Why Health Coaching

Why Nervous System Regulation?

Alongside your healthcare team, Sabrina can help with ...

Insomnia

Sabrina utilizes tools like NSDR, breathing techniques, aromatherapy and vagal nerve support to aid in deep relaxation and rest. Coaching and education around sleep hygiene also aid in creating the context for improved sleep. Clients learn tools to use when sleep is evasive and how to cope with the anxiety of lost sleep.

Anxiety

Stress and anxiety can affect our relationships, our choices and the way we show up in every aspect of our lives. Sabrina educates clients so they better understand the mechanisms of anxiety within the body. Using interoceptive awareness built during sessions, clients can become aware of triggers and when anxiety is moving beyond cognitive control. Clients learn orienting exercises, breathing techniques and nervous system regulation tools to manage anxiety when it arises.

Digestion

With all the processed foods, stress and sedentary lifestyles that are key elements of our modern world many people suffer from digestive issues. This may manifest itself in bloating, chronic discomfort, formally diagnosed IBS, poor elimination and brain fog. Sabrina guides clients in understanding their sensitivities and how their nervous system affects their digestion to reduce triggers of digestive discomfort.

Maladaptive Stress Coping

There are many forms of maladaptive stress coping from stress eating to compulsive shopping, scrolling to substance abuse. Alongside any other necessary therapists, Sabrina guides clients to alternative coping tools for when stress becomes overwhelming. Education and experiential work in gentle movement, breathing exercises and mindfulness tools allow clients to feel empowered with healthy tools to manage stress.

Hormonal Health

Sabrina is passionate about women's health issues and hormonal imbalance arising from nervous system dysregulation is an area of specialty. Prospective clients are welcome to read more about yoga therapy's efficacy for aiding in hormonal balance here. Supporting allostasis through concrete actions like breathing exercises, mindful movement and NSDR allows clients to create the context for hormonal balance in their bodies.

Reducing Risk of Comorbid
Diseases

Chronic stress and anxiety has been proven to increase the risk of developing heart disease, obesity, diabetes and autoimmune diseases among other comorbid conditions. Sabrina's unique approach to stress management is informed by a biomedical approach and focuses on thoughtfully managing the nervous system and thus helping clients manage symptoms of diseases arising from or related to chronic stress with the assistance of a client's primary care provider.

"I really enjoy the combination of mind, body and spirit that she takes to yoga. Sabrina's so caring and really genuinely cares about the whole human being, not just the physical body and the work that she's doing. I'd highly recommend it to anyone."

- Ashley

"Having like an hour and a half every couple of weeks to really hone in ... and basically like evaluate my body and just look at it for what it is and also have a very kind view towards my body and acceptance, I think that's just so beneficial not just physically but also emotionally and mentally as well"

- Jaclyn

Who is Nervous System Regulation For?

Highly Sensitive People

Highly Sensitive People (also known as HSPs) are individuals who have increased sensitivity of the central nervous system and a deeper cognitive processing of physical, social and emotional stimuli. Stress management techniques are deeply important for HSPs as they aid in regulating the nervous system and processing stimuli. Stress management helps HSPs to feel less overwhelmed, better equipped for daily life and more at ease in their body.

Chronic Disease Sufferers

Stress is a contributing factor to the development or flare up of almost all chronic diseases. Stress management plays an integral role in working with choric diseases like heart disease, asthma, diabetes, IBS, auto-immune diseases (including rhumatoid arthritis), hypertension, migraines, insomnia and chronic pain to name a few. When individuals with chronic disease learn to master their stress response they experience better quality of life.

Neurodivergent People

Neurodivergent individuals have brains that work differently than the majority of people. This includes but is not limited to people who have ADHD, depression, anxiety, dyslexia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and autism. Stress management is important for neurodivergent people who are struggling to cope in our fast-paced, over stimulating world or for neurodivergent people who are looking to support their mental health.

Ambitious People

Ambitious people are high achievers, but often feel restless, high-strung or teetering on the edge of burnout. It is absolutely necessary for ambitious individuals to have stress management in their life if they are hoping to be truly successful in the long run. Often people will hit the high point of their career only to manifest a challenging disease as the body responds to poorly managed chronic stress. By managing stress and supporting the nervous system, ambitious people can be make productivity and success sustainable.

People in Search of Healing

People who feel lost due to medical issues ranging from infertility to cancer often benefit substantially from support for their nervous system and a healthy therapeutic relationship. Sabrina is trained to work with people who have complex medical histories. She works alongside doctors, psychotherapists and physical therapists to create the context for healing, rest and balance in her client's bodies.

What Do Sessions Consist Of?

Sabrina's unique combination of education and training allows her to utilize several tools in therapeutic sessions. Tools and therapeutic frameworks most often used are:

Yoga therapy
Yoga Nidra (also known as Non-Sleep Deep Rest)
Mindfulness based stress reduction practices
Therapeutic breath work
Interoceptive awareness practice

Sabrina puts a strong emphasis on evidence-based, non-invasive therapies. Her specialty is working alongside healthcare providers to support positive health outcomes for her clients. Read more about her scope of practice here.

Meet Sabrina

Sabrina Joy, C-IAYT, LRT
Natural and Functional Nervous System Regulation Specialist

A recovering stress-aholic, Sabrina knows first-hand the damaging effects of chronic stress. After developing several health challenges as a result of chronic stress in college, Sabrina decided to change her life and educational journey to help people manage stress and find resilient peace.

Sabrina Joy is a registered Yoga Therapist, Yoga Teacher, Meditation Instructor, Breathwork Therapist, Mindfulness Practitioner, and Clinical Aromatherapist who specializes in nervous system regulation. She studied culinary anthropology at Oregon State University and psychology at Southern New Hampshire University as an undergraduate. She completed her master's level Yoga Therapy training at the Yoga Therapy Institute in Amsterdam. She has completed continuing education with Matthew Brensilver, Oren J Sofer, the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and the New York Institute of Aromatic Studies. She holds a license in Recreational Therapy from the Washington State Department of Health.

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