Message from NAIO Founder Prue Jeffries
The Flow of life
I have always been an explorer. Yet, I feel the essence of NAIO™ found me.
Being human has many dimensions, and there are numerous ways to engage with the process of life. I founded NAIO™ International and developed a practitioner training program, as I felt there was a need for it. The strength of NAIO is the recognition of our bodies as a seamless whole—sensing, experiencing, and perceiving life as one interconnected, ongoing, dynamic process. In simple terms—
NAIO™ Founder and NAIO™ International Director - Prue Jeffries MSME/T
"NAIO is the gardening of and tending to the movement of life force, its expression as our corporeal, tangible form, which
we call a body."
What if people participated in a modality to explore and grow awareness of their bodies moving, changing sensate experience, and life process? What if a practitioner, acting
as a guide and catalyst, supported individuals in listening
to and engaging their bodies' generative capacities and
in-dwelling, abiding wisdom in a gentle, informed, and spacious manner, promoting well-being and personal growth?
NAIO™ is a relational embodiment practice.
The primary condition for practitioners to work with clients is to develop their self-regulation and personal sensory capacities within themselves. They journey into evolutionary biology, objective physiological processes, physics, and the latest neurobiology knowledge—including trauma approaches. They engage their own phenomenological and subjective lived experience and learn how to support others in theirs. Practitioners explore meta-themes, both imaginary and symbolic, to bolster any transpersonal experiences that emerge from engaging the inherent gnosis of life within our bodies.
Individuals with injuries, pain, health or nervous system conditions, anxiety, exhaustion, or significant life events may seek NAIO sessions. The process is gentle enough for most conditions. In supporting the journey to better self-regulation through
co-regulation, through growing sensory and
self-awareness, and tending the resourcing movements of life within as a practice, the
by-product could see resolution or support of
such conditions.
"The primary focus of NAIO is to support people in developing a greater sense of connection and well-being." To fully inhabit themselves—to dwell in the overflowing fullness of life."
I have created a moving, alive vessel for the essence of NAIO™ with the intention that it can support and help many people.
With warm regards,
The founder of NAIO™, Prue Jeffries, MSME/T, spent her life in the water, immersed in the natural world—as a surfer and water person. From a young age, Prue kept alive her openness to creativity and the transpersonal. Her personal experiences inspired her to delve into existentialism, phenomenology, and metaphysics. She developed an experiential and multi-disciplinary approach for wellness and performance, drawing inspiration from personal, mainstream, and holistic influences as one of the world's top professional surfers. NAIO™ originated from her personal experiences and approach to supporting people informed by water, the body, and nature, and refined by ongoing studies and teaching in well-being approaches over the last 35 years.
Prue Jeffries Background
A pioneer and visionary of Women’s Surfing, she spent two decades traveling the world on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour, now known as the World Surf League
Prue Jeffries Curriculum Vitae
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