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The MAVA Method - Free your mind with the world´s #1 digital online training platform for nervous system regulation.

FREE YOUR MIND

MAVA

MAVA Reset & Rise:
Your Nervous System Reset

Weight loss for the mind - from the body up.​​​


You are either regulated… or you are not.

When your nervous system feels safe, your mind naturally settles.
When it doesn’t, no amount of insight, effort, or positive thinking will bring lasting relief.


MAVA helps you press the vagal brake on fight-or-flight, so calm, clarity, and emotional balance become your natural state again - regulated - even under pressure.


This is not an escape from life.
It’s a hero´s return.

MAVA Reset & Rise - The Digital Boxset for Nervous System Regulation, created by Stress Reset Expert Ian Matthews.
MAVA: The Signal - 3 mins meditation to stop the spiral of thoughts - guided by Stress Reset Expert Ian Matthews.
MAVA: The Bubble - 7 mins meditation to embody presence and safety - guided by Stress Reset Expert Ian Matthews.
MAVA: The Ocean - 11 mins meditation to rest in awareness - guided by Stress Reset Expert Ian Matthews.

3-Days: 20 mins per day | Digital Download


Reset your stress with our science-based guided audio resets 
created with care by the world´s 
#1 Stress Reset Expert Ian Matthews. 
Take back control of your mind and your life - in minutes, not months.

The Signal (3 minutes):
End that morning anxiety
Stop the thought spiral.

The Bubble (7 minutes):
Embody safety in your sanctuary.
Let go of emotional charge.

The Ocean (11 minutes):
Expand your horizons.
Feel so alive again.

MAVA calms your stress at the level where it actually lives - your nervous system. 
Our
gentle visualisations signal safety to the body, stopping mental chatter in its tracks. Just take a break. Allow calm, clarity, and connection to simply flood back in.

No pressure. No striving.  
A return to your authentic self.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why calm doesn´t land (and it’s not your fault)


Most modern stress is not down to personal failure.
It’s a nervous system that’s been carrying a heavy burden, for too long.


You may recognise it as:

A mind that won’t switch off
Tension that never fully releases
Exhaustion that sleep doesn’t fix
Overreaction - soon followed by regret
Feeling “ok” on the outside, wired on the inside


This isn’t something to ´analyse away´. You´ve tried that too.
It’s a physiological loop - and it needs a physiological solution.



The MAVA difference

Most meditations begin from the top down, but we do it differently. We use mindfulness assisted vagal activation cues, to signal safety directly from your nervous system to your mind. Total mind and body regulation in minutes - from the body up.


No long meditations.
No reliving your past stories.

Just a steady return to baseline.



The science behind MAVA
 

MAVA is grounded in modern neuroscience, polyvagal theory, and mindfulness. The vagus nerve is central to your return to regulation.


Each microtool, each practice, strengthens your vagal tone through:


Gentle breath guidance
Layered body regulation cues
Easy to consume meditations


Downregulating your state of stress, towards safety.

As the body settles, so does the mind.



What changes when you’re regulated

 

People commonly experience:

Quieter thinking, without effort

Deeper sleep and steadier energy

Fewer reactive emotional spikes

Clearer decisions under pressure

A felt sense of safety and presence

 

 

Image by Vitaly Gariev

Learn how to dial down those noisy thinking loops, 
and be yourself again - with the MAVA Reset & Rise Series.

MAVA Reset & Rise Digital Boxset - to guide you from chaos to connection, fast.

Includes MP4 MAVA Meditations + Companion Playbook + Vagal Tracker
(Total MAVA Reset and Rise Series duration is 3 Days)

 


Start where your system needs it most

 


OPTION 1

MAVA Reset & Rise: The 3-Day Nervous System Reset


This digital download program works best if you’re new to regulation.

You just have to sit back and press play. Less than 20 minutes a day, for 3 days.
Short, guided resets that gently retrain your nervous system without any fuss.


This is not about fixing yourself.
It’s about reminding your body it’s safe.
About you becoming accessible again.

[Begin Reset & Rise]


 

 

OPTION 2

MAVA Month
 

For those ready to go to the next level - because regulation isn’t a one-time insight.

Includes our growing collection of tools, and practitioner guidance to:


Stay balanced under pressure
Sleep much quicker and deeper
Recover from emotional hi-jack faster
Maintain a steady rhythm in adversity



[Under Development]

 

 

 

Your nervous system deserves a place to rest
 

If you’ve spent years pushing through, or being told there is no way out, or trying everything under the sun and wondering why calm never lands on you - then MAVA is how your life starts to work again.


 

MAVA - Nervous system reset in minutes, not months - with Stress Reset Expert Ian Matthews.

Strengthen vagal tone in minutes - with no previous meditation experience
(The flow that your nervous system has been dying to fall into)

​The Vagal Tracker™ - Measure Your Calm

MAVA_ The Vagal Tracker

Our simple user index decodes your inner state into 3 colours
Check your state before and after the reset - to regulate from stress:

 

🔴 Red = I feel hypervigilant. 🟠 Orange = I am activated, alert.

🟢 Green = Great! Feeling safe and connected.
 

“I tried pills and working harder. I just needed the MAVA reset.“
- Martin, Senior Banker

 

Ian Matthews: Creator of the MAVA Method. #1 Stress Reset Expert
Working globally with people and global brands under sustained pressure. Certified in Mindfulness MBSR, MBCT, MBOE, - Polyvagal-Informed Regulation - and Hypnotherapy.


NEED ONSITE/ZOOM TRAINING? OR 1:1 VIDEO CALL COACHING TO YOUR PHONE?
#1 STRESS RESETS DURING EVERY SINGLE SESSION - CONTACT IAN

 

MAVA 1:1 Video Call Coaching
Emeritus Approved Wellness Coach - Ian Matthews of MAVA.

Emeritus Approved Wellness Coach
20+ years of coaching leaders and entrepreneurs. 

Global Mindful Leader & Stress Reset Expert - Ian Matthews
Ian Matthews - MAVA Creator
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