You understand what's happening. But your body is still tense, alert, unable to truly rest. REGULATION is an 8-week programme to train your nervous system to respond differently — with tools that are measured and felt.
You've done therapy. Perhaps you're still in the process. You understand your patterns. But the body is still in alarm mode: tension that won't ease, sleep that doesn't restore, a background activation that doesn't respond to insight.
This isn't a failure of therapy. It's a well-known physiological phenomenon: when the autonomic nervous system has been in alarm mode for a long time, verbal work alone isn't enough to regulate it. You also need to work from below — from the body, from breathing, from the vagus nerve.
REGULATION doesn't replace psychotherapy. It complements it. It works on the physiological layer that verbal therapy doesn't always reach. It's a technology-assisted self-regulation training programme, not a clinical treatment.
This isn't a list of unrelated techniques. It's a system where each layer reinforces the others: breathing prepares the nervous system, neuromodulation modulates it, somatic work integrates it, and HRV measures it.
Your objective starting point. We measure your heart rate variability at the beginning, midpoint and end. We don't guess how you're doing — we measure it. This is what sets this programme apart from yoga or meditation: here there is data.
Breathing at 6 breaths per minute with HRV biofeedback on your phone. The intervention with the strongest support for increasing vagal tone. Daily practice of 2×10 min — the foundation for everything else.
A small, comfortable clip on the ear that stimulates the vagus nerve for 30 min/day. Painless. You take it home from week 3. Controlled studies show positive signals in reducing activation and cortisol.
Body scan, grounding, contact with sensations, work with chronic tension (jaw, diaphragm, psoas). This isn't guided relaxation — it's presence with the body as it is. Somatic Gestalt applied to regulation.
One in-person session per week, 60 min. Daily home practice of 30 min from week 3 (breathing + taVNS combined). Total: ~3.5 h/week including practice.
REGULATION is designed for people who have been carrying a discomfort that won't ease and who feel that verbal work has hit a physiological ceiling.
It fits if: you've been carrying sustained activation for months or years. You've done therapy or are in the process. Yoga and meditation help but don't go deep enough. You notice the tension in your body. You sleep but don't rest. You want to understand how your nervous system responds and have measurable tools to regulate it.
Breathing at 6 bpm with HRV biofeedback has the strongest support for improving autonomic regulation. Meta-analysis (Lehrer & Gevirtz 2014): increases HRV, reduces activation. Systematic review (Zaccaro et al. 2018): slow breathing increases vagal tone. Ma et al. 2017: 8 weeks of practice reduces cortisol and improves attention.
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation. Controlled studies show positive signals in reducing sympathetic activation and cortisol under stress. Ferreira et al. 2024 (double-blind RCT, n=42): significant reduction in anxiety scale, effect maintained at 2 weeks. Scoping review 2024: 109 studies across 21 clinical populations, consistent therapeutic signal. Growing body of work supporting its use as a complementary tool.
The somatic approach (Gestalt, sensorimotor, body-oriented) works on regulation through direct bodily experience. Research supporting emotional regulation and body awareness (Röhricht 2009, Payne et al. 2015, Price & Hooven 2018). It doesn't interpret — it attends to the body as an information system.
Each tool is supported individually. The programme combines them into an integrated system: breathing prepares the system, taVNS modulates it, somatic work integrates it, and HRV measures it. It's the sustained combination that produces the change.
The base programme includes the full 8 weeks. The premium level adds 10 deep neuromodulation sessions with Nesa XSignal in the clinic (2/week for 5 weeks, in parallel with the programme).
8 in-person sessions + home taVNS 5 weeks + HRV pre/mid/post + personalised report + maintenance plan
All of the above + 10 Nesa XSignal sessions of 60 min (2/week for 5 weeks) with HRV pre/post
Option to purchase a personal taVNS device instead of loan. Free 20-min first conversation.
Gestalt Therapist · Autonomic regulation specialist
10+ years of psychological training. Trained in IFS, EMDR, Gestalt, somatic approaches and neuromodulation. Integrative approach: body, emotion and relationship.
Madrid · In-person and online · Spanish and English
No. REGULATION complements therapeutic work. If you're in a process with another therapist, perfect — this works on a layer that verbal therapy doesn't always reach. If you're not in therapy, it can be a first step that later leads to a deeper process.
Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation. A small, comfortable clip on the ear that sends microcurrents for 30 minutes. Non-invasive, painless. You take it home and use it daily from week 3 of the programme.
No. Yoga and meditation are valuable practices but they don't measure what's happening in your nervous system or apply direct neuromodulation. REGULATION combines clinically supported tools (HRV biofeedback, taVNS) with somatic work. Here you measure before and after — it's not faith, it's data.
Yes. If you'd prefer to keep it and use it after the programme, we'll advise you on the most suitable model. It's the most sustainable option long-term.
30 minutes: 20 min of breathing + 30 min of taVNS (they overlap). You can do it before bed or when you wake up.
A non-invasive neuromodulation device applied in the clinic for 60 min. 24 electrodes on wrists and ankles that emit gentle microcurrents. Used in elite sport and advanced physiotherapy. In REGULATION it's the premium level — deep regulation that complements daily training.
taVNS has no known interaction with medication. If you take psychotropic medication, we'll discuss it in the first conversation.
Partially. Psychoeducation, breathing, emotional regulation and follow-up sessions can be online. HRV measurements and Nesa require in-person attendance. Hybrid format available.
You keep the maintenance plan and the tools. If you want to continue: monthly maintenance sessions (€70), individual Nesa sessions (€40), or individual therapeutic process if deeper material emerges.
20 minutes to understand your situation and see if REGULATION is a fit for you. No commitment.
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