• The Polyvagal Ladder – Understanding Your Nervous System States

    The Polyvagal Ladder – Understanding Your Nervous System States

    In the previous article, we looked at what the vagus nerve is and how your autonomic nervous system works. Now let’s explore the polyvagal ladder – a way of understanding how your nervous system responds to feelings of safety and threat. The Polyvagal ladder Polyvagal theory helps us understand how the vagus nerve influences our Read more

  • The Vagus Nerve – your in built calming system

    The Vagus Nerve – your in built calming system

    If you’ve ever noticed your heart racing during a stressful moment, or felt a slowing down after taking a deep breath, you’ve experienced your autonomic nervous system at work. Right at the heart of this system is something called the vagus nerve – your body’s in built calming system. What is the Vagus Nerve? The Read more