Alchemy of the Inner World
Explore The Art of Returning to Self
In this 10-week Online,
Nervous System
Regulation Course
Practical, Compassionate Tools
Grounded in Neuroscience.
10-week Live Online Course (20 hrs total)
Tuesdays 9:10–11:10am AEDT
14 Oct – 16 Dec 2025
Live on Zoom
Overview
Most of us don’t need more information. We need maps that make sense of our inner world — and tools we can actually use when life gets overwhelming.
After nearly 20 years helping people change their lives — and over 10,000 hours with clients and groups — I distilled what consistently works into this nervous system regulation course. Alchemy of the Inner World blends science and story so you leave each week not just ideas but with embodied skills.
What You Will Learn
Integration + practice
Learn, apply, repeat. Real change doesn’t come from ideas alone — it comes from practising tools in real life until they become second nature. Each week you’ll try things on, notice what works, and gradually build a personal toolkit you can trust.
Creative + playful
Metaphors, poetry, and diagrams to make it stick. Healing and Evolving yourself doesn’t have to be heavy. Story, imagery, and a touch of humour make complex ideas feel light, memorable, and usable — even in the middle of stress.
Evidence + tradition
Polyvagal, IFS, Attachment, Mindfulness, Somatics — with Self at the centre. This course weaves science with wisdom traditions: clear models of the nervous system alongside practices refined over centuries, all pointing back to your capacity to return to Self.
Community
Steady, supportive group learning. You’ll be part of a small group moving through the journey together — learning, reflecting, and practising in a space designed for safety, honesty, and encouragement.
The Journey
Week by Week
Week 1 - Mapping the Inner Terrain
Learn to recognise your inner states with clarity and compassion. We will map the “landscape” of the nervous system and develop emotional literacy so you can spot triggers and glimmers more quickly. This foundation gives you a language for your inner world and a sense of safety as you begin the journey.
Week 2 - BioRhythm Restoration
Discover the hidden dials that regulate your wellbeing — rhythms of rest, food, movement, sleep, nature, and connection. You’ll experiment with small, practical adjustments that restore balance and make daily life flow more easily. When these rhythms are tuned, everything else becomes lighter to carry.
Week 3 - BioState Navigation
Understand what’s happening in your body and brain when you’re stressed, anxious, or shut down. You’ll practise tools from Biostate Navigation to steer your system in the moment, moving from reactivity to responsiveness. This week is about learning how to shift, soothe, and steady yourself.
Week 4 - How We’re Shaped
Explore how family, culture, and early experiences moulded your “clay.” You’ll see how protective patterns were formed and how they can soften again in adulthood. By understanding your shaping, you gain both compassion for your history and freedom to reshape your future.
Week 5 - The Pressure Cooker
Learn how stress accumulates and why coping strategies develop the way they do. We’ll map your own pressure-release valves with kindness, identifying what helps and what hinders. This week gives you tools for emotional clarity and new ways to let off steam without burning out.
Week 6 - Returning to Self
Meet the many parts of yourself with curiosity and care — from the vulnerable child to the protective voice inside. We’ll practise healthy “inner parenting” and cultivate connection to the Self: the calm, compassionate, playful core that is never broken. This is about coming home to who you truly are.
Week 7 - The Gift of the Mask
The roles we played in childhood — caretaker, hero, clown, rebel, invisible one — once protected us, but they also concealed our deeper essence. This week we explore how those masks were ingenious adaptations to secure love and stability, and how each carries a hidden gift within. Through the Nine Faces of Co-Dependency and the archetypes of Inner Child and Wise Adult, you’ll learn to see your patterns not as flaws, but as seeds of integrity, compassion, courage, humour, and creativity. Awareness is the sunlight that lets those seeds sprout, transforming survival strategies into gifts that enrich your relationships.
Week 8 - Foundations of Love
Every adaptation carries a seed, but seeds need tending to grow. This week we turn to the Five Pillars of Inner Parenting — Safety, Attunement, Soothing, Valuing, and Growth — as the ground of mature love. These are the ways we hold our own needs, so we no longer outsource them to partners, friends, or roles. Rooted in these pillars, relationships shift from co-dependence or independence into the balance of inter-dependence: reciprocal, boundaried, and free. Expect a pragmatic session where you’ll learn to embody these practices in daily life, bringing steadiness, nourishment, and Self-leadership into your relationships.
