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For those in survival mode and ready to rewire their nervous system for resilience.

THE STRESS RESPONSE RESET

A Therapeutic Yoga Class for Stress & Trauma Recovery

Discover how to restore your body’s natural state of regulation — and shift from survival mode into calm, resilience, and lasting well-being.

Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 10:00 – 11:30 am Pacific

Join us in person in San Diego — or live online from anywhere.

Sometimes nervous system dysregulation looks like being constantly “on.”

Sometimes it looks like completely shutting down.

Both are signs that your autonomic nervous system may be stuck in protection mode.

Sometimes nervous system dysregulation looks like being constantly “on.”

Sometimes it looks like completely shutting down.

Both are signs that your autonomic nervous system may be stuck in protection mode.

When Your System Is Stuck in Fight or Flight (Sympathetic Activation)


You might notice:

✓ Feeling anxious, restless, or on edge — even when nothing is wrong

✓ Irritability or snapping more than you want to

✓ Racing thoughts or constantly replaying conversations

✓ Difficulty falling asleep or waking in the middle of the night

✓ Muscle tension (jaw tight, shoulders up, stomach in knots)

✓ Heart racing or shallow breathing

✓ Trouble concentrating or staying present

✓ Always scanning for what could go wrong

✓ Feeling wired and exhausted at the same time

✓ Struggling to fully relax — even on vacation

When Your System Is Stuck in Fight or Flight (Sympathetic Activation)


You might notice:

✓ Feeling anxious, restless, or on edge — even when nothing is wrong

✓ Irritability or snapping more than you want to

✓ Racing thoughts or constantly replaying conversations

✓ Difficulty falling asleep or waking in the middle of the night

✓ Muscle tension (jaw tight, shoulders up, stomach in knots)

✓ Heart racing or shallow breathing

✓ Trouble concentrating or staying present

✓ Always scanning for what could go wrong

✓ Feeling wired and exhausted at the same time

✓ Struggling to fully relax — even on vacation

When Your System Is Stuck in Shutdown (Dorsal Vagal State)

You might notice:

✓ Feeling numb, flat, or emotionally distant

✓ Low energy or chronic fatigue

✓ Wanting to withdraw from people

✓ Losing interest in things you used to enjoy

✓ Going blank or dissociating in stressful moments

✓ Feeling hopeless or thinking, “What’s the point?”

✓ Brain fog or difficulty making decisions

✓ Changes in appetite or digestion

✓ Feeling disconnected from your body

When Your System Is Stuck in Shutdown (Dorsal Vagal State)

You might notice:

✓ Feeling numb, flat, or emotionally distant

✓ Low energy or chronic fatigue

✓ Wanting to withdraw from people

✓ Losing interest in things you used to enjoy

✓ Going blank or dissociating in stressful moments

✓ Feeling hopeless or thinking, “What’s the point?”

✓ Brain fog or difficulty making decisions

✓ Changes in appetite or digestion

✓ Feeling disconnected from your body

What's Really Happening in Your Body

Nothing Is Wrong With You

 

If you recognize yourself in either column, nothing is wrong with you.

Your nervous system is doing exactly what it was designed to do — protect you.

When you experience trauma or prolonged stress, your nervous system learns to stay alert to possible danger.

This survival response is incredibly intelligent. It helps you detect threats and react quickly when needed.

But over time, the system can become stuck in protection mode.

When Protection Becomes the Default

 

Instead of shifting in and out of stress naturally, your body begins to treat everyday life as if danger might still be present.

When that happens, the stress response becomes your default state.

Your nervous system stays prepared for threat — even when the danger has passed.

Think of Your Nervous System Like
a Volume Dial

 

When you are stuck in fight or flight, the volume is turned way up.

Everything feels louder, sharper, and more urgent.

When you are stuck in shutdown, the volume is turned way down.

Everything feels muted, heavy, and distant.

Regulation is not about eliminating these states.

It is about learning how to adjust the dial.

Your Nervous System Can Learn New Patterns

 

The good news is that your nervous system is capable of change.

Through neuroplasticity, your brain and nervous system can learn new patterns.

With the right practices, your body can begin to recover from stress more easily and return to a sense of balance.

Over time, calm, safety, and resilience can become your new baseline.

If You See Yourself in This,
It May Be Time to Reset

 

Your stress response can be retrained.

Regulation is a skill you can build.

If You See Yourself in This,
It May Be Time to Reset

 

Your stress response can be retrained.

Regulation is a skill you can build.

Why Willpower Alone Isn’t Enough

If you’ve tried to “think your way out” of stress or anxiety, you’re not alone.

Many approaches focus on changing thoughts, beliefs, or behaviors. While those tools can help, they often miss something essential:

Trauma and chronic stress live in the nervous system.

