
The Neuro-Engaged Chiropractor: The Polyvagal Practice Blueprint
A New Model for Chiropractic Using Technique, People, and Procedures
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands — Saturday, September 6, 2025
At the
Leonardo Hotel Rembrandtpark
Is it time to evolve how you practice chiropractic?
Not just what you do, but how you see, speak to, and connect with the people in front of you.
In a world flooded with protocols, scripts, and performance pressure, something is missing: genuine connection.
At this one-day immersive seminar in Amsterdam, we’ll help you bridge that gap by bringing the science of safety into your everyday chiropractic care.
Rooted in the powerful principles of Polyvagal Theory, this seminar offers a blueprint for creating a nervous system-forward practice. In this space, patients feel safe enough not only to return but also to transform.
This is for the chiropractor who…
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Feels they’re doing all the “right things” but people still ghost care.
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Knows how to adjust, but craves deeper clinical satisfaction and connection.
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Wants to move beyond scripts and start speaking to the actual state of someone’s nervous system.
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Feels stuck in a practice that looks successful on the outside but doesn’t feel aligned on the inside.
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Is done with burnout and wants to lead with presence, discernment, and congruency.
If this is you (or your team), you’ll walk away from this day with more than inspiration.
You’ll leave with a complete, embodied framework to transform how people experience care in your practice.
🔍 What You’ll Learn and Experience
✅ The Polyvagal Practice Blueprint
How to translate polyvagal theory into a practical model for care that amplifies trust, safety, and retention.
✅ Interoceptive Leadership
We’ll teach you how to read physiology before behavior—so you can adjust your energy, not just your script.
✅ Safety Language Rewrite
Ditch outdated language that triggers defenses. Practice using nervous-system-safe words that land with trust, not tension.
✅ The First Impression Flip Chart™
A visual tool to help your patients feel seen and understood—right from visit one.
✅ The 5 Cranial Nerves of Connection
Understand the cranial pathways of the social engagement system, your true window into the autonomic state of every patient.
✅ Office Habits That Dysregulate (and What to Do Instead)
From intake forms to front desk greetings—identify what’s unknowingly disrupting regulation and rewire it for connection.
✅ The MacDonald Safety Corridor Protocol Principles
Learn the key principles behind our adjusting system that supports the vagus nerve and enhances long-term nervous system regulation.


The Neuro-Engaged Chiropractor: The Polyvagal Practice Blueprint
Saturday, September 6th | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Chiropractic associates and assitants welcome
For the vitalistic chiropractor who believes in the body’s innate intelligence and the nervous system’s central role in health, the Neuro-Engaged Chiropractor: The Polyvagal Practice Blueprint offers a missing link: how to create an office environment that truly honors and activates that intelligence. This one-day seminar in Amsterdam will show you how to build a practice ecosystem rooted in safety, regulation, and authentic human connection—so your adjustments can land deeper and your retention soars.
You already know the power of the adjustment. What this day adds is the understanding of how to prime the nervous system to receive it. Through the lens of Polyvagal Theory, we’ll teach you how to use your language, your procedures, and your presence to regulate physiology before you ever lay a hand on someone. Because safety isn't just a feeling—it’s a neurological event. And when a patient’s system feels safe, the healing can begin before they hit the table.
This seminar will help you bridge the gap between philosophy and procedure. You’ll learn how to communicate in a way that aligns with your nervous-system-first approach, upgrade outdated habits that subtly dysregulate your practice members. We’ll also unpack the 5 cranial nerves of the social engagement system, and the principles of the MacDonald Safety Corridor Protocol—so that your adjustments not only affect structure but support regulation from the body up to the brain stem.
Whether you’re a solo doc, an associate, or bringing your entire team, this seminar is about creating congruency—between your values, your vibe, and your results. Because when your whole office becomes a place where people feel safe, seen, and supported, you don’t just grow a practice. You create a movement.
💡Why this day matters more than ever
The most successful chiropractors of the future will be those who know how to create safe, sensory-informed environments.
Because when a nervous system feels safe, it opens.
It connects.
It heals.
It refers.
And it stays.
🧠 This Seminar Is For…
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Chiropractors who are ready to align their philosophy, procedures, and presence.
