Can You Remember What Ease Feels Like?
When your phone buzzes with work emails, and instead of that immediate spike of urgency, that constant feeling of being "on call", you feel... steady. You can look at it or not look at it. The choice is yours, not your anxiety's.
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Or, you're making dinner while your child draws at the counter. When they get frustrated because their crayon broke, you don't feel that familiar spike of stress. You turn off the stove, grab a crayon, and color the sun pink together. You realise you haven't felt this present with them in... you can't remember how long.
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Or, when your partner reaches for you in bed, and instead of your body automatically tensing or your mind immediately jumping to all the reasons you're too tired, too stressed, too disconnected... you melt into their touch. You remember what it feels like to be in your body, to feel pleasure instead of just being exhausted.​​
You used to know what brought you joy and calm, what it meant to be spontaneous and present with the people you love. You had energy for more than just surviving each day. And yet, somewhere between taking care of everyone but you and juggling everything on your endless list, you lost track of that version of yourself.
But this disconnection isn't permanent. This isn't who you really are.
The woman you used to be - calm, present, truly alive - she's still there. She just needs help finding her way back to the surface.
What if you could feel this way again in just 10 weeks?
" A new, astonishing experience, despite the intense fatigue of my body and mind, Iryna managed to make me completely let go, and put my skeleton back in a very comfortable position that my brain had forgotten
Since then, I am better connected to the earth when I walk, and my movements have become more fluid: good energy flows through my body. "
- Aude
I remember...
lyin my own bed in Luxembourg, staring at the familiar ceiling of my bedroom, when I tried to take a deep breath and... couldn't.
It was like someone had wrapped steel cables around my chest and pulled them tight. My skin felt thick, almost numb, as if I was wearing a suit of armor I couldn't remove. When I tried to relax my shoulders, they wouldn't drop. They were frozen in place, hunched up around my ears like I was still bracing for impact. My jaw was clenched so tight it felt like my teeth might crack.
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Earlier that day, I had returned from Ukraine, where I visited the painfully fresh grave of my father. The air raid sirens wailed in the distance.
The call came on a regular Friday morning. The short "He's gone..." through the tears was everything my mom could squeeze out through her tightened throat. A speechless hug from my husband, and then, when I could finally travel, forty hours of frantic journey to a country at war. Multiple flights, trains that stopped and started, tickets never reaching the email inbox, border crossings with gloomy "Welcome to Ukraine". My phone battery on low power mode just to be able to tell my mother when I was arriving, tell my partner I was safe.
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I spent a week walking through a life that used to be mine but felt like a bad dream. Comforting my mother while she couldn't find solid ground under her feet. Helping her arrange the bureaucratic nightmare while bombs fell on cities not far away. I needed to be the strong one. For her.
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My parents' apartment, which used to mean a safe haven, now felt uncomfortable. It made me… smaller. I could see myself in that room again, studying for hours, desperate to get perfect grades, to be the daughter who never disappointed anyone, to carry the weight of everyone's expectations on my shoulders. Memories flooded back - the pressure to be flawless, the fear of making mistakes, the way I learned that love felt conditional on achievement. "I'm stronger than this," I told myself.​​
​Every unexpected sound - a door slamming, a car backfiring, a neighbor's dog barking - sent lightning through my chest. I thought I was coping. I thought I was being strong. But my body was writing a different story. With each day, each shock, each moment of grief mixed with fear mixed with old wounds reopening, it was building walls I couldn't see, tightening muscles I didn't know existed, creating a fortress of tension to keep me functioning.
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And then, late at night in the guest bed, other memories surfaced - unbidden and unwelcome. The toxic relationships where I'd twisted myself into impossible shapes trying to be enough. The chronic people-pleasing that started in that very apartment, in that very room. My nervous system wasn't just processing current grief. It was actually dealing with decades of accumulated hurt I'd been too strong, too busy to acknowledge.
When I finally returned to Luxembourg, I thought the hardest part was over. But that's when my body finally let me feel what I'd been holding.
Only then, quietly lying in the supposed safety of home, did I realise how tensed up my entire system had become. I was home, but I couldn't come home to myself.
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This was a visceral reminder of what survival feels like and how hard it is to shake it off. My nervous system wasn't just holding current stress - it was carrying layers upon layers of accumulated protection built over years, something my body had almost forgotten about after years of comfortable life.
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With all the years of experience in somatics, it took me a few weeks to coax my nervous system back from the edge. Weeks to convince my body that the armour could come off, that it was safe to breathe fully again, that survival mode could finally end.