Your autonomic nervous system operates automatically, outside of conscious control. It constantly scans your environment for cues of safety or danger and adjusts your body’s responses accordingly.

When the nervous system perceives threat, it shifts into survival states such as:

  • •Fight
  • •Flight
  • •Shutdown

These states are not decisions you make — they are automatic biological responses designed to keep you safe.

This is why trying to override these reactions with willpower alone can feel frustrating or impossible.

As trauma therapist Deb Dana explains: “Story follows state.”

In other words, your mind creates stories that match the state of your nervous system.

  • •When your body feels threatened, your mind searches for evidence of danger.
  • •When your body feels safe, your mind opens to curiosity, connection, and possibility.

Your thoughts are not just shaping your nervous system — your nervous system is also shaping your thoughts.

Trauma research has also shown that difficult experiences are not stored only as memories in the mind.

As Dr. Bessel van der Kolk writes in The Body Keeps the Score, trauma is held in the body — in patterns of tension, movement, breath, and nervous system activation.

Somatic trauma pioneer Peter Levine describes trauma as “energy that becomes trapped in the body around real or perceived threat.”

When the body does not have the opportunity to complete its natural stress responses, those patterns can remain active long after the original event has passed.

This is why insight alone is often not enough.

Healing requires working with the nervous system directly — helping the body release old survival patterns and learn new pathways of safety.

When the body experiences safety again, the mind begins to change naturally.

And that is when real regulation becomes possible.

INTRODUCING THE STRESS RESPONSE RESET!


If your nervous system has been living in survival mode, what it needs most is not more willpower — it needs the opportunity to learn safety again.

The Stress Response Reset is a 90-minute trauma-informed therapeutic yoga experience designed to help your body shift out of survival mode and return to its natural state of regulation.

This is not a traditional yoga class focused on performance or poses.

Instead, it is a carefully guided nervous system experience that integrates modern neuroscience, somatic psychology, and therapeutic yoga practices to help retrain your stress response.

When the nervous system experiences chronic stress or trauma, it can become stuck in patterns of hyperactivation (fight or flight) or shutdown.

Through gentle, embodied practices, this experience helps your nervous system begin learning a new pattern — one of safety, regulation, and flexibility.

Over time, these new patterns support deeper calm, emotional resilience, and a stronger sense of stability in both body and mind.

The class is guided by a licensed clinical social worker and trauma specialist and is designed to move at a pace that prioritizes safety, agency, and nervous system regulation.

This is where neuroscience meets embodied practice.

And where your nervous system can begin to shift from survival mode into calm, resilience, and lasting well-being.

Instead, it is a carefully guided nervous system experience that integrates modern neuroscience, somatic psychology, and therapeutic yoga practices to help retrain your stress response.

When the nervous system experiences chronic stress or trauma, it can become stuck in patterns of hyperactivation (fight or flight) or shutdown.

Through gentle, embodied practices, this experience helps your nervous system begin learning a new pattern — one of safety, regulation, and flexibility.

Over time, these new patterns support deeper calm, emotional resilience, and a stronger sense of stability in both body and mind.

The class is guided by a licensed clinical social worker and trauma specialist and is designed to move at a pace that prioritizes safety, agency, and nervous system regulation.

This is where neuroscience meets embodied practice.

And where your nervous system can begin to shift from survival mode into calm, resilience, and lasting well-being.

Why This Approach Works

  • ✓ Many approaches to stress focus primarily on changing thoughts.
  • ✓ Trauma and chronic stress are not only stored in the mind — they are also held in the body and nervous system.
  • ✓ Research in neuroscience and somatic psychology shows that lasting regulation happens when we work directly with the autonomic nervous system — the system that controls your stress response, emotional regulation, and sense of safety.
  • ✓ That’s why The Stress Response Reset combines nervous system education, therapeutic yoga, and embodied regulation practices.
  • ✓ Instead of trying to “think your way” out of stress, you learn how to work with your nervous system directly — helping your body shift from patterns of protection into patterns of safety.
  • ✓ Over time, this creates greater autonomic flexibility, one of the key foundations of resilience.

Why This Approach Works

  • ✓ Many approaches to stress focus primarily on changing thoughts.
  • ✓ Trauma and chronic stress are not only stored in the mind — they are also held in the body and nervous system.
  • ✓ Research in neuroscience and somatic psychology shows that lasting regulation happens when we work directly with the autonomic nervous system — the system that controls your stress response, emotional regulation, and sense of safety.
  • ✓ That’s why The Stress Response Reset combines nervous system education, therapeutic yoga, and embodied regulation practices.
  • ✓ Instead of trying to “think your way” out of stress, you learn how to work with your nervous system directly — helping your body shift from patterns of protection into patterns of safety.
  • ✓ Over time, this creates greater autonomic flexibility, one of the key foundations of resilience.

