Still Exhausted, Still in Pain, Still Can't Sleep?
Your Nervous System Needs Support, Not More Willpower.
I Tried Everything Too.
Here's What It Actually Took to Feel Like Myself Again.
For months I was exhausted, anxious, and running on a nervous system that never got the memo the emergency was over.
After my stroke, hyper-vigilance took over, always scanning, always waiting for the next thing to go wrong. My blood pressure wouldn't budge. I couldn't quiet my mind. And the mainstream answers all led to the same place: medication I wasn't willing to take because of the side effects.
So I did what most of us do. I figured it out on my own.
Supplements, breathwork, meditation, all helpful, but inconsistent. My blood pressure would be fine one day and spike the next. So I decided to try something more extreme. I went on a strict keto diet that was very low fiber intake. And within days my blood pressure dropped. It stabilized. For the first time in months my readings were normal.
I was so excited....
Until other things started showing up.
Weeks of constipation. More stress. Then worry. I had an online keto health coach and a doctor both telling me to keep going, that I was doing everything right, despite my issues. I trusted them. And then the abdominal pain became excruciating. I ended up in the hospital with an abscess that was dangerously close to turning into sepsis.
After seeing five different doctors in four days, they all said that keto stressed out my body and caused an imbalance in my system which led to the abscess. Extreme keto works beautifully for some people, but for me it was not a good fit.
The hardest part was that I had no way of knowing that until it was almost too late. I was trying things alone, and I didn't have anyone helping me read what my body was actually telling me.
"When I finally shared everything with my naturopathic doctor she said something so simple it stopped me: 'Give your body permission to just try things for a few days. Dip your toe in before you jump all the way.'"
Such a simple message. But it was an epiphany for me. That meant I didn't need to push through and keep going when things didn't feel right so that I give "the thing" a fair chance.
What I realized in that moment was that I didn't just need better information or better tools. I needed someone walking beside me for a few days while I tried something new, someone helping me see how my body was actually responding before I went all in. I wasn't failing. I was just doing it alone. No one helping me see the full picture.
"That's what we built the 5-Day Challenge to be."
Today my blood pressure is stable. The anxiety has settled. The hyper-vigilance that used to run my days is quiet. I finally stopped pushing through when my body was telling me something wasn't working, and started listening instead.
And now we want to help you do the same, in five days, not five months.
What if 5 days could change how you feel?
We created this challenge for the person who's been pushing through, the one who's open to a different way, who's willing to try something simple, and who just needs someone to say: "I'll walk beside you while you do this."
Five Days. One Simple Thing at a Time.
How it works
Here's what happens in the 5-Day Challenge.
Before Day 1:
We send your welcome video and first simple instruction the day you sign up. Your body begins preparing before Day 1 even arrives.
Day 1: Today lays the foundation.
Most people don't realize how much their daily choices affects how secure their nervous system feels.
Day 2: Enter healing mode
We focus on waking up your circulation, supporting your lymph, and helping your body actually release instead of holding everything in.
Day 3: Start sleeping well again
If sleep hasn't shifted yet, tonight is the night. Sleep is when the body repairs itself: cells, brain, nervous system regulation.
Day 4: The body finds it's calm
We focus on activities that drops cortisol, settles the mind, and reduces pain and stress.
Day 5: This is when it all lands together.
Everything you've built this week converges with your final session.
Each day builds on the last. This is why the results last,
because it's consistent.
From Abbie — Our Lead Practitioner
Why This Works When
Everything Else Hasn't
After working with clients for over a year,
two things became impossible to ignore.
When I first started doing sessions, I was trained the way most practitioners are trained, go straight to the pain. Address what the client came in for. So that's what I did.
And I got results. Good ones.
But something in me said I could get them even better results.
I started doing two-hour sessions, which meant I had time to try something different. I started wondering what would happen if I calmed the nervous system first, before addressing the pain or the tension or the sleep issues. What if the body needed to feel calm before it was ready to let anything go?
So I tried it.
And everything changed.
When the nervous system was calm first, the body stopped bracing. The pain, the tension, the stress, they started to release on their own, like the body had been waiting for permission. I started seeing results I hadn't seen before, with clients dealing with anxiety, brain fog, chronic pain, sleep issues, all kinds of things. The same device. A different order. A completely different outcome.
I was doing Amber's sessions through her entire stroke recovery. I watched the Equiscope help her walk again, recover her speech, her fine motor skills, her mobility. Those results, all of them, came from the sessions. I saw firsthand what this technology is capable of when the nervous system is the priority.
But even with great results in the sessions, I noticed that when Amber only came in once a week, the anxiety would creep back in between visits, and that would affect her blood pressure all over again. Life would step back in before her nervous system had time to fully regulate.
