When work stress shows up at homeÂ
For many healthcare professionals, stress shows up most clearly at home.
After a demanding day, patience is gone. Small things trigger strong reactions. You may feel more irritable, quicker to snap or shut down, especially with the people you care about most.
You might recognize this pattern:
- Holding it together at work, then falling apart at home
- Feeling guilty about how you respond to your partner or children
- Having little emotional bandwidth left after your shift
- Not liking who you are at home anymore
This is not a lack of professionalism or resilience.
It is what happens when a nervous system stays in overdrive for too long.
Doctors on the Mat addresses this at the level where lasting change becomes possible.
Our Mission
To support healthcare professionals in regulating their nervous system, so chronic stress no longer dictates how they work, rest, or show up at home.Â
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What This Program Actually  Does
Doctors on the Mat focuses on regulating your nervous system through:
→ Evidence-informed breath patterns targeting vagal activation
→ Slow movement designed to calm the autonomic nervous system
→ Practices that help you downshift before sleep
→ Weekly structure that embeds recovery into real workweeks
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This practice stands apart because it's intentionally designed:
→ physiology-grounded,
→ time-realistic, and
→sequenced to down-regulate chronic stress
Every movement, breath pattern, and flow sequence is designed to help your nervous system downshift from chronic stress into sustainable recovery.
The ABCDE Approach
Sustainable recovery does not come from doing more.
It comes from applying the right steps, in the right order. Doctors on the Mat follows a simple, structured approach that makes nervous system regulation realistic within a medical workday.
A – Awareness of stress signals.
B – Breath to downshift the nervous system.
C – Centering through movement and focus.
D – Down-regulation to support recovery and sleep.
E – Embedding short practices into real workdays
Program Structure
Week 1 – Breath
Recalibrating the nervous system through paced breathing.
Week 2 – Sleep
Supporting deeper, more restorative rest.
Week 3 – Restore
Recovery through meditation and nervous system settling.
Week 4 – Focus and Balance
Improving clarity and stability in body and mind.
Week 5 – Strength and Boundaries
Building inner strength while respecting personal limits.
Week 6 – Integration and Resilience
Embedding practices for sustainable wellbeing beyond the program.
EVIDENCE-INFORMED FOUNDATION
The practices used in Doctors on the Mat are grounded in both yogic tradition and modern science.
Research shows that specific breathing patterns and mindful movement influence autonomic balance, support heart rate variability, reduce stress signaling, and improve sleep and emotional regulation.
Theory is translated into practical tools that can be applied immediately in daily life.
"As a pediatrician, I often experience high workload and mental pressure. Yoga with Liesbeth helps me improve my focus and maintain my energy levels. It allows me to care for my patients with greater calm, attention, and resilience, and to take better care of myself."
— Janneke, Pediatrician, The Netherlands
"After a busy shift I always come into class with a head full of thoughts. Liesbeth's yoga practice helps me to calm down internally and wind down. After the practice I feel relaxed, it gives me energy and I sleep really well!"
— Anne, pediatrician, The NetherlandsÂ
How You Can Join
Online program:
6 weeks, with weekly live sessions
(recorded for replay).
Hybrid program in hospitals:
Combine the online platform with live weekly sessions on site.
Meet Your Guide
I am Liesbeth Faverey, a pediatrician and certified yoga teacher.
I created Doctors on the Mat after seeing how many dedicated colleagues develop chronic stress patterns that no self-care routine was fixing.
By combining medical insight with evidence-informed yoga practices that target nervous system regulation, I help healthcare professionals restore clarity, balance, and sustainability in both work and life.
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You do not need more willpower.
You do not need perfect routines.
You need a nervous system that knows how to downshift.
Join the waitlist for Doctors on the Mat or start with the free Micro Reset Tool to experience how short, targeted practices can calm your system in just a few minutes.