DOING LESS, FEELING MORE

Personal Kit $49 
please contact us at wrenastracoaching@gmail.com for group discounts, or to request a virtual or in-person workshop delivery

Doing Less, Feeling More is a trauma-informed, play-based workshop designed for people whose lives require sustained competence, care, and composure, and whose nervous systems are tired of holding it all together.

Across 90 carefully designed minutes, participants explore how their bodies regulate under pressure, and build practical anchors they can return to when life feels demanding.

What You Experience

Day 1 (45 mins): Set Points & Equilibrium in Motion
An interactive, body-based session exploring why “balance” so often fails—and what works instead. Through gentle somatic practices, playful movement, and mapping exercises, participants identify:

  • false set points shaped by chronic demand

  • chosen set points they want to return to

  • current pulls that knock them off-center

  • realistic 1% shifts that restore equilibrium without force

This day emphasizes choice, accessibility, and nervous-system safety. No experience is required. Watching counts as participating.

Day 2 (45 mins): Anchors & Shared Care
A hands-on sensory lab where abstract concepts become usable tools. Participants work with scent, touch, and ritual to create physical anchors they can use at home. The day includes:

  • aromatherapy soap-making (multiple mini soaps)

  • optional botanical add-ins and scent pairing

  • a guided washing ritual focused on consent and choice

  • opportunities to give, receive, or practice self-tending

  • an option to donate one soap as an act of shared care

Day 2 is intentionally intimate and capped when offered in person; virtual participants may order a complete take-home kit to complete the experience independently.

Who This Is For

  • People in high-responsibility, high-care roles

  • Clinicians, educators, caregivers, and leaders

  • Anyone tired of wellness practices that feel like more work

  • Anyone who wants tools that are usable on ordinary days

What’s Included

Physical Components

  • A set of handmade aromatherapy mini soaps (3), wrapped and ready to use

  • Muslin bags, beeswax paper, and kraft packaging

  • A print & digital workbook containing:

    • the full workshop arc

    • set point and equilibrium practices

    • design-thinking checklists

    • cultural context and reflections

    • daily and weekly tuning rituals

    • guided journaling prompts

Audio & Digital Supports

  • A 1-hour hypnotherapy recording focused on:

    • returning to your chosen set point

    • emotional equilibrium

    • clearing cognitive noise

    • rest permission

    • body awareness

  • Optional access to a 30-day Micro-Equilibrium practice (gentle daily prompts)

  • Optional sign-up for an Encouragement Partner system, emphasizing non-hierarchical, low-pressure support

This workshop is being offered for the first time at the Yale Women’s Mental Health Conference (2026) and is now available through Wren Astra as a self-paced individual experience, a virtual workshop with shipped materials, or an in-person, facilitator-led program delivered by the Wren Astra team. All purchases from the Yale Women’s Mental Health Conference registrants are donated to next year’s conference, and a portion of any additional Wren Astra purchases is donated to nonprofit organizations serving women’s and youth mental health.