Reclaim Your Calm

Where Contemplation Creates Transformation

Modern life has created conditions where it has become increasingly difficult to identify and manage emotions. Anxiety disorders are the world’s most pressing mental disorder since the pandemic, with levels rising dramatically globally, with 300 million suffering from anxiety disorders (WHO). Meanwhile, many are experiencing a mental health support shortage, with roughly a 1/3 of their population living in officially designated mental health shortage areas, unable to gain access to professional care. Until this shortage is remedied, we could all benefit from developing body-calming self-care skills and emotional resilience. We hold within our bodies highly intelligent neural pathways that are extremely responsive to new patterns. Self-motivated transformation is possible if you acquire the skills and apply them mindfully. Acquire reliable, yet memorable “Chill Skills” for emotion and anxiety management that you can apply anytime, anywhere in your life, with no special equipment required, just your incredible body! And you can positively impact your personal and professional life forever!

Where Contemplation Creates Transformation

The course is a rare holistic approach to calming the nervous system and empowering the individual to create new patterns of expressive behavior

  • 3.5 hours of detailed mindfulness, breathing, and relaxation lessons to soften muscle activation, calm the nervous system, and induce states of feeling tranquil, positive social connections with others, improved self-esteem, physical sensuality, and overall contentment

  • Evidence-based physical methods for expressive development and creating new options for emotional reactions where you can become more holistically resilient, and strengthen personal agency by learning to accurately identify how you feel and improve communication delivery accuracy

  • Anxiety and stress reduction lessons, along with physical body scanning and mindful movement techniques to help you improve your health and overall wellness by attaining a balanced relationship with emotions.

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Course curriculum

  • 01

    It is Possible to Reclaim Your Calm

    • Welcome

    • Pre-Course Survey (5 short questions)

    • Introduction to Reclaim Your Calm
  • 02

    Course Practice Understandings & Recommendations

    • An Important Message from the Author and Your Instructor, Laura Bond

    • Recommendations for Your Practice
  • 03

    The Basics: Breathing Areas and Zero (Neutral Breath)

    • Introduction to Breathing Areas

    • Zero (Neutral) and Step Out
  • 04

    The Lessons

    • 1A Posture and Pattern Introduction and Development

    • 1A Breath Pattern Practice

    • Open vs Closed Posture

    • 2A Embodiment

    • 2A Receptive Pattern Practice

    • 2A Active Pattern Practice

    • S & 8 Restorative Movement Lesson
  • 05

    Restorative Practice Lessons

    • Short 1-2 Minute Restorative Practices in Standing Position

    • Permission to Share Survey Results
  • 06

    Conclusion & Bonus Materials for Continued Practice

    • Pattern Practice Advice & Further Information on the Method

    • Bonus Practice Recording of Neutral, 1A, 2A, and Step Out

    • In conclusion...

Instructor

Laura Bond

Laura Bond (Lead Instructor/Trainer) is the founder of the Emotional Body® method and is a somatic practitioner and scholar dedicated to providing safe and reliable techniques for physical emotion regulation for personal expression development for all individuals and promoting somatic wellness initiatives. She is a Professor Emeritus with UNC Asheville where she taught courses on acting, directing, somatic practices for personal expression development, vocal production, and physical emotion regulation and resiliency for 27 years. In addition to over 20 years of teaching the Emotional Body method, she is a master trainer of Estill Voice Training®, and is a certified Trainer in Kinēsa®, a Feldenkrais®-Inspired Movement System for Pain Relief and Heightened Physical, Emotional & Spiritual Wellbeing. She is currently completing a year-long internationally accredited and certified Mindful Art and Meditation Teacher (MAT) training program, by the acclaimed International Mindfulness and Meditation Alliance (IMMA) and the global Mindful Art Alliance (MAA). In 2024, she also completed the Brown University's Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course, is certified in Mental Health First Aid for adults and minors, and has trained in over 50 hours of the consent-based and trauma-informed practice of Theatrical Intimacy Education. Laura was also awarded UNCA's Ruth Paddison Distinguished Professorship (2022-2025) for promoting interdisciplinary connections between fields where she creates and supports somatic wellness initiatives.She applies her experience and training of all these methods with care and consideration for consent practices and remains trauma-informed and aware of mental health needs within her unique interdisciplinary style of teaching and coaching. To learn more about the Emotional Body method and Laura Bond visit www.emotionalbody.co

Laura Bond

Lead Instructor/Trainer