Polyvagal-Inspired Yoga Workshop

What to expect:

• Empowerment through knowledge and learning about your nervous system

• Befriend your nervous system through vagus nerve stimulation

• Regulate your nervous system through breath and movement practices

• Increase your capacity to deal with and face difficult emotions/trauma

• Increase vagal tone and resilience

• Support for Anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress and complex post-traumatic stress

• Cultivate safety and connection in your body and mind

(The Embody Lab)

Stress and trauma can lead to imbalances in the physiology of the autonomic nervous system. If these imbalances are left unaddressed, they can lead to mental and physical health problems. Perhaps you are an individual who suffers with anxiety, depression, or the symptoms of post-traumatic stress.

There is an undeniable correlation between stress, trauma, and our health. Individuals with a history of trauma are more likely to develop chronic illness and pain conditions. As Dr. Bessel van der Kolk aptly states, “The body keeps the score” and we cannot simply talk or think our way out of traumatic stress.

In order to better understand the connection between stress, trauma, and our health, we must turn our attention to the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve can be thought of as a bi-directional information highway that communicates between the mind and body. Imbalances in the vagus nerve and physiology of the autonomic nervous system can lead to feelings of overwhelm, anxiety, depression, or dissociation.

Stimulating the vagus nerve helps to regulate both sympathetic hyper-arousal and parasympathetic hypo-arousal. The best ways to naturally modulate these nervous responses are through breath and movement.