Vagal Toning Program For Therapists
Many therapists are not trained to offer their clients body-based trauma healing therapies. This is why Rewire Trauma Therapy has put together a CE-accredited Vagal Toning Program to equip to offer therapeutic Vagal Toning techniques to clients grappling with the debilitating effects of trauma.
Talk therapy often overlooks the most important conversation for trauma healing: the mind-body dialogue.
The language of trauma is largely physiological, meaning our therapies should be too. For this reason, trauma healing experts Dr. Stephen Porges and Deb Dana suggest vagal toning therapeutic exercises that work directly with the nervous system to help shift the body into a calmer and more regulated state to relieve the lingering effects of trauma on the body.
Vagal toning therapeutic exercises work to strengthen the tone of the vagus nerve, which enhances:
- Emotional stability
- Resilience to stress
- Improved empathy
- A sense of inner calm.1
This is why Rewire Trauma Therapy has drawn from the works of top trauma experts such as Dr. Peter Levine, Dr. Stephen Porges, Deb Dana, Dr. Pat Ogden, and Dr. Bessel van der Kolk to carefully curate this CE-accredited program combining theory modules inspired by Polyvagal Theory and practical vagal toning exercises to learn techniques to utilize and help clients regulate their nervous system and regulate emotional responses. This program offers practical tools as an invaluable addition to your therapeutic practice.
As Bessel van der Kolk says: “Traumatic events are almost impossible to put into words.” This is because trauma recall tends to shut down the part of the brain responsible for speech production, Broca’s area. In turn, this compromises our ability to verbalize and express our memories and emotions associated with traumatic events.2
This online, CE-accredited Vagal Toning Program has been carefully curated to support you in expanding your trauma healing toolbox to help your clients find a sense of relief from overwhelming trauma symptoms.
Learn vagal toning techniques to help your clients:
In this program, you’ll gain access to seven expert-led theory modules inspired by Polyvagal Theory:
This program will lead you through fourteen expert-guided, follow-along vagal toning therapeutic exercises:
Increase your confidence and capability as a therapist and support your clients in healing from trauma by exploring the theory modules and follow-along trauma healing exercises in this specialized CE-accredited Vagal Toning program.
Our Programs Come With:
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A private supportive community
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Lifetime access to the program and all future updates
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Technical support via email and messenger
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Start at any time at your own pace
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A 72-hour money-back guarantee
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A 30-day program exchange policy
Register Here For $240
Gain access to seven expert-led theory modules and fourteen follow-along vagal toning therapeutic exercises that you can immediately integrate into your trauma toolbox to help your clients heal a dysregulated nervous system. We would like you to kindly note that CE credits for this course are available for purchase at checkout.
Meet Rewire Trauma Therapy’s Trauma Healing Experts

Tanya Zajdel
RN, PSYCHIATRIC NURSE, FOUNDER OF REWIRE TRAUMA THERAPY
Tanya’s work with trauma healing and survivorship has been featured at the Tribeca Film Festival, CBC News, Vox Tablet and Iheart Radio.
Tanya is a mental health worker, a women’s health nurse, and a published feminist author. Tanya focuses primarily on creating programs that facilitate trauma healing through creating new neural connections in the brain called 'neuroplasticity exercises'.
Her techniques combine various proven therapies to repair and reset the nervous system after trauma including somatic therapy, yoga, drama therapy, dance therapy, CBT, qigong, EMDR, vagal toning, authentic movement, and a combination of expressive, creative art therapies.

Deirdre O Connor
SLEEP THERAPIST, YOGA DIP, CBT THERAPY CERT, CRANIOSACRAL THERAPIST CST-T, CST PAEDRIATICS DTR MOVEMENT DIP, ADV
As a trauma-informed somatic therapist, counselor, and movement therapist I have always had a keen interest in how our bodies reflect and somatize our thoughts and feelings. This fascination and exploration have spanned almost three decades, over 3,000 hours of training, and working with thousands of students and clients in this field.
As a body-based therapist, I embraced Craniosacral Therapy and Hakomi Mindfulness Psychotherapy as ways of working with our earliest emotional wounds. I’ve trained in the NeouroAffective Polyvagal Trauma- Informed work of Dr. Aline LaPierre which works through attuned touch, presence, and somatic dialogue to meet those places in us that can continue to hold trauma in the muscular bracing patterns of anxiety and long-term stress.