Week 9 - The Art of Repair
Conflict doesn’t mean connection is broken — it’s the crucible where trust can be reforged. This week we learn how to turn moments of rupture into pathways of repair using the Leave to Weave model. You’ll practise recognising when your nervous system is triggered, stepping back to regulate, and re-entering with clarity, honesty, and care. Through experiential exercises, you’ll explore how to take 100% responsibility for your 50%, how to communicate needs without blame, and how to weave agreements that strengthen bonds. Repair becomes not just fixing what’s torn, but deepening intimacy through the very places that once felt most fragile.
Week 10 - Be the Change You Wish to See
This final week is about living the work. Integration is not only about remembering tools, but about embodying them so they ripple outward into daily life, relationships, and community. Together we’ll consolidate your personal framework for resilience, explore how to stay steady when old patterns resurface, and create rituals of closure and commitment. You’ll leave not only with practices for returning to Self, but with the confidence to carry your inner compass forward — becoming the change you wish to see in your world.
Investment
Early Bird
by Sept 21th
$450
Standard
from Sept 22nd
$495
Your place is confirmed once payment is received.
Tuesday Mornings.
For the next run we will meet on zoom on Tuesdays 9:10am-11:10am AEST from 14th October to 16th December.
Payment Plans Available.
Reach out — we can help with a payment instalments.
Spaces Are Limited
Early enrolment ensures your spot. An intimate size of 15 keeps the group safe and supportive.
This Will Change Your Life
Over 10,000+ client hours have shaped this course. Every tool is grounded in research and lived practice. You will leave with a toolbox that lasts.
Your Journey Back to Self Begins Here.
“I had this epiphany moment… I’d been doing the techniques you’ve been teaching us whenever I get triggered, and I finally freed my brain enough to actually scream and cry — which I was never allowed to do. It was like my whole body opened, and then I could start processing the trauma properly. It’s like everything’s connected. That only happened because of these tools”
Former Student
What You Will Learn
By joining Alchemy of the Inner World, you’ll gain practices and insights that let you:
✅ Feel steady in your body again
Sleep more deeply, eat and digest with ease, and move through your day with energy instead of burnout.
✅ Calm anxiety and lift heaviness in the moment
With simple tools that help you shift state when you feel stressed, flat, or overwhelmed.
✅ Break free of old patterns
Notice when perfectionism, over-giving, withdrawal, or numbing take over, and choose responses that actually serve you.
✅ Find clarity in your emotions
Untangle confusion, reduce reactivity, and discover how to respond rather than explode, freeze, or shut down.
✅ Reconnect with your true Self
Meet younger and protective parts of you with compassion, and let qualities like calm, courage, and creativity emerge naturally.
✅ Experience safer, richer relationships
Build trust, set boundaries without guilt, repair conflict, and enjoy connection without losing yourself.
✅ Carry your tools forward for life
Anchor rhythms and practices so they don’t fade after the course, but become lasting traits that travel with you.
Let’s Stay in Touch
Perhaps you are not ready to join the course this time around, sign up to hear about future courses.
Or perhaps you’d like to see more insights and resources for nervous system resilience and self-mastery.
How It Works
Alchemy of the Inner World is a 10-week nervous system regulation course & guided journey — part teaching, part practice, part community. You don’t just learn ideas; you live them into your nervous system.
Weekly Live Sessions
- 10 × 2-hour group sessions via Zoom (recordings available if you miss one).
- Each session blends teaching, guided practice, and space for reflection.
Handouts & Resources
- Beautiful worksheets, maps, and reflection guides each week.
- Shared a few days before class so you can arrive prepared.
In-the-Moment Practices
- Breathwork, movement, music, journalling and more woven into each class.
- Tools designed to work in daily life — even during stress or overwhelm.
Private WhatsApp Group
- Stay connected between sessions in a safe, private group (optional).
- Handouts and reminders released here before each session.
- A simple way to share reflections and encouragement with peers.
Recordings & Replay Access
- All sessions are recorded and available for one year.
- Revisit the material as often as you like, at your own pace.
Why This Course is Different
There are countless courses, books, and therapies out there. What makes this one different is not just the content, but the framework it gives you for making sense of everything else.
✨ A unifying framework
This course gives you the map behind the maps. Whether you practice yoga, breathwork, therapy, meditation, or coaching, Alchemy of the Inner World shows you how they all connect through the nervous system. Instead of feeling pulled in different directions, you’ll see how every tool belongs within a larger rhythm of regulation and return.
✨ Science meets story
Complex neuroscience is translated into living metaphors — maps and compasses, clay and potters, ships and helms, pressure cookers and stained glass. These images make the learning memorable, so the tools don’t just make sense in class — they stay with you when life gets hard.
