NSI Practitioners Program - Cohort 1
A 12-Week Applied Training in Human Change That Holds
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Tuesday, 24 Feb, 2026 5pm GMT
Wednesday, 25 Feb, 2026, 7am GMT
Wednesday 25 Feb, 2026, 2pm GMT
The Human Operating System for Change That Holds
Most professionals working in healing, coaching, leadership, and medicine are highly skilled and deeply devoted to being of service.
And yet, even the best work too often produces powerful moments that fade under real-life pressure; the result of working without a shared operating system for how human change actually holds.
Across the human development fields, progress is still largely driven by trial and error.
If we are lucky, our work creates moments of relief; insight, regulation, clarity -only to watch them fade by morning, or dissipate with the next stressor.
The NSI Practitioner Program is for coaches, consultants, therapists, psychiatrists, physicians, and other human-centred professionals who want to work with the human operating system itself, guided by a clear orientation that reliably reveals:
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what is possible now
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what is not yet possible
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and how to build readiness for reorganisation rather than pushing for change too soon
Nervous System Intelligence (NSI) makes explicit what has long existed only in fragments across psychology, medicine, somatics, leadership, development, and related sciences.
It distils this knowledge into plain-English models, diagrams, and practical distinctions that sit at the intersection of science and lived experience, -giving practitioners a way to see, in real time, when, why, and whether to intervene at all, and what type of intervention a system can actually hold now.
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The industry of human development is rich with genius, yet engaging it is too much like playing the lottery.
NSI Faculty
Learn with Shannon Eastman, with select classes delivered with Dr. Abrar Hussain and Dr. Joshua Rosenthal.
Shannon Eastman, Dr. Abrar Hussain and Dr. Joshua Rosenthal are co-architects of the scholarly paper, NSI Theory. They teach as part of NSI Faculty. They sit on the Leadership Team for the Nervous System Economy with Dr. Rosenthal as Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Hussain as Chief Clinical Officer and Shannon Eastman as Chief Executive Officer.
Together, they have co-designed this 12-week NSI Practitioner curriculum.
CEO, Interim Chief of Institute, The NSE
Co-Architect, Nervous System Intelligence
NSI Faculty
Shannon Eastman
Chief Scientific Officer, The NSE
Co-Architect, Nervous System Intelligence
NSI Faculty
Dr. Joshua Rosenthal
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Chief Clinical Officer, The NSE
Co-Architect, Nervous System Intelligence
NSI Faculty
Dr. Abrar Hussain
Nervous System Intelligence is the human operating system for change that holds.
What This Program Does
This program does not give you more tools or a new modality. It gives you better judgement, deeper understanding, wisdom you can pull into the moment to create change with reliable success. You are getting shared language, that reliably illustrates what a system can actually hold right now, and to work accordingly, in that space, now.
Over 12 weeks, this program trains you to orient to human change at the level where it either stabilises or collapses, across 5 unique thresholds.
Specifically, you will learn how to:
1. Work with the human operating system itself, not just techniques, conversations, or moments, so change becomes biologically integrable and therefore far more likely to hold.
2.You will learn how to adapt what you already do to support the nervous system across five distinct phases of growth and reorganisation, without changing your modality, role, or professional identity.
3. You will gain clear, precise language for distinctions people already sense but cannot articulate, language that improves judgment, consent, pacing, and trust, and immediately raises the quality of your work.
4. You will be able to recognise and orient anywhere in the human operating system, in session, in organisations, in leadership contexts, and in life, and know what is possible now, what is not, and what supports readiness rather than collapse.
5. You will learn how to sequence work correctly so insight, regulation, and intervention consolidate into reorganisation instead of producing short-lived relief.
6. You will be able to reliably distinguish relief from reorganisation in real time, and stop repeating interventions that feel good but do not change the terrain beneath them.
7. You will develop the capacity to pause intervention ethically, knowing when not to act, and how to support preparation and readiness without abandoning the work or the person in front of you.
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NSI unifies the science beneath 1100+ modalities into one operating system for change that holds.
NSI is made of two expressions that work together.
1. The Map explains the landscape of human change: states, readiness, regulation, reorganisation, and integration. It is the structure beneath all modalities.
2. The Orientation provides practical guidance for navigating that landscape. It shows what is appropriate at each state, how to prepare the nervous system, and how to work in ways that stabilise rather than overwhelm.
With both the Map and the Orientation, we more reliably find change that holds.
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What Does Change Look Like In Practice?
Over time, working with the human operating system brings a different kind of clarity.
Clarity about where your work actually reorganises systems, rather than simply supporting moments of relief.
Clarity about how you are best placed to serve within the wider human development industry — not as an identity exercise, but as an inevitable function of what reliably stabilises, integrates, and holds.
As a by-product, your practice changes.
From moments of relief to reorganisation that holds
Much of the current industry is oriented around nervous system care and repair.
This work matters. And it is rightly treated as foundational.
Care and repair are Phase 1 of human growth.
They support safety, regulation, and recovery. They reduce suffering. They make further growth possible. What they do not reliably do, on their own, is reorganise the system in ways that hold under sustained pressure.
This is the distinction NSI makes explicit.
A moment of relief is a temporary shift in state.
A nervous system reorganisation is a durable change in capacity.
Relief can feel profound, and still fade when life resumes.
