Discover how to build agency over your mental and physical wellbeing
GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) is our 'off' switch. It’s our major calming neurotransmitter and we need GABA to help us relax. GABA also supports memory and mood, relieves anxiety, and promotes sleep.
Low GABA can show up as an inability to focus or ADHD, low energy, panic attacks, and general or social anxiety disorders or phobias. It’s often what’s behind alcohol cravings too.
Lifestyle and nutrition can affect GABA, as can genetics and our hormones. In this workshop we’ll discuss some of these factors and what we can do to support our GABA levels.
My rubbish GABA genetics is the reason I first took up yoga all those years ago. Yoga and breathwork are very effective in supporting GABA levels – this evening’s session is all about quietening the nervous system, and finding stillness and calm.
Workshop agenda
6.15pm – 7pm – Introduction to GABA
What does it do for us; why do some of us have lower levels than others (a discussion around nutrients, genetics, hormones, gut health); and the importance of connection - with ourselves, each other and the world around us.
7.15pm – 8.30pm – Yoga and breath to support GABA
8.30pm – 8.45pm – Q&A and close
What to wear and what to bring
Wear loose, comfy clothes and, if you can, bring a yoga mat, yoga blocks or cushions and a blanket. Also bring a notebook and pen.
Yoga and breathwork is best done on an empty stomach. I recommend that you have something light to eat a couple of hours before the start of the workshop.
Workshop cost
£25 per person. Includes handouts. You can book your place here. A recording will be made available the following day.
Concessionary rates are available - please get in touch for more information.
Workshop facilitated by Lindsey Beveridge
• Registered Nutrionist (BANT, CNHC)
• Nutrigenomics Practitioner (Lifecode GX)
• Transformational Coach (IACTM)
• Kundalini Global Yoga & Breathwork Teacher
• Workshop and retreat facilitator since 2019
I have been running online and in-person workshops and retreats on gut health, mental health, addiction recovery and the menopause transition since 2019.
My personal history of overcoming an alcohol addiction, a nicotine addiction and binge-eating led me to have a special interest in working with people who struggle with anxiety, low mood, and / or addictions to alcohol or other damaging substances or behaviours.
Since qualifying as a registered nutritionist in 2019, and later as a transformational coach, I have helped 1000s of people shift damaging patterns of behaviour. I’ve helped them implement positive changes to their diet and lifestyle so they can feel better. I trained as a Kundalini yoga and breathwork teacher because movement and breath are fundamental to healing.
I’d love to see you there.
About Kundalini Global
Kundalini Global works with the stress system. We experience how movement and breath can change how we feel - quite quickly. It is a wonderful practice for people who suffer from anxiety, low mood, and/ or addictive behaviour patterns.
The practice supports nervous system health - neurotransmitter release, fascia and psoas muscle release, and vagal tone - and I explain a bit as we go along.
It was founded by Carolyn Cowan, a yoga teacher and teacher trainer with decades’ worth of experience, who is also a psychotherapist specialising in trauma, anxiety, addiction, shame, pre-and-postnatal health and more.
Kundalini Global is unattached to any religious or spiritual practice or guru and it's suitable for all body types and levels of fitness.