I started noticing the same pattern with other clients too.
When clients were able to come in closer together, something different happened. Each session built on the last. The body held onto the work instead of losing it to everyday life. The shifts came faster and they lasted longer.
So when Amber brought up the idea of the 5-Day Challenge, I was all in, because I already knew what three sessions close together could do. And pairing that with simple daily support in between? That was the piece that had been missing all along.
The sessions are the work. What happens around them is where it lands.
The simple things we ask you to do at home in between sessions aren't extras. They're what keeps your nervous system in the work instead of drifting back out of it. That's what Amber was missing. And it's what we built the 5-Day Challenge to give you.
Everything You Need
What's Included
Every piece of this was chosen to help you get the best results.
3 Sessions
Three one-hour sessions with Abbie or Amber. Schedule any 3 days within your 5-day window, one per day, we work around your life.
Daily Guidance
A short video every morning, right to your phone. Under two minutes.
One simple focus for the day. No inbox to dig through.
Ongoing Support
We text you every day to see how you're doing. Not a bot, us. Real check-ins from two people who genuinely want to know how your body is responding.
5-Day Challenge App
A beautifully designed app that guides you through the challenge and even keeps track of your progress.
Meditation Library
A full curated playlist of meditations.
Yours to continue to use long after the challenge ends.
Electrolyte Sea Salt
We include our electrolyte salts so you can begin replenishing your system right away.
What's Included
What Life Feels Like When Your
Nervous System Finally Gets What It Needs
→ Better Sleep: Falling asleep faster, staying asleep, waking up actually rested.
→ Real Energy: Not the caffeine kind. The kind that's there when you wake up.
→ Less Tension & Pain: The kind that lives in your shoulders, jaw, and back. It loosens.
→ Mental Clarity: The fog lifts. You can think again. The noise gets quieter.
→ Less Reactive: Small things stop hitting so hard. You feel steadier inside.
→ A Body You Trust: It stops feeling like something to manage and starts feeling like home.
That's what we're giving your nervous system and body during those 5 days. The sessions are the work. The days at home are where it lands.
A Full Reset
Value $500
→ Daily Guidance & Check-ins
BONUS
BONUS
Value: $11
→ Personalized Sessions
→ Hawaiian Electrolyte Sea Salt
→ Library of Meditations
→ 5-Day Challenge App
Value: $99
Value: $390
Sessions in Meridian, ID
How It Works
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3 sessions, you choose the dates (between July 6-23).
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Complete these 3 sessions within a 5-day window.
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We'll send you short videos by text every day of the challenge.
We know you're busy. That's why we offer early morning and evening sessions, so you can fit your 3 sessions into your real life without rearranging everything.
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☀️ Early mornings: before work, before the kids, before the day takes over
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🌙 Evenings: after the day is done, when you can finally exhale
We'll do our best to work around your schedule.
FAQ
Picture Yourself Five Days From Now
5 days from now, you will be somewhere.
The question is:
Will you still be managing the same symptoms…
or finally addressing what’s causing them?
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine yourself feeling genuinely at peace.
What does that relief feel like in your body?
How does your day-to-day life look different?
This isn't just a dream, it becomes reality when you commit to doing things differently.
Ready to feel it?
We'll send your first video the day of purchase.
You know something's off.
You've tried the supplements, the diets, the "stress-less" advice, and you're still running on fumes.
You're stuck in a vicious cycle and aren't sure what to do to get the results you're looking for. Your body is asking for something different but you aren't sure what that is.
What if you could try something (this needs to be more specific - maybe a health routine) for 5 days and see if it was a good fit for you? What if you had guidance, support, and someone walking along side you through those 5 days? Wouldn't that feel doable?
What if 5 days could change how you feel?
We created this challenge for the person who's been pushing through, the one who's open to a different way, who's willing to try something simple, and who just needs someone to say: "Here. Do this. See what happens."
Over 5 days, you'll come in for 3 sessions with us, and we'll send you short videos (right to your phone) for the days in between. No overwhelm. No 90-minute webinars. No "buy this $2,000 course" pitch.
Just 5 days. 3 sessions. Real shifts.
Here's how the 5 days work:
You have a 5-day window from the moment you sign up. Inside that window, you come in for 3 sessions, and you choose when.
We'll send you short videos by text on the days you're not in with us. Those are your home days, the days you're letting your body absorb the work and doing the simple things we ask of you.
That's it. 5 days. 3 sessions on your schedule. A few short videos in between.
🗓 Day 1 — A starting point
A short video and one simple thing to start helping your nervous system feel nurtured, so the pain, stress, and fatigue can begin to subside.
🗓 Day 2 — Space to come back to your body
We focus on waking up your circulation, supporting your lymph, and helping your body actually release instead of holding everything in.
