FTHub ACADEMY COURSE
Polyvagal-Informed Nature Practice
- THEME 2
- TRACK 1
SELF-PACED · ONLINE
- 3–5 hours
- 5 modules
- 1 video
- Certificate of Completion
- 1-year access
- Level: Intermediate
- English
99 €
49 €
Curated by
Alexandra Brinzac
By the end of this course, you will be able to read the autonomic state of the people you work with and apply polyvagal-informed cues of safety to support a shift toward regulated, socially engaged states in nature-based sessions with your own clients or participants.
Outcomes
What you'll gain
- Read participants' autonomic state (Ventral Vagal, Sympathetic, and Dorsal Vagal) from face, voice, posture, and movement during a session, rather than from verbal report.
- Apply cues of safety through site selection, vocal prosody, pace, and your own regulated presence to support a shift toward ventral regulation.
- Design a 30-, 60-, or 90-minute state-informed nature-based session for your own clients, working from the FTHub Method and the Liquid Interactions Model (LIM, FTHub 2021).
- Adapt the practice across populations, environments (full nature, urban green environments, or indoor with nature elements), and group sizes using the course Adaptation Framework.
- Identify the scope boundary at which referral is the appropriate response, and communicate the evidence base to clients, referrers, and partner organizations using the course Evidence Summary Card.
Audience
Who is this course for?
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Therapists: Add a polyvagal-informed nature-based protocol to your professional practice with the clients you already work with, with the autonomic reading skills and the scope language to keep nature sessions distinct from therapy.
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Coaches: Bring evidence-grounded autonomic regulation skills into your one-to-one and group coaching outdoors with your own clients, with a complete session design and ready-to-use client briefings.
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Healthcare workers: Offer structured nature-based regulation sessions to the people on your caseload, with a written scope and referral protocol and a one-page evidence card for referring colleagues.
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Prerequisite: an established professional practice working directly with clients or participants in a nature-based, health, or wellbeing context.
Course Framework
Course structure
Experience first, then evidence, then application, then commitment. The module structure is the product.
0Orientation
- What this course develops, and how to use it
- Self-assessment of your current autonomic awareness in practice
- Setting your professional intention
- Practice log template (used across all modules)
1Foundation
- The Autonomic Orienting Practice (guided activity)
- Reflecting on the practice (journaling)
- The autonomic hierarchy and neuroception
- Cues of safety: how nature supports ventral regulation
- Knowledge check
2Deep Dive
- Co-regulation and the social engagement system
- The facilitator as a cue of safety: prosody, pace, and presence
- Case study: a session with a mixed-state group
- The Co-Regulation Practice and Professional Context Worksheet
- Knowledge check
3Application
- Worked example: a fully annotated 45-minute state-informed session
- Design your own session for your context
- Integrative practice: running your own sequence
- Self-assessment rubric
- Knowledge check
4Integration
- Integration reading: from reading state to designing for it
- Final reflection, compared with your Module 0 baseline
- 30-day Action Plan with named participants and dates
- What I Learned competency checklist
- Course completion and certificate
5Module
6Module
7Module
8Module
9Module
10Module
COURSE TOOLS
Professional Tools Package
Included in every course. These are not learning exercises — they are working documents you use with your clients, referrers, and colleagues. Available from Module 3.
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Activity Template
Complete facilitation script with timing, safety notes, and debrief questions. Three duration variants. -
Evidence Summary
Plain-language summary of findings and citations. For clients, HR, and referrers. -
Adaptation Framework
Checklist for adapting across client populations, environments (nature/urban/indoor), and group sizes. -
Client Communication Template
Ready-to-use briefing text for three professional contexts: clinical/health, educational, and tourism/outdoor.
Learning Pathway
Theme & Tracks
Where this course sits — and where it takes you next. This course is part of the following Theme and Professional Track(s).
Theme 2: Nature-Based Emotional Regulation and Nervous System Skills
Curator
About the instructor
Alexandra Brinzac
Psychologist (Romania)
Alexandra Brînzac is a psychologist, FTHub Forest Bathing Guide and FThub Forest Therapy Practitioner who has been guiding nature-based experiences since 2021. Drawing on psychology and nature connection practices, she supports children, youth, and adults in cultivating wellbeing, resilience, and a deeper relationship with themselves, their communities, and nature.
Evidence Base
Grounded in peer-reviewed science
Why this matters for your practice
FTHub Academy courses are evidence-informed at every step. The evidence is not decorative — each module connects theory to field practice using the same scientific frameworks underpinning the FTHub Method.
SELF-PACED · ONLINE
- 3–5 hours
- 5 modules
- 1 video
- Certificate of Completion
- 1-year access
- Level: Intermediate
- English
99 €
49 €
Curated by
Alexandra Brinzac
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- Downloadable practice materials + Professional Tools Package
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"Placeholder — short, outcome-specific quote from a practitioner who launched their practice after FBG certification."
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Betty Fang
International Projects Director
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"Placeholder — short, outcome-specific quote from a practitioner who launched their practice after FBG certification."
"Placeholder — short, outcome-specific quote from a practitioner who launched their practice after FBG certification."
Betty Fang
International Projects Director
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