What Makes This Experience Different

  • ✓
    Trauma-Informed and Nervous System Focused This experience is specifically designed for people navigating chronic stress, trauma recovery, or nervous system dysregulation. Every element of the class is structured to support regulation rather than overwhelm.
  • ✓
    Guided by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker The class is led by an LCSW and trauma specialist who integrates psychotherapy knowledge, neuroscience, and therapeutic yoga practices, ensuring the experience is grounded in both clinical understanding and embodied healing methods.
  • ✓
    Embodied Practices that Retrain the Stress Response Through breath, gentle movement, mindfulness, and intentional rest, you begin teaching your nervous system new patterns of regulation and supporting the brain’s natural ability to rewire and adapt.
  • ✓
    Safety, Choice, and Agency Are Built Into the Experience All practices are offered as invitations rather than commands. You are encouraged to listen to your body, choose what feels supportive, and move at your own pace — creating the safety and agency that help the nervous system heal.

What Makes This Experience Different

  • ✓
    Trauma-Informed and Nervous System Focused This experience is specifically designed for people navigating chronic stress, trauma recovery, or nervous system dysregulation. Every element of the class is structured to support regulation rather than overwhelm.
  • ✓
    Guided by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker The class is led by an LCSW and trauma specialist who integrates psychotherapy knowledge, neuroscience, and therapeutic yoga practices, ensuring the experience is grounded in both clinical understanding and embodied healing methods.
  • ✓
    Embodied Practices that Retrain the Stress Response Through breath, gentle movement, mindfulness, and intentional rest, you begin teaching your nervous system new patterns of regulation and supporting the brain’s natural ability to rewire and adapt.
  • ✓
    Safety, Choice, and Agency Are Built Into the Experience All practices are offered as invitations rather than commands. You are encouraged to listen to your body, choose what feels supportive, and move at your own pace — creating the safety and agency that help the nervous system heal.

The Result

Instead of feeling like your nervous system is controlling you, you begin learning how to work with it.

This creates the conditions for lasting regulation, deeper calm, and the resilience needed to navigate life’s challenges with greater steadiness.

The Result

Instead of feeling like your nervous system is controlling you, you begin learning how to work with it.

This creates the conditions for lasting regulation, deeper calm, and the resilience needed to navigate life’s challenges with greater steadiness.

What You’ll Experience in the Stress Response Reset

What You’ll Experience in the Stress Response Reset

This 90-minute experience is carefully structured to help your nervous system shift out of survival mode and begin moving toward regulation and resilience.

Each element of the class is designed to support safety, awareness, and nervous system flexibility.

Rather than pushing the body or forcing calm, the experience gently guides your nervous system toward balance through a sequence of trauma-informed practices.

This 90-Minute Experience Includes

Nervous System Education


You’ll gain a clear understanding of how your autonomic nervous system works and how stress and trauma shape your physiological responses. Understanding these patterns helps you begin working with your nervous system rather than feeling controlled by it.

Orienting and Centering Practices

 

We begin by helping the body settle into the present moment. These grounding practices help the nervous system recognize safety and establish a stable foundation for the rest of the experience.

Conscious Breathing and Vagus Nerve Stimulation

 

You’ll learn breathing techniques that support vagal tone and help regulate your stress response. These practices can be used anytime to calm your nervous system in real-time.

Mindfulness in Movement


Gentle, accessible movements help release tension and complete stress responses that may have remained unresolved in the body. These movements are designed to support nervous system flexibility rather than physical performance.

Sound and Vibration Practices


Simple vocalization and sound practices can help stimulate the vagus nerve and deepen the body’s ability to move toward regulation and connection.

Integrative Rest


Deep rest is an essential part of nervous system healing. This portion of the class allows your body to integrate the practices and anchor new states of calm and safety.

Meditation and Inner Awareness


The experience concludes with guided mindfulness and meditation practices that support presence, emotional awareness, and a deeper connection with your internal experience.

A Supportive and Accessible Experience

  • ❁ No prior yoga experience is required.
  • ❁ You do not need to be flexible, strong, or familiar with yoga poses.
  • ❁ All practices are offered as invitations, and options are provided throughout the class so you can adapt movements to what feels supportive for your body.
  • ❁ The entire experience can be practiced seated if needed, and you are always welcome to pause, rest, or simply observe.
  • ❁ This class is designed to support nervous system regulation — not physical performance.

A Supportive and Accessible Experience

  • ❁ No prior yoga experience is required.
  • ❁ You do not need to be flexible, strong, or familiar with yoga poses.
  • ❁ All practices are offered as invitations, and options are provided throughout the class so you can adapt movements to what feels supportive for your body.
  • ❁ The entire experience can be practiced seated if needed, and you are always welcome to pause, rest, or simply observe.
  • ❁ This class is designed to support nervous system regulation — not physical performance.

