Hi There
Hi there,
Many people living with fibromyalgia, ME/CFS, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, or long COVID experience what’s called autonomic nervous system dysregulation.
In simple terms — the brain’s alarm system becomes over-sensitive after months or years of chronic stress, infection, pain, or trauma.
The sympathetic system (“fight or flight”) stays switched on, flooding the body with stress chemicals and amplifying signals through the HPA axis — the same system that controls cortisol, inflammation, and energy.
Meanwhile, the parasympathetic system — particularly the vagus nerve, which helps the body rest and heal — becomes underactive.
The result: your body stays in a state of “false emergency” even when you’re safe, leading to constant fatigue, muscle pain, brain fog, and poor sleep.
🧘♀️ How guided meditation helps
Guided meditation isn’t just relaxation — it’s a targeted way to rebalance these two systems.
Through breath pacing, slow interoceptive awareness, and imagery, the brain begins to register safety again.
Over time, this can:
Re-activate vagal tone and restore parasympathetic balance
Reduce sympathetic overfiring, lowering cortisol and muscle tension
Decrease pain amplification and improve sleep quality
Rebuild a felt sense of calm and control, even during flares
🌿 Join us today at 7:00 pm BST
We’re hosting a live guided meditation with Professor Geraldina, one of our lead coaches inside The Mend Collective.
This short session will help you experience the same techniques we use in our therapeutic tracks.
What we’ll cover:
A breathing sequence to stabilise the HPA axis
Body awareness cues to quiet overactive neural circuits
Gentle visual imagery to activate the vagus nerve
A 60-second “reset tool” you can use anywhere
👉 Join the live session below at 7pm UK time today!! (20/10/25)
💫 A sample of what’s inside The Mend Collective
This is just a small taste of what you’ll experience inside the full programme:
Two live sessions daily — one therapeutic and one group coaching/check-in
Self-paced learning that helps you retrain your system step by step
Access to experts and professors like Professor Geraldina guiding your journey
With calm and science,
Dr Ahmed
The Mend Collective
P.S. Bring headphones if possible and a quiet space. Even a few minutes of nervous-system retraining can create a measurable shift in heart rate variability and perceived calm.
