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Designed to help you feel calmer, clearer, and more capable, by working with how your body responds to everyday demand.
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Ongoing stress, fatigue, disrupted sleep, and physical discomfort are becoming more common, affecting how people feel, think, and function day to day.
For most, it’s not a lack of advice. You might know what would help, but under ongoing demand the body adapts, making it harder to actually do it when the day already feels full.
This starts to make more sense when you look at what’s happening in the body. As demand stays high, the system adjusts - shaping how you respond, how you recover, and how manageable things feel.
This work focuses on how your body is responding to that demand.
Grounded in applied physiology, it helps you understand what’s happening and gives you simple ways to begin working with it across the day.
Using breath and movement, the aim is to reduce unnecessary tension, support regulation, and make recovery more reliable.
Small Shifts Programme
Calmer. Clearer. More capable.
The programme is delivered through live, facilitator-led sessions, supported by guided resources across three months.
Sessions combine clear explanation with practical use, helping you understand how your body responds to demand and how to begin working with it in everyday situations.
Guided audios and resources support the time between sessions, helping these changes become part of day-to-day life.
The focus throughout is on breathing more efficiently, reducing unnecessary tension, and supporting more reliable recovery.
What’s included
Small Shifts is designed to support change between sessions, not just during them. The live sessions and membership work together to shift how your body responds to everyday demand.
Four 45-minute live online sessions, led by a facilitator
Three months of Small Shifts membership, including guided audios, learning resources, and support for using the approach day to day
The programme is built on small, repeatable inputs that fit into real moments, between tasks, before conversations, or as pressure begins to build.
It works within what’s already there, so it carries across the different parts of your day.
And Breathe
Breathing, state, and your starting point
Understanding how breathing influences how you feel, think, and respond. Noticing your own patterns, and introducing small adjustments that reduce unnecessary effort.
Move & Release
Reducing tension and supporting the body through the day
Looking at how tension builds through posture, habits, and sustained demand. Introducing gentle movement and small shifts to redistribute effort.
Stress Less
Understanding pressure and how the body responds
Exploring what happens in the body under ongoing demand, and learning simple ways to reduce that pressure by allowing the body to settle when it doesn’t need to stay switched on.
Sleep & Recovery
Supporting rest and more reliable recovery
Understanding how the body transitions into rest, and exploring simple, realistic ways to support sleep and recovery, especially when things feel wired, tired, or inconsistent.
If committing to a 4-week programme feels like too much at the moment, you can begin with a single 45-minute session. A simple introduction to the approach, with practical breath and movement you can start using straight away.
Referrals
Small Shifts accepts referrals from Social Prescribing Link Workers, Health and Wellbeing Coaches, Care Coordinators, primary care teams, mental health practitioners, and community or VCSE partners.
You’re also welcome to get in touch or self-refer if you’d like to join the programme yourself.
Make a referral “Despite being under more stress currently, I feel more equipped to manage it.”
Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust participant
Upcoming Dates
Groups run throughout the year, with new start dates added regularly.
The next available dates are below.
Rachel, Occupational Therapist
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation
“I found myself relaxing more easily, sleeping better, and using the techniques in stressful moments at home and at work. They were simple, short, and easy to fit into daily life.”
Matt, Talking Therapist
Cornwall Partnership NHS FoundationÂ
“The sessions were clear and evidence-based. I’ve used the recordings to ease stress, improve sleep, and support me in stressful moments, including waking at night.”
Get in Touch
If you’d like to explore how this could work for you, get in touch.