The Polyvagal Theory and Mapping your Own Nervous System

Posted on Wednesday, April 5th, 2023

You are likely familiar with “fight or flight” or “rest and digest” as terms typically referred to when discussing our autonomic nervous system. With anxiety, depression, and stress on the climb, have you ever wondered how you can understand your reactions to life’s challenges and stressors?

Or maybe you wondered how you can become more resilient? Would you like to attempt to map your own nervous system and take ownership of what’s happening to your body? To tune in to what’s happening, and know how to regulate your emotions and your responses to stress? Thanks to the kind contribution of colleague Jennifer Thevierge, you can take a page from the “Movement Paradigm” to read on how you can experiment with mapping your own nervous system via a different aspect of the nervous system referred to as the Polyvagal Theory developed by Dr. Stephen Porges.

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