✨ Tools that become traits
You won’t just learn practices that “work in the moment.” By restoring your rhythms and applying these tools consistently, temporary states gradually reshape into lasting traits. In other words: your brain and body learn new patterns that last — stress becomes resilience, confusion becomes clarity, survival patterns become strengths. This is highly focused as a nervous system regulation course.
✨ Trauma-informed, compassion-led
Safety comes first. Each session is structured with clear agreements, pacing, and choice, so you can grow without overwhelm. This isn’t about fixing yourself — it’s about creating the right conditions for your body and psyche to unfold their natural intelligence.
✨ Transforming shadows into gifts
You’ll see how old protective strategies and relational masks show up under pressure. Instead of treating them as flaws, you’ll learn how each one carries a hidden gift — integrity, compassion, courage, joy — waiting to be cultivated.
✨ Spiritual, but grounded
You’ll explore what many traditions call the Self, Essence, or Beingness — not as an abstract belief, but as a felt experience you can access through your body. Calm, clarity, courage, and creativity are not ideals to strive for — they emerge naturally when your nervous system feels safe. No belief system required: different traditions name it differently, but you’ll learn to experience it directly.
✨ Guided by deep practice and lived experience
With over 10,000 hours of therapeutic practice, I’ve distilled what truly helps people return to themselves. This course is the synthesis of years of client work, personal practice, and research into nervous system science, myth, and transformation.
“My sons keep asking, ‘What’s different about you?’ I’m not so freaked out anymore.
It’s like they’re coming on the journey with me.”
Former Student
Who Is This Course For?
This nervous system regulation course isn’t for everyone — and that’s intentional.
Here’s how to know if it’s the right fit for you:
Who This Is For
This course is for you if you want to:
✅ Feel calmer, clearer, and more steady in daily life — not just sometimes, but as a grounded baseline.
✅ Learn embodied, science-backed tools to regulate your nervous system — simple practices you can use anytime, anywhere.
✅ Break free from well-worn patterns — perfectionism, people-pleasing, over-giving, withdrawal, overthinking, numbing, conflict cycles — and uncover the strengths hidden beneath them.
✅ Deepen your emotional clarity and resilience — so stress doesn’t hijack you as easily.
✅ Build relationships that feel safer, warmer, and more balanced — closeness without losing yourself.
✅ Reconnect with your authentic Self and begin to live from qualities like calm, courage, and creativity.
✅ Anchor lasting change — weaving new rhythms and practices into your everyday life so they become second nature.
Who This Is Not For
This course may not be the right fit if you are:
❌ In the middle of an acute mental health crisis and needing intensive therapeutic or medical support.
❌ Wanting a space for deep trauma processing or intensive personal therapy. This is not group therapy. While reflection and sharing are welcome, the focus is on learning and practising tools you can carry into your own life.
❌ Looking for a quick fix without engaging in practice between sessions.
❌ Expecting someone else to do the work for you — this is about shaping your own inner patterns through practice, not being “fixed.” (plus, you are not broken so don’t need fixing!)
❌ Seeking purely intellectual discussion. This is an experiential course: insights come through body-based practice, story, and rhythm, not abstract debate.
Hi, I’m Arron Selby — a Mental Health Social Worker, certified Compassionate Inquiry practitioner, and somatic psychotherapist in private practice.
With over 10,000 hours of client practice, I’ve worked across trauma, addiction, anxiety, depression, and nervous system health — in rehab centres, psychiatric hospitals, community settings, and private practice. My background blends evidence-based approaches (CBT, DBT, neuroscience, mindfulness and HeartMath) with depth work (IFS, Compassionate Inquiry, Hypnosis, somatic work and spiritual traditions).
But beyond the qualifications, this work is personal. Growing up in the UK, I faced my own struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction. Along the way, I found yoga, meditation, therapy, psychedelic integration, biohacking, and men’s circles — tools that slowly stitched me back together. What I discovered is that healing isn’t about finding a single magic practice. It’s about weaving them into a rhythm that your nervous system can actually trust. All of this underpins this Nervous System Regulation Course.
I’ll be honest: I’m far from perfect. I’m still learning every day, often from my own mistakes — and always from my teachers, my wife, and my three daughters here in Bellingen. They remind me (with love, humour, and sometimes chaos) that growth is lifelong, and joy matters as much as seriousness.
That’s the spirit I bring to this course: grounded, practical, trauma-informed… but also human, playful, and grateful. I’m not here as a guru with the answers, but as someone walking beside you — sharing maps and tools that have helped me and many others.
