Calming the Nervous System: Simple Tools to Support Pain, Stress and Sleep
At The Natural Clinic, we regularly work with clients who are feeling overwhelmed, burnt out, or “stuck in their heads.” This can show up as chronic stress, hormonal imbalances, sleep issues, anxiety, digestive problems, and even chronic pain.
A key piece in addressing these symptoms is supporting the nervous system—specifically the vagus nerve, which acts as the main communication pathway between the brain and body. When it’s under strain, your body stays on high alert. Healing, digestion, sleep, and emotional regulation all take a backseat.
Whether you’re a parent, a student, a professional, or navigating a major life change, nervous system dysregulation can quietly affect every aspect of health.
At the Clinic: A Whole-Body Approach to Nervous System Support
Louise Kane Buckley, a naturopath, nutritional therapist, and craniosacral practitioner at The Natural Clinic, works closely with clients to identify stress patterns and build supportive tools into daily life. With over 20 years of experience and expertise, Louise blends hands-on therapies with nutritional, herbal and emotional health approaches.
Here’s how she helps clients support and reset their nervous systems:
1. Craniosacral Therapy
This gentle hands-on therapy works with the nervous system, fascia and cerebrospinal fluid flow. It’s ideal for adults, teens, and children alike who may be holding tension or experiencing chronic pain patterns in the jaw, gut, neck, back, hips or nervous system activation in general. Sessions help down-regulate the stress response, encourage deep rest, and promote adaptability and flow.
2. EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique)
EFT tapping combines acupressure and psychology to calm emotional intensity and retrain the stress response. It’s particularly helpful for anxiety, overwhelm, fear, or old emotional patterns of behaviour that feel hard to shift on your own or with talk therapy alone.
3. Bach Flower Remedies
These gentle plant-based remedies are tailored to emotional patterns such as fear, irritability, indecision, grief or burnout. A custom blend is created for each client to support emotional balance during times of transition.
4. Nutrition & Nervous System Health
Louise takes a food-first approach, focusing on whole, supportive meals that balance blood sugar and reduce stress on the system. She may also recommend herbs, fermented foods, and supplements where needed.
Therapeutic Handcrafted Products
Louise also handcrafts a small range of therapeutic skincare products designed to support the body’s natural healing systems. These products combine herbal traditions, homeopathy and energetic support in small, carefully made batches:
- Magnesium Oil – made with Dead Sea salts, homeopathic arnica, lavender and chamomile essential oils, and Bach Flower Remedies. It supports muscle relaxation, restful sleep, and emotional calm. Ideal for tension, headaches, and restless legs.
- Wild Yam Balm – created originally for her own perimenopause journey, this balm supports hormonal balance, emotional resilience and nervous system ease using wild yam, tulsi, skullcap, frankincense and Bach Flowers.
- Recovery Balm – designed for physical relief and deep tissue repair, this balm helps ease joint pain, muscular tension, and general inflammation with anti-inflammatory herbs and oils.
These products are available for purchase at the clinic, or online here:
loulanatural.com/product-
Who This Supports
Louise frequently works with clients experiencing:
- Burnout or chronic stress
- Perimenopause and hormonal transitions
- Sleep disturbances
- Anxiety and emotional overwhelm
- Chronic pain or autoimmune conditions
- Teen stress or sensory overload in children
Whether through gentle hands-on work, tailored nutrition, or emotional support tools, the aim is always to help the body find its own rhythm again.
Book a Session
Louise is available for sessions at The Natural Clinic in Cork and also runs a practice in Kinsale.
To book with Louise in Cork:
https://thenaturalclinic.ie/louise-kane-buckley- naturopath-and-nutritional- therapist-cork
You can also browse her full range of handcrafted therapeutic products here:
https://loulanatural.com/