Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help

Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism

This practical guide to understanding the cranial nerves as the key to our psychological and physical well-being builds on Stephen Porgesâ€™s Polyvagal Theoryâ€”one of the most important recent developments in human neurobiology. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience as a craniosacral therapist and Rolfer, Stanley Rosenberg explores the crucial role that the vagus nerve plays in determining our psychological and emotional states and explains that a myriad of common psychological and physical symptomsâ€”from anxiety and depression to migraines and back painâ€”indicates a lack of proper functioning in the vagus nerve.
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Through a series of easy self-help exercises, the book illustrates the simple ways we can regulate the vagus nerve in order to initiate deep relaxation, improve sleep, and recover from injury and trauma. Additionally, by exploring the link between a well-regulatedÂ vagusÂ nerve and social functioning, Rosenbergâ€™s findings and methods offer new hope that by improving social behaviorÂ it isÂ possibleÂ to alleviate some ofÂ the symptoms at the core of many casesÂ ofÂ autism spectrum disorders.Â Useful for psychotherapists, doctors, bodyworkers, and caregivers, as well as anyone who experiences the symptoms of chronic stress and depression, this book shows how we can optimize autonomic functioning in ourselves and others, and bring the body into the state of safety that activates its innate capacity to heal.
Country USA
Manufacturer North Atlantic Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ItemPartNumber 3
ReleaseDate 2017-12-19
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	North Atlantic Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ItemPartNumber	3
ReleaseDate	2017-12-19
Format	Kindle eBook

Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism

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