Personalised Nervous System Mapping
Including Breathing Assessment

In person / Online

Knowledge is important.

But knowledge alone doesn't always change how you feel.

Understanding your patterns is the missing link.

How can we support what we don't fully understand?

We're constantly being told to regulate our nervous system. To breathe, slow down, find ways to feel safe, relax, feel our emotions and manage our stress.

But how do you know what you're trying to support if you don't really understand what's happening in your own nervous system?

Think about how much time you've spent trying different approaches, gaining knowledge and working on yourself, yet still find yourself feeling anxious, overwhelmed, constantly switched on or unable to properly switch off, or caught in the same familiar cycles that keep you stuck.

Perhaps the missing piece isn't another technique, another book, podcast or trying harder. It's understanding your own individual system and patterns.

Personalised Nervous System Mapping is a 90-minute session where we explore your individual nervous system behaviour, baseline, responses and breathing pattern.

So you can stop endlessly trying things and start supporting what's really going on.

You can't begin to change what you haven't learned to recognise.
Stop endlessly trying things and start supporting what is really going on.

BOOK YOUR MAPPING SESSION

Your nervous system is unique to you

There isn't one nervous system response that applies to everyone. We each have our own baseline, capacity, patterns and ways of responding to the world around us.

Over time, you can become so familiar with your own responses that you stop recognising them as patterns. Being constantly alert, pushing through, overthinking, burning out, putting others'needs before your own, illness, anxiety, panic attacks, brain fog or finding it difficult to switch off can start to feel like just part of who you are.

Nervous system responses are more complex than simply fight, flight or rest and digest. And what works for one person won't necessarily work for another.

You might think you're resting, but never feel rested. Or you might find yourself withdrawing, shutting down or feeling disconnected when certain people enter the room. You might feel numb, detached or heavy inside but still show up and push through. You may feel stuck in your head, completely detached from your body.

Your own Personalised Nervous System Mapping helps you understand provides clarity and begins to identify what genuinely supports you.

Signs you may benefit from mapping

Your behaviour is not a character flaw. It's the language of your nervous system.

You might recognise some of these experiences:

Feeling constantly switched on, alert or unable to properly relax.

Feeling stuck, confused, lack of clarity or constantly exhausted.

Overthinking, worrying or finding it difficult to quieten your mind.

Automatically putting other people's needs before your own.

Low confidence, low self worth, or that nothing you do is good enough.

Finding it difficult to say no, set boundaries or tolerate disappointing others.

Overwhelming emotions, perhaps a sense of spinning out of control at times.

Pushing through, over functioning, striving - yet struggling to recognise when you've reached your limits.

Becoming overwhelmed, reactive, withdrawing or feeling immobilised - but still carry on, go through the motions.

Having tried talking, understanding, different breathing or regulation techniques but nothing sticks long-term.

Understanding nervous system regulation in theory, but not really understanding your own patterns, responses or how to change them.

Your nervous system learned patterns and way's to protect you.

Some of these learned patterns may be the cause of what is keeping you stuck. Here we understand how your body and nervous system learned to respond.

What happens in your mapping session?

Your 90-minute session is a relaxed and fully guided process with Sharon, designed to build a clearer picture of how your own nervous system works.

We'll look at your current window of tolerance, your nervous system patterns, how your system manages and responds to different situations, how it moves through states of activation, stress or shutdown, and what may influence these responses.

Here is what we will explore:

Your window of tolerance

Understanding your own capacity for managing everyday demands, stress, relationships and emotional experiences.

Your responses and reactions

Recognising how your nervous system and emotions respond across all areas of your life.

What influences your responses

Recognising the situations, demands and experiences that affect your nervous system responses.

Your mind, thoughts, energy and sleep

Looking at the nature of your thoughts, your energy levels, sleep patterns and how you experience rest, recovery and daily demands.

Your breathing patterns

Assessing how you breathe and what your breathing patterns can tell us about your nervous system.

Trauma or significant life experiences

Exploring how significant life experiences may have influenced your nervous system, how you relate to others, how you respond, and how you view yourself and the world around you.

Through these different areas, we'll begin to join the dots and identify patterns that may not have been obvious before.

This isn't about going looking for something that isn't there. It's about having the space to observe what's present now and understand it in the context of your own experiences.

This gives us a clearer indication of how your nervous system is functioning, where you may be spending most of your time, what affects your sense of stability and what may help support greater stability and longer-term regulation.

You don't need any prior knowledge or preparation. Sharon will guide you through the process and help you make sense of what we're discovering along the way.

What becomes possible when you understand your nervous system

When you begin to recognise your own nervous system patterns, you can make more informed choices about what to do, how you respond and what you actually need, rather than being pulled by them.

Instead of automatically pushing through, pleasing others, overthinking, over functioning or withdrawing, you can start to notice what's happening and respond with greater awareness and tools that actually support you.

In some areas this can help you:

Recognise signs and patterns much earlier.

Remain within a healthy window of tolerance.

Understand why certain situations affect you in particular ways and regain control over them.

Identify what genuinely helps you feel more settled and present.

Make choices that better support your energy, vitality and capacity.

Understand your responses in relationships and everyday life.

Improve relationships with those you love.

Develop a different relationship with rest, boundaries and your own needs.

Notice a shift in your thoughts, behaviour, clarity and capacity.

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Why we look at your breathing

Your breathing is part of your nervous system story.

Your breathing and nervous system are closely connected. The way you breathe can change in response to stress, emotion, activity and the environment around you.

You may not even notice how you breathe throughout the day, or how your breathing changes when you're under pressure.

As part of your mapping session, we'll include a breathing pattern assessment to look at how you're breathing and consider this alongside your wider nervous system responses.

Sharon will also show you the most optimal way to breathe and advise on adjustments you can make to support your overall health and wellbeing, if dysfunctional breathing patterns are present.

What you'll leave with

Following the session you'll have:

A clearer understanding of your individual nervous system baseline and patterns.

Your own developing Personal Nervous System Map, exploring your thoughts, physical sensations, behaviours and triggers.

Awareness and guidance to fix any dysfunctional breathing patterns.

Insight into why your energy, sleep, thinking, patience, mood and capacity are being affected and what you can do to support this.

A deeper awareness and understanding of what your nervous system actually needs, and when it actually needs it.

An understanding of your early warning signs and personal glimmers.

Greater awareness of functional freeze, hypervigilance, immobilisation and other protective responses you may be experiencing.

Practical ideas for supporting your nervous system for developing greater capacity and ease.

You can use this understanding independently to support you in everyday life, or as a starting point if you decide to explore a deeper nervous system healing and rewiring journey.

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Personalised Nervous System Mapping Session

(Including Breathing Assessment)

90 minutes | £129.00

In person in Totnes, Devon or online via Zoom

Once payment is received, I’ll contact you personally to arrange your session. If you have any further questions, please email me info@sharonburkey.com

Curious, courageous and committed.

Working with women who are willing to pause, reflect, and step into change is something I never take for granted. It’s a privilege to guide and witness their journeys.