Ventral vagal activation

Before we can begin to heal our nervous system, we first have to learn what is a dysregulated nervous system. We will how our nervous system has different processes to keep us safe and common responses to trauma.Then we will get into nervous system dysregulation and symptoms of a dysregulated nervo

Vagal tone is the ability of the ventral vagus nerve to regulate the heart beat. It is referred to in medical literature as “cardiac vagal tone.” Vagal tone is measured by tracking heart-rate and…

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…

Anna Papaioannou on Instagram: "Do you find it hard to calm yourself down when feeling heightened?⁠ ⁠ When your sympathetic nervous system is activated, it can feel like you become a passenger in your body & mind.⁠ ⁠ Your sympathetic nervous system has the role of mobilising you for action when there is a real or perceived threat.⁠ ⁠ Activating the vagus nerve allows you to down-regulate your nervous system so you can come back into your ventral vagal (parasympathetic) nervous system.⁠ ⁠ The…

The vagal tone is just like a cell phone signal from your vagus nerve. Sometimes it gets weak. Here's how to improve your vagal tone.