As Ram Dass said: “We’re all just walking each other home.” I’d be honoured to walk a little of the way with you.
Join the Journey
10-week Live Online Course (20 hrs total)
Tuesdays 9:10–11:10am AEDT
14 Oct – 16 Dec 2025
Live on Zoom
When you join Alchemy of the Inner World, you’re not just signing up for a course — you’re stepping into a supportive framework that will serve you for life.
Your Enrolment Includes:
✅ 10 × 2-hour live group sessions via Zoom (recorded if you miss one)
✅ Handouts, maps, and guided practices released before each session
✅ Private WhatsApp group for reminders, handouts, and light connection
✅ Replay access for one year
✅ A complete toolkit of practices you can return to anytime
Investment
✨ Early Bird (before September 21st): $450 AUD
✨ Full Price: $495 AUD
✨ Payment Plans available
That’s the equivalent of around $50 a week — less than the cost of a couple of Uber Eats or a half hour massage a week. But instead of a one-off, you’re investing in tools that will support you for years to come.
Spots are limited to keep the group intimate and interactive.
Your place is confirmed once payment is received via bank transfer.
Payment plans are available on request (same total cost, paid in instalments).
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I pay?
After you register, you’ll receive an email with payment instructions. Payment is made via direct bank transfer. Your place is fully confirmed once payment is received.
Are payment plans available?
Yes. Payment plans can be arranged on request as instalments instead of one lump sum.
What if I miss a session?
Every session is recorded, and you’ll have replay access for one year. You can catch up in your own time, and the handouts are yours to keep forever.
How big is the group?
The group is intentionally capped at 15 participants. That’s small enough for you to feel seen and supported, and big enough to feel the energy of learning alongside others.
Is this therapy?
No. Alchemy of the Inner World is not group therapy — it’s a psycho-educational, experiential course. You’ll learn tools, rhythms, and practices you can apply in your own life. Reflection and sharing are welcome, but you’ll never be asked to disclose more than you want to. If you are in acute crisis or need intensive support, 1:1 therapy is a better fit.
Do I need prior knowledge?
Not at all. Everything is explained step by step in plain language. You don’t need any background in psychology, neuroscience, or spirituality to benefit.
Will I have to share personal stories?
No. Sharing is always optional. Many participants find that listening and practising alongside others is just as powerful. Journalling and self-reflection are the main ways you’ll explore the material.
How much time do I need outside the sessions?
Each week you’ll receive a handout with practices to try. Most people spend 10–20 minutes a day weaving them into their routine. It’s not about doing more — it’s about building rhythms that support the life you already have.
What if I fall behind?
You can re-watch any class recording, and handouts are yours to keep. There’s no “falling behind” — the material is designed so you can return to it whenever you need.
How long will I have access?
You’ll have replay access for one year after the course finishes. Handouts and practice sheets are yours to download and keep forever.
Is this spiritual?
Yes and no. You’ll explore what many traditions call Self, Essence, or Beingness — but always in a grounded, body-based way. No belief system required. These qualities (calm, clarity, compassion, courage) are human capacities that emerge naturally when your nervous system feels safe.
Do I need to attend live?
Live attendance is encouraged because the group energy adds so much — but it’s not required. All sessions are recorded, and you can catch up anytime.
What technology do I need?
Just Zoom on a phone, tablet, or computer. A quiet space and headphones can help, but aren’t essential.
Is there a refund policy?
Yes. If after 3 days from the first weeks session you feel the course isn’t right for you, you can request a full refund. After that point, because spaces are limited, refunds aren’t available. If you are considering cancelling your place we ask that you contact us first to see if we can help with whatever is going on for you.
Can I claim CPD/PD hours?
Yes. Many participants use this course toward professional development requirements. A certificate of completion can be provided on request.
What if I feel uncomfortable or overwhelmed?
Don’t worry, this is a nervous system regulation course. So you’ll never be forced to share or do anything that doesn’t feel right. You’ll be guided to work at your own pace, with full permission to pause, adapt, or step back at any time. Safety and self-choice are foundational to how the course is held.
Need to know anything else?
Spots on this Nervous System Regulation Course are capped at 15 to keep the group intimate.
If you’re curious but unsure, you can contact me to ask me a question or express interest.
I’ll be glad to help you decide if this is the right fit for you.
Let’s Stay in Touch
Occasional updates. No spam. Just insights and resources for nervous system resilience and self-mastery.