By the End of This Experience

You will leave with practical tools and embodied skills that help you:

  • ❁ Calm your nervous system in real time
  • ❁ Reduce hypervigilance, shutdown, and reactivity
  • ❁ Improve emotional stability and sleep
  • ❁ Build resilience to life’s stressors
  • ❁ Reconnect with a sense of safety in your own body
  • ❁ Strengthen your ability to return to balance after stress

These are skills you can continue using long after the class ends.

By the End of This Experience

You will leave with practical tools and embodied skills that help you:

  • ❁ Calm your nervous system in real time
  • ❁ Reduce hypervigilance, shutdown, and reactivity
  • ❁ Improve emotional stability and sleep
  • ❁ Build resilience to life’s stressors
  • ❁ Reconnect with a sense of safety in your own body
  • ❁ Strengthen your ability to return to balance after stress

These are skills you can continue using long after the class ends.

What Changes When Your Nervous System Begins to Regulate  

What Changes When Your Nervous System Begins to Regulate  

When your nervous system learns how to move out of survival mode more easily, many areas of your life begin to shift.

Not because you are forcing change — but because your body is no longer stuck in constant protection.

Small moments in daily life start to feel different.

You May Notice Changes Like These

You fall asleep more easily and wake up feeling more rested

Instead of lying awake with racing thoughts or waking in the middle of the night, your body begins to settle more naturally into restorative sleep.

Your body feels less tense and reactive

The tight shoulders, clenched jaw, shallow breathing, and constant sense of urgency begin to soften as your nervous system learns how to return to balance.

You feel calmer in situations that used to trigger you

Instead of reacting with anxiety, anger, or shutdown, you begin noticing a pause — a moment where you can respond with more clarity and choice..

You feel more present and connected

Conversations feel easier. You can listen and engage without feeling overwhelmed or emotionally flooded.

Your mind feels clearer

When the nervous system is not constantly scanning for danger, your brain has more energy available for focus, creativity, and decision-making.

You begin to feel safer inside your own body

Instead of feeling disconnected, numb, or on edge, you experience moments of groundedness and stability.

Stressful moments become easier to navigate

Rather than staying stuck in stress for hours or days, your nervous system learns how to recover and return to baseline more quickly.


Over Time, This Builds Resilience


Resilience does not mean never experiencing stress. It means your nervous system has the flexibility to move through stress and return to balance.

When your nervous system becomes more flexible, you begin to experience:

  • Greater emotional stability
  • Better sleep and physical recovery
  • More ease in relationships
  • Improved concentration and clarity
  • A deeper sense of calm and safety in your body

This is what nervous system regulation makes possible.

It’s Normal to Feel Hesitant


If you’re considering something like this, it’s completely normal to have questions or concerns.

Many people who live with chronic stress or trauma have tried different approaches before and may feel unsure about what will actually help.

If some of the thoughts below have crossed your mind, you’re not alone.

It’s Normal to Feel Hesitant


If you’re considering something like this, it’s completely normal to have questions or concerns.

Many people who live with chronic stress or trauma have tried different approaches before and may feel unsure about what will actually help.

If some of the thoughts below have crossed your mind, you’re not alone.

“What if I get overwhelmed by emotions or body sensations?”

This experience is designed to move slowly and support nervous system safety.

Practices are offered as invitations, and you are always encouraged to listen to your body and take breaks when needed. The goal is not to push into intense experiences, but to gently help the nervous system rediscover regulation and stability.

“What if I get overwhelmed by emotions or body sensations?”

This experience is designed to move slowly and support nervous system safety.

Practices are offered as invitations, and you are always encouraged to listen to your body and take breaks when needed. The goal is not to push into intense experiences, but to gently help the nervous system rediscover regulation and stability.

“What if I’m not ready to face my trauma?”

This class is not about reliving traumatic events or forcing difficult memories to surface.

Instead, it focuses on helping your nervous system build the capacity for safety, grounding, and regulation. Many people find that when the body begins to feel safer, emotional healing becomes more manageable and less overwhelming.

“What if I’m not ready to face my trauma?”

This class is not about reliving traumatic events or forcing difficult memories to surface.

Instead, it focuses on helping your nervous system build the capacity for safety, grounding, and regulation. Many people find that when the body begins to feel safer, emotional healing becomes more manageable and less overwhelming.

“What if yoga isn’t for me?”

This is not a traditional yoga class focused on flexibility or physical performance.

All movements are gentle and accessible, and the entire experience can be practiced seated if needed. No prior yoga experience is required.

The focus is on nervous system regulation — not poses or athletic ability.

“What if yoga isn’t for me?”

