Dorsal vagal exercises

Experiencing a nervous system shutdown can be a frightening thing for anyone, so it's important to know the multiple different exercises to get out of dorsal vagal shutdown.

Somatic Exercises with Liz Tenuto on Instagram: "why your nervous system chooses freezing over feeling 👇🏼 ever feel like you're emotionally numb or just can't find the words to speak when you're overwhelmed? 🥹 this could be your nervous system's way of coping with too much stress – it's called dorsal vagal shutdown (aka freeze response) 😮‍💨 your dorsal vagus nerve literally connects your throat to your heart which is why when it starts to shutdown you may also have difficulty…

15K views · 349 reactions | how to get out of feeling stuck, frozen, shutdown, overwhelmed, or disconnected 👇🏼 if you’ve been through a lot of trauma over a prolonged period of time, your body & your nervous system can start to shutdown 🥹 this isn’t your fault! it is an automatic, physiological reaction to the amount of trauma you’ve gone through 😮‍💨 your nervous system starts to shutdown in an effort to protect you from experiencing more trauma & stress 🥹 (this is called dorsal…

Polyvagal Theory: Understanding & Empowering Your Nervous System Did you know that our nervous system states aren’t permanent? Thanks to Polyvagal Theory by Dr. Stephen Porges, we can understand how our autonomic nervous system regulates our responses to safety and threat, impacting both our physical and mental health. Here’s a quick breakdown of the three key states: 🟢Social Engagement/Ventral Vagal State: When we feel safe and connected, our ventral vagal system is activated, promoting…

🔍 Understanding Our Nervous System Through the "Polyvagal Ladder" 🧠💡 Our autonomic nervous system operates like a highly coordinated team with three key players, engaging and recovering in a specific sequence. Let’s explore the "Polyvagal Ladder," a concept by Dr. Stephen Porges, made practical by Deb Dana. 1️⃣ Ventral Vagal Complex - This is the part of the parasympathetic branch that’s all about social engagement, connection, and safety. 🌟 THIS FEELS LIKE: Joy, connection, creativity…

Jennifer Mann on Instagram: "With Polyvagal Theory, you can help track stress + trauma’s impact on the nervous system to reduce chronic symptoms and enhance healing. Polyvagal theory explains that when we meet a challenge that overwhelms the ventral vagal system (executive functioning part of the brain), we move down the “ladder” into the mobilization of the sympathetic nervous system which allows for some form of fight or flight. If that the challenge cannot be resolved in the place of the…

Jennifer Mann on Instagram: "One of my Polyvagal practices that went viral and had a huge positive response 🤯👇 This 10-15 minute movement-based practice helps to move you through your survival systems in the body 🧠⚡️ giving you access to what it feels like to safely stimulate their physical areas within your body — helping you feel safer in moving through them. This practice takes you through a “ladder” climbing from the last hierarchical position that your nervous system chooses when…

A higher vagal tone means that your body can return to a calm state quickly after a stressful experience.

Somatic Exercises with Liz Tenuto on Instagram: "how to get out of feeling stuck, shutdown, overwhelmed, or disconnected 👇🏼 if you’ve been through a lot of trauma over a prolonged period of time, your body & your nervous system can start to shutdown 🥹 this isn’t your fault! it is an autonomic, physiological reaction to the amount of trauma you’ve gone through 😮‍💨 your nervous system starts to shutdown in an effort to protect you from experiencing more trauma & stress 🥹 (this is called…

Somatic Exercises with Liz Tenuto on Instagram: "how to get out of feeling stuck, frozen, shutdown, overwhelmed, or disconnected 👇🏼 if you’ve been through a lot of stress / trauma over a prolonged period of time, your body & your nervous system can start to shutdown 🥹 this isn’t your fault! it is an automatic, physiological reaction to the amount of trauma you’ve gone through 😮‍💨 your nervous system starts to shutdown in an effort to protect you from experiencing more trauma & stress…

Polyvagal Theory: Understanding & Empowering Your Nervous System Did you know that our nervous system states aren’t permanent? Thanks to Polyvagal Theory by Dr. Stephen Porges, we can understand how our autonomic nervous system regulates our responses to safety and threat, impacting both our physical and mental health. Here’s a quick breakdown of the three key states: 🟢Social Engagement/Ventral Vagal State: When we feel safe and connected, our ventral vagal system is activated, promoting…

How the "brakes" of the Poly-Vagal Dorsal system are illustrated here

Time to bring awareness to dorsal vagal shut down (a term associated with the poly vagal theory proposed by Dr Stephen Porges) So this was not a fun time of my life- even getting off the bed after a...

Easy tips to stimulate the vagus nerve and get your parasympathetic nervous system to kick in after long term stress

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