Every single one of us gets activated.
Tag: #mindbodyconnection
Safe connection for whole health
A relationship to others is the single most important mechanism for the survival of a new born human baby. Without the messages shared within and between that bond, an infant would simply not survive.
Applying knowledge of the nervous system to invite the body into regulation
In Polyvagal Theory, the “vagal brake” is the slowing down of a threat response by using cues of safety to hold us when we might otherwise slip into fight, flight or shut down.
Using the language of your nervous system
Although it might not feel like it, that urgent physical alarm you feel at times of stress is your bodies attempt to keep you safe. It wants to protect you because its reptilian logic determines that you need to be prepared to fight or run.
Mind and body are in constant conversation with each other via the central nervous system – a huge collection of nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
“Sighs are the natural language of the heart”
Thomas Shadwell.
Did you know that we naturally sign several times an hour and that sighing is an important part of maintaining healthy lung function?
Mind-body dualism was a legacy of Philosopher Descartes in the 1600s: the idea that the mind is separate to matter (the body).