Dorsal vagal

🔍 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…

The autonomic nervous system is a control system that regulates bodily functions, over which we have no control such as the heart rate, digestion, respiratory rate, pupillary response etc. The basi…

🔍 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…

🔍 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…

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.

Did you know that your body has a built-in system for shifting between calm, stress, and shutdown? It’s all thanks to the vagus nerve - and Polyvagal Theory helps explain how it works. Developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, Polyvagal Theory shows us that our nervous system has three main modes:
✨ Safe & Social (Ventral Vagal) – When you feel calm, connected, and ready to engage with others. This is your happy, peaceful state.
🔥 Fight-or-Flight (Sympathetic) – When stress kicks in, your body…

The Dorsal Vagal Pathway, a fundamental concept within Polyvagal Theory represents the oldest part of our autonomic nervous system in terms of evolutionary history. This pathway is associated with the parasympathetic nervous system and is primarily responsible for the “freeze” or “collapse” responses we experience during extreme stress or danger when neither fight nor flight is an option. It is the the body taking emergency inaction, slowing down heart rate and bodily functions to conserve…

Learn about dorsal vagal shutdown and how it affects your daily life. Learn how to recognize, manage, and begin to overcome this common physiological respons...

Overwhelming amounts of trauma and stress could be responsible for putting your body in a dorsal vagal shutdown. Here's an explanation of what exactly that means and also how to get out of a dorsal vagal shutdown.

Primal Trust™ - Dr. Cathleen King on Instagram: "Understanding the Vagal States: Disrupted vs. Healthy Our vagus nerve is central to how we navigate stress, safety, and connection. On the left, you’ll find symptoms of a disrupted vagal state (dorsal vagal), where our body shuts down or feels overwhelmed by stress. It’s that sense of being stuck, disconnected, or even numb. On the right, we highlight what it feels like to be in a healthy vagal state (ventral vagal). This is where we…

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…

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…

It's possible to live with more connection, energy, and hope in life. Yes, living without being in a dominant Polyvagal shutdown is possible. Life without de...