🗓 Day 3 — The work builds
By your second session, most people start to feel something different, better sleep, steadier energy, less tension, a little more clarity. The homework from Day 2 starts to pay off.
🗓 Day 4 — A moment to slow down
One more short video, one more simple thing. This one's about giving your body permission to rest, the kind of rest that actually resets you, not the kind that just makes you tired.
🗓 Day 5 — It starts to click
By now your nervous system, your body, and your breath have all been getting what they need. Sleep comes easier. Energy comes back. Pain and tension loosen. You feel it, and you know how to keep it going.
Each day builds on the last. This is why the results last,
because it's consistant.
Why 3 sessions in 5 days?
Because that's where the magic happens.
We've seen it over and over: people get the best results within 3 sessions, and when those sessions happen close together.
When you space sessions out over weeks, your body forgets. The shift doesn't stick. You start over every time.
When you stack them close, 3 sessions in 5 days, your body holds onto the work. The nervous system gets what it needs to actually function optimally. And the days in between? That's when you're at home, nurturing your body while the changes settle in.
What "functioning optimally" actually feels like:
→ Better sleep: falling asleep faster, staying asleep, waking up rested
→ More energy: not the caffeine kind, the real kind
→ Less pain and tension: the kind that lives in your shoulders, your back, your jaw
→ More clarity: the brain fog lifts, you can think again
That's what we're giving your nervous system and body during those 5 days. The sessions are the work. The days at home are where it lands.
We open early. We open late.
We know you're busy. That's why we offer early morning and evening sessions, so you can fit your 3 sessions into your real life without rearranging everything.
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☀️ Early mornings: before work, before the kids, before the day takes over
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🌙 Evenings: after the day is done, when you can finally exhale
We'll try our best to work around your schedule.
Here's what you'll get:
5 days of advanced bioenergetic sessions, premium at-home tools,
and direct access to expert support.
Results-Driven Transformation
3 Sessions
3 in-person sessions with us that must be completed over 5 days
A welcome video the moment you sign up, so you know exactly what's coming
Daily Guidance
5 daily videos (under 3 minutes each), one simple thing to try each day at home
Delivered by text, no inbox to dig through
Ongoing Support
Check-ins from us to see how you're doing in-between sessions
A daily tracker to keep track of your progress
Why this works:
Most healing approaches chase symptoms. We don't.
We work with bioenergetics, the energy your body is already making. We help you:
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Awareness: notice what's really going on in your body
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Activate: wake up the systems that have gone quiet
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Address: get to the root, not just the noise
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Accelerate: let your body do what it already knows how to do
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Achieve: feel the shift, in a way you can actually measure
You don't have to go deep on day one. You don't have to relive your trauma. You just have to show up for 5 days and try it.
This is for you if:
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You're stressed, burned out, or running on empty
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You're dealing with pain, sleep issues, or inflammation that won't quit
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You're open to natural, root-cause work
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You're willing to do the thing, even if it's small
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You can commit to 3 sessions in 5 days (we'll work around your schedule)
This isn't for you if:
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You want a quick-fix pill
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You're not willing to try something different
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You can't make it to 3 sessions in 5 days
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You need a medical diagnosis (we're not doctors, we're bioenergetic practitioners)
Your Invitation
You’re not paying for sessions.
You’re investing in a full reset of your system.
FAQ
What if I can't make it to 3 sessions in 5 days?
Text us. We'll see if we can work something out, or we'll point you to a slower-paced option.
Do I have to share anything personal?
No. The sessions are relaxing, most clients fall asleep, or just take the hour to catch their breath. You do the homework privately and can go as deep as you want with it, we can not see what is in your homework.
What happens after the 5 days?
You'll have a feel for what we do. If you want to keep going, we'll tell you how. If not, you'll still have 5 days of shifts you can take with you.
Picture Yourself Five Days From Now
5 days from now, you will be somewhere.
The question is:
Will you still be managing the same symptoms…
or finally addressing what’s causing them?
Close your eyes for a moment and imagine yourself feeling genuinely at peace.
What does that relief feel like in your body?
How does your day-to-day life look different?
This isn't just a dream, it becomes reality when you commit to doing things differently.
Ready to feel it?
We'll send your first video the day of purchase.
We're Abbie Payne and Amber Dobkins
Co-Founders of A & A Bioenergetics
Our work is deeply personal to us. We both know what it's like to feel stuck, out of options, and isolated.
That's exactly why we've dedicated our lives to mastering bioenergetics. Because we also know what it feels like on the other side: the relief, the hope, the joy of getting your life back. We're here to help you break free and reclaim the life you deserve.
With over a decade of experience, advanced certifications, and authors of several published books, we both bring expertise and deep compassion to every session.
