Poly Vagal Theory (PVT)

There is a hidden key to healing that practitioners may overlook -- it's your Vagas Nerve (VN). It is a powerful communication super-highway that connects your brain to every major organ. When it's out of balance you can feel it anywhere, including in your digestive system, your mood, energy levels, sleep and immunity. It may even be the culprit behind chronic inflammation. 

Did you know the residue of trauma can imprint on the Vagas Nerve (VN) -- affecting how we perceive the world.

Dorsal Vagal (back side if the VN) - responds to cues of EXTREME danger which results in FREEZE - the body's innate drive for self-preservation 

We cannot shift out of a freeze state with a change in our thoughts (e.g. telling ourselves we are safe)

Safety is a FEELING (not a thought or an idea). You must work within the body at the level of the nervous system to restore a FELT sense of SAFETY. This is achieved by incorporating somatic practices into treatments and therapies.