How to Regulate Your Nervous System in Outdoor Adventure with Sarah Histand | See Her Outside Podcast

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Sarah experienced anaphylactic shock while trekking in the Denali wilderness. Her nervous system regulation practices were an important part of healing – and you can learn how to use them, too!

Sarah Histand is an Alaskan adventurer, a somatic nervous system educator, and a mental health-informed fitness trainer through her business, Mind & Mountain. In the summer she’s often out hiking, backpacking, and packrafting. In the winter you’ll find her ice skating on wild ice, nordic skiing through the trees, or curled up with a good book in front of the woodstove.

Sarah loves nerding out about nervous systems and figuring out how to take good care of ourselves while we’re building the world we want for future generations.

We talked about:

Sarah’s anaphylactic reaction deep in Denali and how she navigated it using regulation tools
What nervous system regulation actually means and why it matters outside
How adventures like the Alaska Mountain Wilderness Classic shifted Sarah’s outlook on life
Different eras of adventure, from our 20’s to 30’s and 40’s and beyond
How lessons transfer from nature to at-home life, like fertility challenges
How to handle flashbacks and fear after a close call in the wild
Orienting, recognizing resources, bilateral stimulation, and co-regulation with nature

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