​As I slowly returned to ease, I kept thinking about something I'd read long ago:
"Tension is who you think you should be, relaxation is who you are."
How many of us create fortress-like tension trying to be the perfect daughter, the accommodating partner, the woman who never lets anyone down?
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How often do we armour ourselves against disappointment, rejection, or simply the fear of not being enough?
​​This experience reminded me why I do the work I do.
When clients come to me, they often describe exactly what I had felt - that sense of wearing invisible armour they can't remove. They talk about heaviness that won't lift, tightness that wraps around their chest like a cage, shoulders that live permanently hunched near their ears. Some describe feeling disconnected from their own bodies, as if they're watching their lives through glass.
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What they're describing isn't weakness or failure - it's a nervous system that learned to protect them but never learned how to let down its guard again safely.
Whether the armour was built during weeks of crisis like mine, or slowly accumulated over years of trying to be the perfect daughter, student, wife, mother… (you name it), the pattern is the same: tension becomes a way of being that feels normal, even though it's exhausting.​
​​Our nervous systems are brilliant at keeping us safe, but sometimes they get stuck in patterns that no longer serve us.​
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The hypervigilance that helped us survive difficult relationships… ​
The perfectionism that earned us love as children… ​
The people-pleasing that kept us safe in our families and jobs...
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This armour once protected you. Now it just keeps you from feeling fully alive. And your body is exhausted from carrying it.
If you're reading this, you've probably already tried to fix this on your own. You've invested time, money, and hope into finding a way out. Let me guess...
You've Already Tried Everything You Can Think Of
You've downloaded meditation apps and tried to sit still for ten minutes, but your mind wouldn't stop racing. Instead of feeling calmer, you felt more agitated, more aware of how chaotic your thoughts actually were.
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You've been to therapy and talked through your stress, your relationships, your past. It helped you understand why you feel this way, but your body still carries all that tension.
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You've rolled out your yoga mat countless times, hoping the movement would release what's stuck inside. Maybe it helped for half a day, but by the time you got home to real life, all that temporary peace evaporated.
Maybe you've tried medication for anxiety or sleep, and perhaps it takes the edge off. But you don't want to need pills to feel safe in your own skin.
None of this is your fault. And none of it means you're broken.
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Each of these approaches has value, and some may have given you moments of relief. But here's what they all miss: they're trying to manage the symptoms of an overwhelmed nervous system rather than teaching it how to regulate itself. They're working with your mind or temporarily soothing your body, but they're not addressing the deeper patterns that keep your system stuck in protection mode.
Your nervous system learned to stay activated under chronic stress (or even to shut down and freeze when overwhelmed) for good reasons - to help you achieve, to help you care for others, to help you survive difficult situations. But it never learned how to recognise when the danger has passed, when it's safe to truly let down its guard.
There's a Different Way Forward
​​This is why I created this personalised Nervous System Reset program. Because I know what it feels like to be trapped in your own protective mechanisms. I know how hard it is to convince your body it's safe to let go when it's been holding on for so long. And I know that with the right approach, that armor can dissolve, that ease can return, that you can come home to yourself again.
" I arrived, feeling all tense in my body, especially in my neck. I have had a busy week with deadlines and high expectations of myself and found it hard to just let go and relax.
I was laying on the table, and Iryna encouraged me to take this moment all for myself and allow myself to be lazy. She was gently moving my shoulders, arms and legs. She was holding me in a way that made me feel safe.
- Rebecca
I started noticing, when I habitually wanted to take back control, but felt so much support, that I was able to let go. My muscles released all the tension, and this light feeling stayed with me even days after the treatment. "
How the Nervous System Reset Program Works
This isn't another technique to manage your stress. This is a systematic approach to retraining your nervous system to feel genuinely safe, so ease becomes your natural state rather than something you have to work for. ​
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Throughout our 10 weeks together, we'll use a combination of Feldenkrais somatic hands-on work, gentle guided movement practices, and emotional release and regulation techniques to help you return to yourself.
Weeks 1-2:
Understanding Your System
We map your unique stress patterns and nervous system responses. You'll begin experiencing what regulation actually feels like in your body.
Weeks 3-5:
Releasing Protective Patterns
We address the deeper layers of tension your body has been carrying, helping your nervous system let go of the protective armour it no longer needs.
Weeks 6-8:
Building New Patterns
We establish new neural pathways for regulation. Together, we'll assemble your personal toolkit of practices that work for your body and lifestyle.
Weeks 9-10:
Integration
We ensure these changes become sustainable. You'll leave knowing how to recognise when tension is building and how to guide yourself back to ease.
The transformation looks different for everyone.
