• 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