BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Eventin//Event Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b3896fb64eb3d2886815e5387266248c@cocreatechange.com.au SUMMARY:Being with your nervous system in complex times : AU/EU timezone DESCRIPTION:Being With Your Nervous System in Complex Times is a live\, onl ine\, four‑session circle for people who work with complexity and care – designers\, facilitators\, leaders\, practitioners\, carers\, lawyers a nd others inside systems.\nTogether we’ll move through a simple four‑di rectional map\, weaving just enough theory with grounded\, experiential pra ctice so you can try things out amidst your real life and work. You’ll le ave with a practical workbook of simple\, repeatable practices to support y ou in both your work and your everyday life.\nSession 1 : Arriving: meeting where you are\nWe begin by arriving where you actually are\, not where you think you “should” be.\n\nA simple\, plain‑language orientation to h ow your body and nervous system responds to stress\, safety and ease.\nGuid ed body‑based reflection to notice what activation\, flatness and settlin g feel like for you right now.\nMapping how this links to your real context s – projects\, relationships\, care responsibilities\, organisational dyn amics.\nOne tiny noticing practice to take into the next couple of weeks.\n \nThe aim is not to analyse yourself\, but to start recognising the pattern s your system is already running.\nSession 2 : Protection: patterns that tr y to keep you safe\nHere we get curious about your protective strategies – without pathologising them.\n\nNaming common protective patterns – sp eeding up\, shutting down\, bracing\, over‑functioning\, people‑pleasin g – as understandable ways your system tries to keep you safe.\nConnectin g these patterns to the systems you move in: meetings\, workshops\, client work\, family life.\nTrying a couple of low‑key supports you can use in r eal time (breath\, orientation\, micro‑pauses\, boundaries) and noticing what actually helps.\nChoosing one small\, realistic experiment to take int o your everyday contexts.\n\nWe’re gently widening the gap between “som ething happens” and “I react”\,  growing your response‑ability one small moment at a time.\nSession 3 : Resourcing: what steadies and restore s you\nIn this session we turn towards what supports you\, not just what dr ains you.\n\nExploring what helps your system come back toward steadier gro und – people\, places\, rhythms\, practices\, stories.\nMapping supports you already have (even if under‑used) and gaps that might want attention\ , without turning it into another list of “shoulds”.\nPractising ways t o weave micro‑resourcing into your current days\, rather than adding big new routines you’ll abandon in a week.\nNaming one or two supports you wa nt to tend\, and what might make that feel possible in your context.\n\nRes ourcing here is framed as a prerequisite for meaningful work and sustainabl e leadership\, not a luxury add‑on.\nSession 4 : Walking with: integratin g and choosing next steps\nWe close by gathering what you’ve seen and fel t\, and looking at how you want to walk with your system from here.\n\nLook ing back across the previous sessions to see what patterns and experiments are telling you about your current capacity.\nExploring what it might mean\ , in your particular work and life\, to “be with” your experience rathe r than constantly overriding or pushing through.\nClarifying a few simple a greements with yourself (and maybe others) about how you want to respond\, relate\, and resource yourself in the coming months.\nNaming what you are t aking with you from the circle\, practices\, insights\, boundaries\, or que stions\, and what support you might need to keep going.\n\nThere may also b e an optional integration call later in the year if the group wants to reco nnect and ground what you’ve been experimenting with.\n\nWho this is for\ nThis circle is for you if:\n\nYou work with people and complexity – in d esign\, law\, research\, facilitation\, social impact\, organisational chan ge\, caregiving\, or similar spaces.\nYou notice stress and load showing up in your body (tension\, shutdown\, wired “on‑ness”) and want to unde rstand this without making yourself wrong.\nYou’re curious about nervous system literacy\, but you want something human and grounded\, not jargon‑ heavy or clinical.