This is not a traditional yoga class focused on flexibility or physical performance.

All movements are gentle and accessible, and the entire experience can be practiced seated if needed. No prior yoga experience is required.

The focus is on nervous system regulation — not poses or athletic ability.

“What if I’ve tried other things and nothing has worked?”

Many approaches to stress focus primarily on changing thoughts or behaviors.

But trauma and chronic stress often live in the nervous system and body.

This experience takes an embodied approach that works directly with the stress response — helping the body learn new patterns of safety and regulation.

For many people, this is the missing piece.

“What if I’ve tried other things and nothing has worked?”

Many approaches to stress focus primarily on changing thoughts or behaviors.

But trauma and chronic stress often live in the nervous system and body.

This experience takes an embodied approach that works directly with the stress response — helping the body learn new patterns of safety and regulation.

For many people, this is the missing piece.

“What if I’m not even sure whether trauma applies to me?”

Many people associate trauma only with major life events.

But chronic stress, relational experiences, and ongoing pressure can also impact the nervous system in powerful ways.

If you often feel overwhelmed, reactive, numb, or disconnected, your nervous system may simply be asking for support and regulation.

“What if I’m not even sure whether trauma applies to me?”

Many people associate trauma only with major life events.

But chronic stress, relational experiences, and ongoing pressure can also impact the nervous system in powerful ways.

If you often feel overwhelmed, reactive, numb, or disconnected, your nervous system may simply be asking for support and regulation.

“What if this doesn’t work for me over Zoom?”

This is a fair question, and it is worth naming what actually does the work in this class.

The regulation happens in your own nervous system — through your breath, your movement, and your attention. That does not require me to be in the room. What I bring is the guidance, the pacing, and the education, and those travel.

The online group is kept small for the same reason the in-person one is: so there is room for you in it. I pause at several points during class to check in and take questions. That is your moment to ask something, say a practice isn’t landing, or let me know something has come up. There is time for questions at the end of every class as well, and if something needs more space than a group allows, we can set up a one-to-one.

You don’t need your camera on for any of that.

“What if this doesn’t work for me over Zoom?”

This is a fair question, and it is worth naming what actually does the work in this class.

The regulation happens in your own nervous system — through your breath, your movement, and your attention. That does not require me to be in the room. What I bring is the guidance, the pacing, and the education, and those travel.

The online group is kept small for the same reason the in-person one is: so there is room for you in it. I pause at several points during class to check in and take questions. That is your moment to ask something, say a practice isn’t landing, or let me know something has come up. There is time for questions at the end of every class as well, and if something needs more space than a group allows, we can set up a one-to-one.

You don’t need your camera on for any of that.

You Don’t Have to Navigate This Alone

Healing and resilience are not about forcing yourself to be stronger.

They are about learning how to work with your nervous system so your body can move out of protection mode and back toward balance.

This class is designed to help you begin that process in a supportive and accessible way.

You Don’t Have to Navigate This Alone

Healing and resilience are not about forcing yourself to be stronger.

They are about learning how to work with your nervous system so your body can move out of protection mode and back toward balance.

This class is designed to help you begin that process in a supportive and accessible way.

What Can Shift in Just 90 Minutes? Real Experiences from Stress Response Reset Participants

People who have worked with Paula often describe feeling calmer, more grounded, and better equipped to navigate stress and life’s challenges

INVESTING IN YOUR WELL-BEING

 

If you’ve read this far, you may already recognize how deeply stress and nervous system dysregulation can impact your daily life. You may also sense the possibility that learning how to pause, regulate, and reset your nervous system could change the way you experience stress, relationships, and your overall well-being.

The Stress Response Reset is designed to make these tools accessible — offering a guided, trauma-informed experience that helps you begin building skills for regulation and resilience.

📅 Date & Time: Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 10:00 – 11:30 am Pacific

⏱ Class Length: 90 minutes

💳 Investment: $65 in person or $45 live online

📍 In person: 3911 5th Avenue, Suite 208, San Diego, CA 92103 (Hillcrest) — 2 hours free parking with validation

💻 Live online: join on Zoom from anywhere — link sent as soon as you register

INVESTING IN YOUR WELL-BEING


If you’ve read this far, you may already recognize how deeply stress and nervous system dysregulation can impact your daily life. You may also sense the possibility that learning how to pause, regulate, and reset your nervous system could change the way you experience stress, relationships, and your overall well-being.

The Stress Response Reset is designed to make these tools accessible — offering a guided, trauma-informed experience that helps you begin building skills for regulation and resilience.

