What Are the Four Self-Reg Journeys?

The Four Self-Reg Journeys, Seeds, Sunrise, Quilt, and Haven, are different pathways for putting Self-Reg into practice and deepening how it becomes embedded in relationships, learning environments, and everyday life.

In a Nutshell

The Four Self-Reg Journeys, Seeds, Sunrise, Quilt, and Haven, offer different pathways for learning, applying, and deepening Self-Reg. Developed through TMC’s work and published in Self-Reg Schools: A Handbook for Educators, the Journeys recognize that there is no single route for bringing Self-Reg into practice. They help people and learning communities explore Self-Reg through different entry points and gradually weave the Five Steps, Five Domains, relationships, environments, and stress awareness into everyday practice. The Self-Reg shift is away from implementing a standardized program and toward an evolving process of noticing, learning, experimenting, reflecting, and creating conditions that support regulation and growth.

Why Does This Matter?

People and organizations rarely develop Self-Reg in a neat, linear sequence. One classroom may be planting Seeds by beginning to reframe behaviour. Another team may be at Sunrise, seeing familiar situations differently. Pieces of Self-Reg may gradually become woven together like a Quilt, while a Haven reflects the deeper conditions and relationships being created over time.

The Four Journeys give us ways into the work without turning Self-Reg into an implementation checklist.

Instead of asking “Are we doing Self-Reg yet?”, we can ask: What are we noticing? What is changing? Where are we getting stuck? What is beginning to take root, and where might we go next?

Key Takeaway

There is no single route to Self-Reg; the Four Journeys help us see where the learning is taking root and where it can grow next.

Where Would You Like to Go Next?

EXPLORE | The Four Self-Reg Journeys

Meet Seeds, Sunrise, Quilt, and Haven and explore different pathways for bringing Self-Reg into everyday practice.

LEARN | Self-Reg for Teachers

Explore classroom practice through a self-paced course organized around the framework of Self-Reg Schools.

GO DEEPER | Self-Reg Schools: A Handbook for Educators

Explore the Four Journeys within the broader approach to developing Self-Reg across classrooms and schools.