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Teams who want to get on the same page and avoid sending mixed nervous system signals.
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Associates who want to build certainty, confidence, and clarity.
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Chiropractic Assistants, who are the front-line translators of the nervous system, want to upgrade their impact.
🎯 You’ll Leave With…
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A full day of hands-on, real-practice application, not theory.
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Tools you can use on Monday morning.
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Renewed clarity on your purpose and your power.
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A sense of alignment between your care and your communication.
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A community of chiropractors who get it.
Doctor Registration Saturday for the Neuro-Engaged Chiropractor
$697 USD
Saturday September 6th, 2025
- 9 am - 5 p,m lunch is on your own
- NO REFUNDS
Chiropractic Assistant Registration for the Neuro-Engaged Chiropractic Team
$497 USD
Saturday September 6th, 2025
- 9 am - 5 p,m lunch is on your own
- NO REFUNDS
For Teams that are 4 or larger contact us for a team discount ATTENTION: There are NO REFUNDS OR TRANSFERS once you have registered so make sure to plan accourdingly. With the small venue size and the large upfront cost of coming accross the pond we can not offer refunds.
HOTEL INFORMATION:
Leonardo Hotel Rembrandtpark
Staalmeesterslaan 410, 1057 PH Amsterdam
Conveniently situated next to the A10 ring road, it offers easy access to both Schipol Airport and Amsterdam city centre. Guests travelling by car can take advantage of the 300 space indoor car park (reserve your spot on our parking website), or simply take the tram from outside the hotel to Amsterdam’s city centre, a simple 15-minute journey.
The Leonardo Hotel Rembrandtpark is an iconic local landmark, and its 85-metre high rooftop terrace is the tallest in the city and offers sweeping views over the capital. The terrace is home to a rooftop cocktail lounge, right to the Skybar on the 18th Floor. During the winter, guests can do various activities on the roof before enjoying a hot chocolate overlooking the neighbouring Rembrandtpark and the Amsterdam skyline.
**PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT HAVE A ROOM BLOCK- SO THE EARLIER YOU BOOK THE BETTER DEAL YOU GET!
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Dr. Emir Lervy, Ireland
I would say it’s a more in-depth way of assessing and adjusting - using modified adjustments which will enhance the ones we already use in practice. I believe if more of us adjust like this we will have a much more relaxed community
Dr. Donald Fancis, Scotland
It’s a deeper understanding of the ANS and how to look at addressing the Vagal system more effectively. Thanks for coming. It’s always great to share your presence
Dr. Gabriella Palomares, Australia
It's a science based lens to understand and augment the often 'airy fairy' effects of chiropractic, helping us to track them and help our people become more aware of themselves and these changes.
Dr. Emir Lervy, Ireland
I would say it’s a more in-depth way of assessing and adjusting - using modified adjustments which will enhance the ones we already use in practice. I believe if more of us adjust like this we will have a much more relaxed community
Dr. Donald Fancis, Scotland
It’s a deeper understanding of the ANS and how to look at addressing the Vagal system more effectively. Thanks for coming. It’s always great to share your presence
Dr. Gabriella Palomares, Australia
It's a science based lens to understand and augment the often 'airy fairy' effects of chiropractic, helping us to track them and help our people become more aware of themselves and these changes.
Dr. MaryAnne Shiozawa. UK
A fantastic duo team on the most updated information about the Polyvagal system! Everything was presented with a lot of information, back up, references, and demonstrations to give us all great useful tools to use in our practice. I love Brandi and Dr. Don!
Dr. Sarah Tremblay, Canada
My CA has only been with me for a year. Brandi's teaching is always an intense experience for a first-timer. Having Dr Don there to share his clinical skills and experiences "from the trenches" made it relatable to all the doctors while keeping it accessible for the few spouses in the group. I loved the interactive exercises. We also appreciated spending time with Don and Brandi at the end of the day over drinks and dinner. We came home feeling empowered to make some changes both at the office and at home. I highly recommend and no need to have knowledge of polyvagal before coming to the seminar
Dr. Rachel Swan, Australia
This is a new lens to look at our current world through, helping answer how humans have changed and how we can better help them. I can see the benefits being much less stress, frustration, better boundaries, and more enjoyment in practice