📅 Date & Time: Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 10:00 – 11:30 am Pacific

⏱ Class Length: 90 minutes

💳 Investment: $65 in person or $45 live online

📍 In person: 3911 5th Avenue, Suite 208, San Diego, CA 92103 (Hillcrest) — 2 hours free parking with validation

💻 Live online: join on Zoom from anywhere — link sent as soon as you register

Here’s What You’ll Receive:

Here’s What You’ll Receive:

90-Minute Guided Nervous System Reset

A trauma-informed therapeutic yoga experience designed to help your body shift from stress activation into a more regulated and grounded state.

 

Science-Backed Nervous System Education

Understand how stress patterns develop in the body and learn how to begin working with your nervous system instead of fighting it.

 

Practical Regulation Tools You Can Use Immediately

Learn simple breathing, movement, and awareness practices you can use anytime stress, anxiety, or overwhelm arise.

A Safe and Supportive Practice Environment

Experience these tools in a calm, trauma-informed space that emphasizes safety, choice, and nervous system awareness.

When You Join Stress Response Reset…

You’re not just signing up for a yoga class.

You’re receiving the culmination of my 26 years of experience as a licensed mental health provider and dedicated meditation and yoga practitioner — someone who has walked this path both personally and professionally.

When You Join Stress Response Reset…

You’re not just signing up for a yoga class.

You’re receiving the culmination of my 26 years of experience as a licensed mental health provider and dedicated meditation and yoga practitioner — someone who has walked this path both personally and professionally.

If you were to work with me one-on-one, a single psychotherapy session typically costs over $200.

While this class is not therapy, it is guided by a licensed mental health professional and trauma specialist who integrates psychotherapy, mindfulness meditation, and therapeutic yoga to support nervous system healing.

I created Stress Response Reset because over the years I’ve seen how chronic stress, emotional habits, and nervous system patterns quietly shape the way we experience our lives — often without us realizing it.

That’s why I don’t simply guide you through movements or breathing exercises.

I help you understand what is happening beneath the surface — and how to begin shifting those patterns in ways that support regulation, resilience, and long-term well-being.

I also stay current on the latest neuroscience and trauma-informed approaches, translating that knowledge into practical tools you can apply immediately.

  • No complicated theory
  • No overwhelming research
  • Just clear guidance to help your body begin remembering how to regulate again

This class is designed to give you a safe and accessible place to begin.

 

Ready to Begin Retraining Your Stress Response?

Give your body the opportunity to experience what regulation can feel like.

Join us for Stress Response Reset and begin learning practical, science-informed tools that help your nervous system shift from survival mode into greater calm, flexibility, and resilience.

 

Ready to Begin Retraining Your Stress Response?

Give your body the opportunity to experience what regulation can feel like.

Join us for Stress Response Reset and begin learning practical, science-informed tools that help your nervous system shift from survival mode into greater calm, flexibility, and resilience.

14-Day No Questions Asked Guarantee — Try It Absolutely Risk Free!

14-Day No Questions Asked Guarantee — Try It Absolutely Risk Free!

I am deeply committed to creating a safe and supportive space where you can explore nervous system regulation through mindfulness, movement, and therapeutic yoga.

If you attend the Stress Response Reset class and genuinely feel that the experience was not supportive or valuable for you, simply send an email to [email protected] within 14 days after the class, and I will happily refund your registration.

  • No hoops to jump through
  • No guilt
  • No questions asked

If the only thing standing between you and this experience is the wondering:

“What if this isn’t right for me?”

“Can I really trust this to help me feel calmer, more grounded, and more connected to my body?”

I invite you to trust your curiosity and give yourself the opportunity to experience it.

My intention is to create a space that supports learning, healing, and nervous system awareness. If it turns out this class is not the right fit for you at this moment, I fully honor that.

Space is limited to keep the experience supportive and personal.

When You Join the Stress
Response Reset  

 

To help you continue supporting your nervous system beyond the class itself, you will also receive the following resources designed to help you integrate what you learn into everyday life.

Bonus #1: Self-Mastery Guided Meditation Audio Library ($45 Value)

Many people worry that if they miss a class or have a stressful week, they will lose the momentum of their practice.

That’s why you will also receive access to my Self-Mastery Guided Meditation Audio Library — a collection of three powerful guided practices designed to help you work with your inner experience rather than fight against it.

These meditations support you in developing greater self-compassion, calming anxiety, and shifting the patterns that often keep the nervous system stuck in stress.

Inside the library you’ll receive:

  • Behind the Voice – What Your Inner Critic Really Wants
    A guided RAIN meditation that helps you explore limiting beliefs with curiosity and compassion, transforming your relationship with your inner critic.
  • Guided Meditation for Self-Compassion
    A soothing practice that helps you meet yourself with kindness — especially during difficult emotional moments.
  • Anxiety Relief Through Letting Go of the Struggle
    A calming meditation that helps you ease anxiety by learning to release the internal fight against it.

These practices allow you to continue cultivating regulation, awareness, and emotional balance even when you cannot attend class.

