Nervous System Reset Guide
Reset your surf anxiety with practical nervous system tools. Learn how to stay calm, expand your comfort zone, and perform better in the water with simple drills, breathwork and long-term regulation strategies.
Over the years, we've seen so many of our students have their surfing progress limited not by physical capacity, but by the limits of what their nervous system is capable of holding. It comes through in so many ways in the water.
Dropping your knees when popping up even though you're capable of launching to your feet
Holding on to your board through the drop down a wave, and only trying to pop up once you're at the bottom
Sitting off to the side or too deep for the waves even though you know where the peak actually is
Getting super anxious around crowds and busy line ups - usually leading to poorer decision making
Ditching your board when a big set come through even though you could control it
Placing pressure on yourself to perform and then seeing your performance deteriorate
Feeling general apprehension or fear about getting in the surf, or even heading down to the beach even though you know you love it
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Welcome to the Nervous System Reset Guide
Your Nervous System Reset Guide
Nervous System Breathwork Reset for Surfers: Post-Surf Regulation
Push vs Pleasure - How To Progress Without Panic
This downloadable 60-page PDF guide covers off both the basics of your nervous system, as well as surf-specific scenarios that you may encounter and tools to work with:
Nervous system 101 for surfers - learning about nervous system hormones, nerves, your amygdala, and your fight, flight, and freeze responses
Your nervous system in the surf - how it shows up and why
Introducing your comfort zone, stretch zone, and panic zone
Myth-busting mental toughness (it does not equal nervous system regulation)
Surf specific scenarios - identifying what's happening physiologically, how to recognise your nervous system response, and what to do about it
Long term re-training toolkit
In-the-water toolkit
In addition to the guide, you'll also have access to a downloadable breathwork audio to use whenever you need, as well as a couple of little explainer videos.
There's nothing more frustrating than trying your hardest and being really willing to push yourself to achieve your surfing goals, only for your body and mind to feel like they're hijacking you and pulling you backwards from what you're trying to achieve. We know working with your nervous system in the surf can be absolutely game changing, and we're really excited for you to experience that for yourself! Even just having the understanding and language to explain what's happening internally for you can be a huge weight off your shoulders. And it gives you a clear path forward to train your nervous system when you head out in the water, so you don't feel consistently stuck. There's nothing worse than deep diving for more technique tips and endlessly scrolling social media for something you're hoping will suddenly fix the reason you keep getting stuck in the same place.