How to Befriend Your Nervous System for Mind-Body Balance Using Polyvagal Theory with Dr. Deb Dana • 284
Mind Love™ • Consciousness, Spirituality, and Science for Awakening
Melissa Monte | Conscious Coach
4.9 • 906 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2023
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
We will learn:
- How to listen to our autonomic nervous system.
- How our connection with other people and the world around us affects our nervous systems.
- How to anchor our nervous system to guide it back to safety.
Do you feel anxious, stressed, or disconnected from your body?
There’s a really interesting theory called Polyvagal Theory that aims to explain why so many of our nervous systems are out of whack.
It proposes that our nervous system has evolved to help us navigate social and environmental challenges. And it consists of three primary branches, each of which serves a different purpose and is associated with specific behaviors and physiological responses.
So, how can you use mindfulness to befriend your nervous system and achieve mind-body balance with polyvagal theory?
That’s what we’re talking about today.
\Our guest is Dr. Deb Dana. She’s a clinician and consultant specializing in using the lens of Polyvagal Theory to understand and resolve the impact of trauma while honoring the role of the autonomic nervous system. She developed the Rhythm of Regulation Clinical Training Series and lectures internationally on ways Polyvagal Theory informs work with trauma survivors.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Mind Love episode |
| 0:02.0 | episode |
| 0:04.0 | is all about how to befriend your nervous system for mind-body balance |
| 0:08.0 | using Polyvago theory. |
| 0:10.0 | Right, we come into the world with an expectation of a biological expectation that will be met by a regulated human who will then, you know, care for us in certain ways as we learn to navigate the world. |
| 0:27.1 | And for so many of us, we did, that didn't happen. |
| 0:29.6 | We didn't come into the world and, you know, into the arms of a regulated human or a predictably regulated human and our home |
| 0:36.4 | environment or our community environment was not one that sent a neuroception |
| 0:41.1 | of safety to our nervous system and because of that we needed to depend on |
| 0:46.8 | our survival states to in order to navigate the world with some sense of okayness. |
| 0:53.4 | Turn up your frequency with mind love. |
| 0:59.1 | Bight-sized brain hacks for seekers, dreamers, and doers. It's time to give your mind a little love |
| 1:06.2 | with your host, Melissa Monti. If this is your first time giving your mind a little love, don't forget to hit the |
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| 1:27.5 | Plus, it's really a win-win because more subscribers means Mind Love attracts even more amazing guests to bring you |
| 1:34.1 | their wisdom so don't forget to subscribe. Do you ever or even often feel anxious |
| 1:40.6 | stressed or disconnected from your body. The sad thing is, I think a lot of us do without even |
| 1:47.1 | realizing it. Stressed, anxious, and depressed has become the new baseline for a lot of people. |
| 1:54.0 | So why is it that so many of our nervous systems are out of whack? |
| 1:58.0 | Frankly, if we just look at our lifestyles, it makes sense. |
| 2:03.6 | Well, sort of. |
| 2:05.0 | On one hand, we have more comforts, conveniences, and luxuries |
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