Bonus #1: Self-Mastery Guided Meditation Audio Library ($45 Value)

Many people worry that if they miss a class or have a stressful week, they will lose the momentum of their practice.

That’s why you will also receive access to my Self-Mastery Guided Meditation Audio Library — a collection of three powerful guided practices designed to help you work with your inner experience rather than fight against it.

These meditations support you in developing greater self-compassion, calming anxiety, and shifting the patterns that often keep the nervous system stuck in stress.

Inside the library you’ll receive:

  • Behind the Voice – What Your Inner Critic Really Wants
    A guided RAIN meditation that helps you explore limiting beliefs with curiosity and compassion, transforming your relationship with your inner critic.
  • Guided Meditation for Self-Compassion
    A soothing practice that helps you meet yourself with kindness — especially during difficult emotional moments.
  • Anxiety Relief Through Letting Go of the Struggle
    A calming meditation that helps you ease anxiety by learning to release the internal fight against it.

These practices allow you to continue cultivating regulation, awareness, and emotional balance even when you cannot attend class.

Bonus #2: 5-Minute Instant Calm Toolkit ($10 Value)

Stress doesn’t only happen during class hours.

That’s why you’ll also receive my 5-Minute Instant Calm Toolkit — a simple collection of science-based nervous system regulation techniques you can use anywhere.

These tools are designed for real life moments when stress shows up unexpectedly.

You’ll learn quick practices you can use:

  • before an important meeting
  • during moments of anxiety
  • when you feel overwhelmed
  • before sleep
  • anytime your nervous system needs support

You can keep these tools on your phone and begin using them immediately.

Bonus #2: 5-Minute Instant Calm Toolkit ($10 Value)

Stress doesn’t only happen during class hours.

That’s why you’ll also receive my 5-Minute Instant Calm Toolkit — a simple collection of science-based nervous system regulation techniques you can use anywhere.

These tools are designed for real life moments when stress shows up unexpectedly.

You’ll learn quick practices you can use:

  • before an important meeting
  • during moments of anxiety
  • when you feel overwhelmed
  • before sleep
  • anytime your nervous system needs support

You can keep these tools on your phone and begin using them immediately.

Bonus #3: Paula’s Gratitude & Intention Journal ($15 Value)

A simple daily reflection practice can significantly support emotional regulation and well-being.

You will also receive Paula’s Gratitude & Intention Journal, a beautifully designed six-page guided template that makes gratitude and intentional living easy to maintain.

Inside you’ll find:

  • simple daily prompts that train your brain to notice what is good
  • reflection questions that support emotional resilience
  • a structured format that takes just a few minutes per day
  • a gentle daily practice that helps anchor the nervous system in stability and positivity

This simple practice helps reinforce the regulation skills you will begin building in class.

Bonus #3: Paula’s Gratitude & Intention Journal ($15 Value)

A simple daily reflection practice can significantly support emotional regulation and well-being.

You will also receive Paula’s Gratitude & Intention Journal, a beautifully designed six-page guided template that makes gratitude and intentional living easy to maintain.

Inside you’ll find:

  • simple daily prompts that train your brain to notice what is good
  • reflection questions that support emotional resilience
  • a structured format that takes just a few minutes per day
  • a gentle daily practice that helps anchor the nervous system in stability and positivity

This simple practice helps reinforce the regulation skills you will begin building in class.

Together, these resources help you continue supporting your nervous system between classes so that the benefits of the Stress Response Reset extend into your everyday life.

Together, these resources help you continue supporting your nervous system between classes so that the benefits of the Stress Response Reset extend into your everyday life.

Let Me Break It Down For You

When you join the Stress Response Reset, you’re not just attending a single yoga class — you’re stepping into a guided, trauma-informed nervous system reset experience designed to help you release stress, reconnect with your body, and begin building skills for emotional regulation.

Along with the class itself, you’ll also receive $70 worth of additional resources designed to help you continue supporting your nervous system beyond the session.

A typical therapeutic yoga or nervous system regulation session can cost $100+.

But here you’re receiving the full experience plus $70 worth of additional resources to support your continued practice.

  • 💡 Total Value: Up to $135
  • 💰 Your Investment Today: $65 in person or $45 live online
  • 🌱 You’ll leave with practical skills and resources to support your nervous system long after the class is over.

What You Would Normally Pay

Up To $135 Total Value

 

✓ 90-min Therapeutic Yoga Nervous System Reset Class – $65 in studio or $45 online

✓ Self-Mastery Guided Meditation Audio Library – $45

✓ 5-Minute Instant Calm Toolkit – $10

✓ Paula’s Gratitude & Intention Journal – $15

Your Investment Today

$65 in person • $45 live online

 

✓ Full Stress Response Reset Class Experience

✓ Self-Mastery Guided Meditation Audio Library

✓ 5-Minute Instant Calm Toolkit

✓ Paula’s Gratitude & Intention Journal

Choose Your Class Format

In Studio

$65


Join me in the studio in San Diego, Hillcrest—a beautifully curated space for healing, where you can step away from everyday demands and allow your mind, body, and nervous system to reset.

