Settle into Rest
Settle Into Rest is an 8-week online group for ACC Sensitive Claims clients experiencing PTSD-related insomnia and difficulties with sleep and rest. The programme has recently been expanded from 8 to 12 hours, allowing more space to integrate CBT-I informed approaches with trauma-sensitive yoga therapy and embodied practice. Rather than being primarily didactic, the programme is experiential, supporting participants to explore how activation, settling and rest are experienced in their own bodies and to notice what supports their sleep. Alongside practical sleep education, participants are offered simple weekly sleep experiments, handouts and video resources to support reflection and practice between sessions. The programme is designed to complement ongoing individual therapy and support recovery where sleep disturbance is impacting wellbeing and daily functioning.
What the Program Includes
Each weekly online session may include:
gentle floor-based yoga therapy practices
grounding and nervous system regulation techniques
trauma-informed breathing and relaxation exercises
bilateral tapping and body-based resourcing
guided practices to support settling and rest
Participants are supported to develop practical tools for navigating activation, overwhelm, and sleep disturbance in ways that feel safe, manageable, and supportive.
Across the 8 weeks, the program gradually builds interoceptive awareness through consistent and predictable practices that support nervous system regulation and parasympathetic activation — the body’s natural “rest and restore” state.
To support ongoing practice between sessions, participants will also receive access to audio or video resources for home use.
Why Body-Based Practices Can Support Sleep
Trauma specialists including Bessel van der Kolk, Peter Levine, and Judith Herman have explored the important role body-based approaches can play in trauma recovery.
When the nervous system has learned to remain alert for survival, rest and sleep can become difficult. Body-oriented practices can help gently support the nervous system to move toward greater safety, regulation, and restorative rest over time.
Our intention is to create a calm and supportive space where participants can explore rest without pressure, while developing greater compassion and understanding toward their own nervous system responses.
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When
Mondays, 7:00pm – 8:15pm
Beginning 12 October 2026
Where
Online via secure video platform
Who is this program for?
This program is suitable for people experiencing PTSD-related sleep disturbance, hyperarousal, or insomnia who have an approved ACC Sensitive Claims claim and are currently engaged in Sensitive Claims therapy.
Practices are accessible and adaptable, with options to participate from a chair, yoga mat, bed, or floor.
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