Some clients notice they're sleeping better within the first few weeks. Others find that chronic tension in their neck and shoulders finally releases. Many describe feeling more present and alive than they have in years - suddenly able to be patient with their children, genuinely connect with their partner, experience joy without that constant underlying current of anxiety.
Your nervous system will learn what it feels like to be truly safe, and ease will become your baseline rather than something you have to work for.
Ready to begin?
" I don't think there are enough words to describe how grateful I am to Iryna. Iryna is a great professional that combined with her loving and kind personality offers sessions that have truly transformed my life and the relationship with myself, with my husband and with my kids.
- Iro
After just a few months and some regular sessions with her I feel deeply confident in myself, I am able to set my boundaries without feeling guilty that others won't be pleased. The communication with my husband is now more productive and positive, and that impacts in the best way possible our family vibes.
Sessions with Iryna have truly 'reset' my nervous system, and the rest followed from there. I have much less tension in my body now, and I started to sleep like a baby again, which has influenced everyone's sleep at our home! Mom is relaxed and sleeps better, kids are relaxed and sleep better! "
Ready to Change the Quality of Your Life for good?
Nervous System Reset
3 monthly payments of €765
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8 immersive 90-minute one-on-one sessions at my Luxembourg-Cents practice
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A personalised library of Feldenkrais somatic movement and other nervous system regulation recordings for home practice
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Nervous system education so you understand exactly what's happening in your body
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Practical tools for somatic release you can use anywhere - at work, with your family, in stressful situations
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Continuous email support and one 20-minute check-in call when you need additional guidance
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Lifetime access to all your personalised materials
Everything you need to transform your relationship with stress and overwhelm, and feel at ease in your own body:
a personalised 10-week program
If you would like to have a Discovery Session before committing to a program, you can book it here.
Who is this program for?
This program is for you if you're feeling disconnected from your body, carrying chronic tension, anxiety, or persistent fatigue, and can't remember what it feels like to truly relax.
This Deep Work Is for You If:
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You find yourself carrying tension that doesn't seem to fully release, even when you consciously try to relax. You've tried various approaches, but the tension always comes back
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Your body feels like it's always "on alert" - you feel disconnected from it, struggling to feel safe in your own skin
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You experience frequent muscular tension or discomfort that seems connected to stress or mental tension
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You sense your body is holding onto something deeper - old protective patterns, unprocessed experiences, layers of tension (and sometimes anxiety) that have been there so long you've almost forgotten what ease feels like
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You're ready to come home to yourself - not through quick fixes, but through deep, sustainable transformation
This Might Not Be the Right Timing If:
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You're looking for passive treatment where someone "fixes" you without your active participation
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You're seeking immediate relief rather than lasting transformation. While many clients notice shifts within the first few sessions, this work is about sustainable recalibration of your nervous system, not quick symptom management
Note: If you're experiencing primarily chronic pain conditions such as migraines, fibromyalgia, tension headaches, or other medically unexplained chronic symptoms, my Unlearn Your Pain program may be better suited for your specific needs.
" A brilliant and effective approach for body and mind. Iryna is an exceptional therapist and person. My anxieties have greatly diminished, and I've regained daily function and energy. I have returned to my body and to life, and I look to the future with curiosity and enthusiasm. Thank you! "
- Diana
You've been carrying this weight for so long. You deserve support and care that meets you exactly where you are.
And that's exactly what this program offers.
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This work is powerful, yes - but it's also gentle, human, and full of warmth.
And, this is what I look forward to sharing with you in our sessions together.
Because this transformation happens through deep, sustained work rather than quick fixes, I choose to work with fewer clients at once, giving each woman the space and attention needed for lasting change.
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I'll be here to welcome you, just as you are, and to accompany you every step of the way.
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I hope you'll say yes to coming home to yourself. 🌿
Iryna Sagaidak
An Honest Guarantee​
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Try the Nervous System Reset program program for 30 days, 100% risk-free.
​I believe deeply in this work and have seen its transformative impact with dozens of clients.
Try the program for 30 days. If, after the first four sessions and engaging with the practices between sessions, you don't feel any shift at all, I'll refund your investment. If you notice a difference but it doesn't feel like the right fit, we can stop at any point, and I'll refund the remaining portion.
​We bring our best to this work together, and if it's not right for you, we part with mutual respect and understanding. This guarantee protects you from financial risk while ensuring we're both genuinely committed to your transformation.
If there's anything else you'd like to know about the process, Discovery Session, Nervous System Reset or Unlearn Your Pain programs, please send me a message at iryna@mindfulbody.lu and I will be happy to answer your questions.