Reorganisation changes the underlying structure so what once required effort becomes sustainably available.
NSI is designed to support change that holds, by working deliberately across a clearly marked path of five distinct phases of growth, with care and repair as the first, not the last.
What changes when you work with the full arc
When decisions move upstream to capacity, readiness, and sequence before intervention — practice becomes structurally different. Change is no longer dependent on timing, luck, intensity, or momentary regulation.
It is organised around what the system can actually integrate now, and what is required for the next phase of growth to become available.
Over time, this means:
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interventions become fewer, and far more precise
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guesswork and second-guessing fall away
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decisions feel calmer, clearer, and more grounded
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ethical strain around “doing enough” reduces
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boundaries around scope, pace, and timing are easier to hold
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work holds up better under stress, relapse, complexity, and real-life pressure
The most noticeable shift is less dramatic, yet more powerful; an increase in reliability of success.
Structural difference, not extra effort
This does not come from doing more, working harder, or positioning yourself differently.
It comes from working at the level where change either holds or doesn’t.
NSI does not replace your modality, method, or professional identity.
It gives you a map of the human operating system beneath every modality, so your existing expertise lands where it can actually take hold, not just in Phase 1, but across the full arc of human growth.
This is the difference between:
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doing good work and hoping it sticks
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working in a way where change is predictably integrable
Content Examples From Our Other Programs
If your work touches healing, change, growth or transformation, NSI is for you.
This Is For You If
This program is for people doing The Work, seriously, responsibly, and with real human consequence.
Whether you work one-to-one or inside organisations, NSI is designed for professionals whose work touches human growth, regulation, healing, leadership, or change at a depth where timing, capacity, and safety actually matter.
This includes:
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coaches, therapists, counsellors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and clinicians
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physicians and medical professionals
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facilitators, educators, and trainers
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consultants and organisational practitioners working with human systems
NSI does not replace what you do. It gives you a way to work with the human operating system beneath it, so your existing expertise lands where it can actually hold.
More important than role or title
This program is for you if:
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you can create insight or relief, but want change that holds under real-life pressure
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you sense that readiness and timing matter, and want clearer judgement about them
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you’re tired of trial and error masquerading as sophistication
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you want fewer interventions, chosen more precisely
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you value restraint, ethics, and biological reality over speed or scale
Who this program is not for
This program is not suitable if you are:
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looking for personal healing only
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seeking fast techniques or scripts
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unwilling to slow down in order to get better outcomes
NSI is precise work. Precision requires restraint.
Program Logistics
This program is delivered with clear structure, defined scope, and realistic expectations.
Our course content is strategically made in plain English without compromising scientific integrity.
Examples of our content style and format, are provided for reference.
1. Delivery Format:
12 weeks, live and online.
Each week includes:
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a live teaching session
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applied examples and discussion
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space for reflection and integration
Sessions are recorded for registered participants.
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2. Time Commitment:
90-min classes weekly
Up to 60-min weekly for
reflection & integration
This program respects working professionals.
3. Certification:
On successful completion, participants are eligible for: NSI Practitioner – Level 1 Certification
This confirms that you:
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understand the NSI operating system
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can apply it responsibly within your professional role
4. Licensed Pathway:
Includes 1-year professional use of Nervous System Intelligence in 1:1 settings.
This protects:
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accurate use
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ethical application
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clarity of scope
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integrity of the work
See farther, wider, and with more precision knowing what exactly to do now, and next
What you will be able to do by the end
By the end of the 12 weeks, you will be able to work with human change with far greater accuracy and restraint with outcomes that have higher probability of success.
Specifically, you will be able to:
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accurately locate individuals, leaders, teams, or systems across five distinct states of nervous system organisation, rather than relying on presentation, preference, or hope
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explain clearly why certain interventions stabilise, destabilise, or fade — and adjust accordingly
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recognise when not to intervene, and know how to prepare a system for reorganisation instead of pushing for change prematurely
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design work that supports reorganisation and integration, not just insight or temporary relief
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speak with precision about capacity, readiness, limits, and timing — with clients, colleagues, and stakeholders
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apply NSI ethically and within scope inside your existing professional role, modality, or discipline
You will leave with a shared language, clear distinctions, and practical judgement you can use immediately, in real-world complexity.
NSI Practitioner - Course Outline
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Week 1
The Human Operating System for change that holds. What governs behaviour, choice, and change
Week 2
States, Capacity, and Organisation. Why structure matters more than intention
Week 3
Neurobiological Timing and why the same intervention can help, harms, or do nothing
Week 4
Applied distinctions and real-world contexts and use cases to examine and learn from
Week 5
Inside the System: Capacity, Senses & Signal, How the body communicates across the Human OS
Week 6
Regulation, Co-Regulation, and Social Systems. Change that holds, requires a lot more than feeling safe
Week 7
Systems Beyond the Individual, how system-level dynamics support or undermine individual change.
Week 8
How attachment, boundaries, rupture, and repair play out across 5 different nervous system states
Week 9
Orientation, restraint, and ethical application, judgement, scope, and long-term practitioner sustainability.
Week 10
Practising with Nervous System Intelligence Applying NSI within your existing professional role
Week 11
Working with the full Growth Arc
From care & repair to expansion
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Week 12
From Individual Change to Whole-System Orientation - seeing systems clearly through readiness bands.
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