Dr. Jorina Elbers
MD, MSC DIRECTOR OF THE RESILIENT HEART TRAUMA RECOVERY PROJECT AT THE HEARTMATH INSTITUTE
Dr. Jorina Elbers is a Canadian board-certified pediatric neurologist with a master’s degree in Epidemiology from Stanford University. She worked as an assistant professor at Stanford Children’s Health, where she researched the medical symptoms and neurophysiology of chronic stress and trauma in children and authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications. She is currently the Director of the Trauma Recovery Project at the HeartMath Institute and developed their trauma-sensitive HeartMath certification program for health practitioners, called The Resilient Heart.

Matt Bennett
FOUNDER OF OPTIMAL HRV, PRESIDENT OF THE NONPROFIT
Matt Bennett is a founder of Optimal HRV and president of the nonprofit, Optimal Innovation Group. As a relentless advocate for trauma-informed care and healing, Matt’s passion manifests in his books, including his most recent publication, Heart Rate Variability: Using Biometrics to Improve Outcomes in Trauma-Informed Organizations as well as his Trauma-Informed Lens and Heart Rate Variability Podcasts.
Matt combines his masters’ degrees in psychology and business administration with his practical experience as a therapist and leader to develop research-based solutions and training to improve the health of individuals, staff, organizations, and systems.

Suzanne Gundersen
SOMATIC TRAUMA RELEASE SPECIALIST
Suzanne survived childhood abuse which manifested itself throughout her early adult life in cycles of emotional eating and obesity and passing out from intense anxiety due to a weakened vagus nerve. Suzanne began her journey of self-healing through each of the certification programs and degrees she mastered.
Today, Suzanne is a vagal toning expert and has been guiding therapists and clients alike to self-regulate and increase vagal tone and stress resilience for the last 15+ years.
In Collaboration With Experts Affiliated With:
Rewire Trauma Therapy carefully curates 10-minute-a-day trauma healing exercises from over eight body-based therapies to release the debilitating effects of trauma in a way that words cannot. Our body-based therapeutic exercises integrate elements from the following:
- Polyvagal Theory inspired vagal toning exercises
- Dance and movement therapies
- Trauma-informed yoga
- Bilateral stimulation therapies
- Somatic therapies
- Qigong
- Sound and music therapies
- Tai Chi
- Martial arts
- Expressive arts therapies
- Hypnotherapy
Meaningful Feedback
“Their program content is so amazing and has so much to choose from depending on your needs… I know I have found the most wonderful online place to heal, flourish etc especially for my body.”
Carrie Butler, Survivor
"The vagal toning program is an incredible healing resource, and I would recommend it to anyone interested in learning how to heal their nervous system, release past traumas, and experience more joy and motivation in their day-to-day lives."
Kristin Lindell, Therapist
"My clients love a quick little exercise in the middle of our sessions to calm their nervous system and get them almost instantly back on track. Rewire Trauma Therapy is making me a better coach and my clients healthier people."
Sue Rumak, Trauma/Overwhelm Coach
"Thank you so much for creating and sharing such a helpful and inspiring program and for making it affordable as well."
Tracie Jones, Survivor
"Rewire was perfect for us. It allows us to use the program when we are able and has been a wonderful addition to our daily lives. We both struggle with anxiety and need to work through releasing trauma stored in our bodies."
Renee Boos, Survivor
"I would think if someone was new to therapy, these exercises would help calm their mind and body so they could be more vulnerable and become more conscious and aware of their thoughts and feelings. This is a great program and I hope people take advantage of it."
Matt Domyancic, Medically Retired Cop
“It helps me to feel the body and everything that happens in it, to slow down, and be focused. I found the tools of Rewire Therapy very practical and it suits me.”
Milena Blankman, Survivor
Register Here For $240
Gain access to seven expert-led theory modules and fourteen follow-along vagal toning therapeutic exercises that you can immediately integrate into your trauma toolbox to help your clients heal a dysregulated nervous system. We would like you to kindly note that CE credits for this course are available for purchase at checkout.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Register Here For $240
Gain access to seven expert-led theory modules and fourteen follow-along vagal toning therapeutic exercises that you can immediately integrate into your trauma toolbox to help your clients heal a dysregulated nervous system. We would like you to kindly note that CE credits for this course are available for purchase at checkout.