

ABOUT LAURA

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“Laura was a revelation. For the first time I learned how to truly recognise the patterns in my body and what it feels like to be deeply relaxed.”

Sally

The primary, ancient symbol for breath is the Sanskrit character Om (ॐ) or Prana, representing life force, consciousness

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