\nYou’d like a small\, relational space to practise\, n ot just learn concepts – with others who also care about how they show up in the systems they’re part of.\n\nNo prior somatics or trauma training is required. Curiosity and a bit of willingness to experiment is enough.\n\ nPractical details\n\nFormat: 4 x live online sessions (Zoom) - held fortni ghtly\nSession length: 75 minutes each\nGroup size: Small (up to 10)\, so t here is room for reflection \nSession flow: Each 75‑minute session weav es short teaching\, guided practice and focused reflection. There will be s ome space to share\, but the emphasis is on your own noticing and experimen ting\, rather than long check‑ins\nFacilitator: Jax Wechsler : strategic designer\, facilitator and educator working at the intersection of nervous system literacy\, trauma‑aware practice and complex change.\n\nTime optio ns:\n\nGroup A – AU / NZ‑friendly / some US‑friendly:8:00–9:15 am A EST = 6:00 – 7:15 pm EDT =  3:00 – 4:15 pm PDTJuly 7\, 21\, Aug 4\, 18 Register on this page\nGroup B – Evening AU / EU‑friendly: 19:00–20: 15 AEST = 10:00-11:15 am GMT = 5:00 - 6:15pm Singapore)July 8\, 22\, Aug 5\ , 19Register on the top right of this page\n\nGroups and flexibility\nYou ’ll nominate a “home” group (morning or evening) when you register. I f a particular week doesn’t work for your home time\, you’re welcome to join the other group for that session instead\, as long as there’s room. \nIf one of the groups doesn’t reach minimum numbers\, I may invite you t o move into the other group or offer a refund. \n\nInvestment\nInvestment for the four‑part live series (approx. 5 hours of group time):\n\nProfess ional / organisation‑funded – AUD $290 (incl. 10% GST)For when your emp loyer\, a client\, or a project budget is paying for your place.\nSelf‑fu nded practitioner – AUD $190 (incl. 10% GST)For when you are paying out o f pocket as an individual.\nSupported place – AUD $120 (incl. 10% GST)\n\ n\nA note about the work\nThis circle draws on current research and lived p ractice around stress\, trauma and nervous system literacy\, but it doesn ’t ask you to sign up to any one theory. The focus is on low‑risk\, pra ctical ways to notice what your own system is doing and to offer it a littl e more support\, in the middle of the life you actually have.\nIt is not th erapy and not clinical training. It’s a small\, human‑scaled practice s pace to support how you move through complex work and life\, and to gently grow your response‑ability over time.\nTestimonials\nThis circle grows ou t of earlier nervous‑system‑informed courses I’ve run with practition ers and teams. Here’s how people from those cohorts have described the im pact.\n“What I most appreciated was how Jax framed nervous system regulat ion as more than self-care — as a practice that supports collective creat ivity\, compassion and response-ability. The course came at exactly the rig ht time. Jax explained things in a clear\, grounded and practical way that made both the theory and practices feel intuitive and genuinely doable.” — Kylie Wrigley\, Climate Justice Organiser\n"Jax provided a supportive\, reflective space to make sense of my capacities as a change-maker\, along with new nervous system concepts and practical tools I'm already bedding in for the year ahead."— Wendy Fountain\, Ecological designer\n"Jax is a ra re example of being an embodied teacher of her teachings. Highly recommende d."— Robyn Katz\, Women's Leadership Facilitator\n"I found the class usef ul and insightful. It left me pondering the implications for work and relat ionship over the next few days. Also explained the window of tolerance to m y 7 yr old daughter the next day. Made perfect sense to her. She called hyp o-arousal her ‘hiding’ state.”—Dan Gooden\, Technology Consultant\n “Jax presents life changing concepts in clear\, precise language\, with p ractical exercises to take home and use for life! Your nervous system will appreciate you\, for investing 2 hours of your time\, for a lifetime of ins ight and awareness to give you greater control and acceptance of yourself\, relationships and life’s challenges.”— Sharni Cohen\, Psychologist LOCATION:Online DTSTAMP:20260509T044404Z DTSTART:20260708T090000Z DTEND:20260721T101500Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR