Thursday 26th February / 4.30 – 5.30 pm UK
Workshop: The Mechanics of Great Sleep
Circadian rhythm, sleep pressure, and nervous system regulation—explained simply, applied immediately.
Find yourself lying awake at night?
If you’re doing “all the right things” for sleep (magnesium, no phone, breathing exercises, no caffeine past 1 pm) and you’re still lying awake, this workshop is for you.
Most sleep problems aren’t caused by a lack of effort.
They’re caused by misaligned rhythms, weak sleep pressure, and a nervous system that doesn’t know it’s safe to switch off.
In this workshop, you’ll learn how sleep actually works, and which lever you need to pull.
- Thursday, 26 February
- 4.30 - 5.30 pm UK
- Zoom (recording shared afterwards)
Why join?
Sleep issues today aren’t about discipline. They’re about physiology.
High-performing, driven people often struggle with:
- racing thoughts at night
- early awakenings
- light, unrefreshing sleep
- feeling tired all day but wired in the evening
Trying harder at night only makes it worse.
This workshop will help you:
- understand why your sleep is breaking down
- stop guessing which technique to use
- build a simple, body-based approach that works with your nervous system instead of against it
No hacks. No optimisation obsession. Just clear mechanisms and practical tools.
What’s covered?
Optimal sleep isn’t about one perfect technique, supplement, or nighttime routine. Sleep emerges when three physiological systems are working in balance:
- Your circadian rhythm is aligned
- Enough sleep pressure has built up during the day
- Your nervous system can downshift into a low-arousal state.
When even one of these is off, sleep becomes fragile or inconsistent (no matter how many “sleep hacks” you try!)
This workshop is a combination of explanation and guided practice. You’ll not only learn how these mechanisms work, but you’ll also experience nervous-system down-regulation in real time, and understand how to recreate it on your own.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
What you’ll leave with:
A simple pre-bed down-shifting routine tailored for busy, active minds
guidance on when to use which technique (instead of doing everything)
Recordings and resources so you can practice at home, without overthinking
A calmer relationship with nights—even before sleep fully improves
About your host
I’m Charlotte Grysolle, a breath and body-oriented coach working with high-performing professionals, founders, and creatives who want to improve their focus, resilience, and decision-making under pressure.
Across almost every client I work with, sleep shows up as the foundational issue. When sleep is fragile or inconsistent, everything else becomes harder—emotional regulation, cognitive clarity, energy, and even breathwork itself. You can have great tools, but if sleep is off, the system never fully recovers.
That’s why sleep is often the first thing I address with clients. Not through hacks or supplements, but by understanding the underlying physiology: circadian rhythm, sleep pressure, and nervous system arousal. When those are in place, breathwork and regulation tools actually start working the way they’re meant to.
This workshop is a way for me to share what I’ve learned through my coaching, study, and hands-on practice, and to give you a clear, practical framework you can use immediately.
- Breath and nervous system-based performance coach
- Trained in functional breathing and breath science
- Background in high-pressure corporate environments
- Work blends physiology, neuroscience, and embodied practice
My approach is always body-first, practical, and grounded in how the nervous system actually works—not in forcing change through willpower.
This workshop is for:
- high-performing professionals, founders, creatives, and leaders
- people who feel mentally calm during the day but struggle at night
- those who are sensitive, driven, and tend to overthink
- anyone tired of trying random sleep tips without understanding the root cause
This is not for:
- people looking for quick fixes or supplements
- severe clinical sleep disorders
- trauma processing or therapeutic sleep work
This is education + embodied tools, grounded in physiology.
What you’ll experience:
Clear, science-based explanations
Guided nervous-system down-regulation practices during the session
A felt understanding of what “downshifting” actually means in your body
Less pressure to “fix” your sleep, and more confidence in what to focus on