Only 7 seats.

Attend In Studio — $65

Live Online

$45

Introductory rate for our first live online class

Join me live on Zoom from wherever you are, and experience the same compassionate guidance, nervous system education, and practical tools—all from the comfort of your own home. Your camera is always optional.

Limited to 15.

Attend Live Online — $45

Both formats include the full 90-minute class, all three bonus resources, and the 14-day no-questions-asked guarantee.

MEET PAULA!

 

Hi, I’m Paula Kettula, LCSW — a licensed psychotherapist, trauma specialist, meditation teacher, and certified yoga instructor who deeply believes that you deserve to feel calm, present, and at home in your own body.

For 26 years, I have been working as a therapist, helping people navigate anxiety, trauma, and life transitions as well as the many stressors of modern life. My work focuses on helping people move from overwhelm and reactivity toward greater regulation, clarity, and emotional resilience.

Over the past 26 years as a therapist and more than 20 years of personal meditation and yoga practice, I’ve seen how powerful it can be when psychological insight and embodied practices come together.

Alongside my clinical work, I have maintained a dedicated mindfulness meditation and yoga practice for over 20 years, exploring how mind-body practices can support healing, nervous system balance, and deeper self-awareness.

I am the founder of Porta Verum Psychotherapy Services in San Diego, where my team and I support individuals, couples, and families in healing from trauma, anxiety, and depression so they can live with greater connection, empowerment, and joy.

My work bridges science-based psychotherapy with mindfulness and mind-body practices.

I am trained in EMDR therapy, trauma-informed care, and multiple therapeutic modalities, and I am also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) with additional training in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery.

My connection to yoga deepened in 2007 after a serious car accident caused significant back injuries. What began as physical rehabilitation became a transformative healing path that reshaped my relationship with my body, stress, and emotional well-being.

That experience profoundly deepened my understanding of how stress and trauma live in the body — and how healing often requires working with both the mind and the nervous system.

The Stress Response Reset class brings together these years of experience in psychotherapy, trauma work, mindfulness, and therapeutic yoga to offer a safe and supportive space where you can begin learning practical tools for nervous system regulation and emotional balance.

You don’t need to be flexible, experienced with yoga, or “good at meditation.”

You simply need to show up — and I will guide the rest.

MEET PAULA

Hi, I’m Paula Kettula, LCSW — a licensed psychotherapist, trauma specialist, meditation teacher, and certified yoga instructor who deeply believes that you deserve to feel calm, present, and at home in your own body.

For 26 years, I have been working as a therapist helping people navigate anxiety, trauma, and life transitions, guiding them from overwhelm and reactivity toward greater regulation, clarity, and emotional resilience.

Alongside my clinical work, I have maintained a dedicated meditation and yoga practice for over 20 years. My work bridges science-based psychotherapy with mindfulness and mind-body practices.

I am trained in EMDR therapy, trauma-informed care, and multiple therapeutic modalities, and I am also a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-200) with additional training in Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma Recovery.

My connection to yoga deepened in 2007 after a serious car accident caused significant back injuries. What began as physical rehabilitation became a transformative healing path that reshaped my relationship with my body, stress, and emotional well-being.

That experience deepened my understanding of how stress and trauma live in the body — and how healing often requires working with both the mind and the nervous system.

The Stress Response Reset class brings together my years of experience in psychotherapy, trauma work, mindfulness, and therapeutic yoga to offer a safe and supportive space where you can begin learning practical tools for nervous system regulation and emotional balance.

You don’t need to be flexible, experienced with yoga, or “good at meditation.”

You simply need to show up — and I will guide the rest.

Porta Verum Psychotherapy Services has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Businesses in the 92103 Zip Code for 2025, based on verified Google reviews and client satisfaction.

We are honored to serve the San Diego community with compassionate, evidence-based psychotherapy and deeply value the trust our clients place in us.

Frequently Asked Questions

About the Class

Attending In Person

Attending Live Online

Give Your Nervous System the Reset It Deserves

 

Stress builds up in the body over time.

With the right support, it can also release and settle.

Join the Stress Response Reset Therapeutic Yoga Class and experience gentle, trauma-informed movement designed to help your body shift out of survival mode and back into calm and balance.

Attend in the way that works best for you: 

Join me in person in Hillcrest, San Diego, or live online from anywhere.

Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 10:00 – 11:30 AM Pacific

Only 7 in-person spots · Live online limited to 15

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