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VAGAL NERVE WORKSHOP WITH AMY
$60 per class
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$60 April 10, 7:00-9:00 PM
I'm sure all of you are familiar with a "flight or flight" response, our systems perfect way to keep us safe in all environments. This system (the Sympathetic System) is innately "on" 24/7 as a natural protection mechanism so that we as a species survive. To suppress a constant "fight or flight" response, our "calming" system (the Parasympathetic System) must be available and healthy to suppress the Sympathetic System's natural state of protection that we do need. This Parasympathetic State, influenced highly by the Vagal nerve, is the means that we are meant to exist within for a large majority of our existence, not to be wandering around in "fight or flight" frequently. This "calm" state could be termed the "Flow State" at its most heightened level. I'm sure you have heard about the "Flow State" but many of you may not even know what it means, how it feels, or how it would be to exist within it, unfortunately. It is that place where decisions are made freely, creativity flourishes, performance is easy, minds are clear, hearts are vibrant, bodies are free, and spirits fly!
You as a human being perform at the Pinnacle of your existence, and more importantly feel fantastic! Life is fun! Fortunately, there is hope with much research in the areas of upregulation of the Vagal System after Stephen Porges, PhD, neuroscientist, termed the Polyvagal Theory and wrote and taught extensively about this framework since the 1980s. We now have a substantial amount of information on which to justify many forms of clinical treatments that access a healthy response from the Vagal System. We now know that the Vagal nerve has two distinct entities, separate from each other, both necessary for function. The Ventral branch that works with other cranial nerves to place us in a state of "mobilization without fear" termed by Porges. Stimulation of this branch places us within the ability to socialize and perform in a peaceful state while fully being engaged with the world around us, navigating all possibilities of social engagement very well. The second branch is the Dorsal branch which protects us from harm like the sympathetic system, but in a way to shut us down completely by "immobilization with fear" (Porges). This state, if you are a prey animal facing death, can be good and lifesaving, but as a human who is being asked to function in this world, will be detrimental to your health leading to situations of depression and anxiety, diagnosis such as "POTS", and other limiting symptoms that are unrelenting. We now are also beginning to understand "hypermobility syndromes", one of which is Ehlers-Danlos, as being generated in the Central Nervous System due to helpful research of Peter A. Levine, PhD who has dedicated the remaining portion of his career to understanding this better and finding solutions for treatment. My mentor, John F Barnes, has developed a treatment approach for the myofascial system that assists authentic healing by allowing the restrictions in the body that have developed for a multitude of reasons to dissipate through softening, feeling, and releasing. This approach allows the cells of tissue within all systems to return to efficient levels of function and health. The good news is that we as clinicians have the information and the tools and are attempting to assist clients' healing that has often been limited by physical and emotional traumas, false belief systems, old stories, poor postures, inefficient oxygenation, physical restrictions, and multiple day to day events that place our systems in a "fight or flight" or 'immobilization" response, often quite unconsciously. Many of us just don't understand why we feel badly, have sleep disturbances, constant fatigue, tissues that won't heal properly, gut health issues, anxiety, depression and overall "Dis-Ease" in our bodies/hearts/minds/spirits. I was in this group for
many years, but not anymore, thankfully!
Please join Amy Brokemeier PT, DPT on April 10th to explore some techniques that you can use daily to effectively stimulate the Ventral portion of the Vagal Nerve. We now understand that stimulation of this Ventral portion can assist to suppress "fight and flight" and “immobilizations” responses effectively.
I'm sure all of you are familiar with a "flight or flight" response, our systems perfect way to keep us safe in all environments. This system (the Sympathetic System) is innately "on" 24/7 as a natural protection mechanism so that we as a species survive. To suppress a constant "fight or flight" response, our "calming" system (the Parasympathetic System) must be available and healthy to suppress the Sympathetic System's natural state of protection that we do need. This Parasympathetic State, influenced highly by the Vagal nerve, is the means that we are meant to exist within for a large majority of our existence, not to be wandering around in "fight or flight" frequently. This "calm" state could be termed the "Flow State" at its most heightened level. I'm sure you have heard about the "Flow State" but many of you may not even know what it means, how it feels, or how it would be to exist within it, unfortunately. It is that place where decisions are made freely, creativity flourishes, performance is easy, minds are clear, hearts are vibrant, bodies are free, and spirits fly!
You as a human being perform at the Pinnacle of your existence, and more importantly feel fantastic! Life is fun! Fortunately, there is hope with much research in the areas of upregulation of the Vagal System after Stephen Porges, PhD, neuroscientist, termed the Polyvagal Theory and wrote and taught extensively about this framework since the 1980s. We now have a substantial amount of information on which to justify many forms of clinical treatments that access a healthy response from the Vagal System. We now know that the Vagal nerve has two distinct entities, separate from each other, both necessary for function. The Ventral branch that works with other cranial nerves to place us in a state of "mobilization without fear" termed by Porges. Stimulation of this branch places us within the ability to socialize and perform in a peaceful state while fully being engaged with the world around us, navigating all possibilities of social engagement very well. The second branch is the Dorsal branch which protects us from harm like the sympathetic system, but in a way to shut us down completely by "immobilization with fear" (Porges). This state, if you are a prey animal facing death, can be good and lifesaving, but as a human who is being asked to function in this world, will be detrimental to your health leading to situations of depression and anxiety, diagnosis such as "POTS", and other limiting symptoms that are unrelenting. We now are also beginning to understand "hypermobility syndromes", one of which is Ehlers-Danlos, as being generated in the Central Nervous System due to helpful research of Peter A. Levine, PhD who has dedicated the remaining portion of his career to understanding this better and finding solutions for treatment. My mentor, John F Barnes, has developed a treatment approach for the myofascial system that assists authentic healing by allowing the restrictions in the body that have developed for a multitude of reasons to dissipate through softening, feeling, and releasing. This approach allows the cells of tissue within all systems to return to efficient levels of function and health. The good news is that we as clinicians have the information and the tools and are attempting to assist clients' healing that has often been limited by physical and emotional traumas, false belief systems, old stories, poor postures, inefficient oxygenation, physical restrictions, and multiple day to day events that place our systems in a "fight or flight" or 'immobilization" response, often quite unconsciously. Many of us just don't understand why we feel badly, have sleep disturbances, constant fatigue, tissues that won't heal properly, gut health issues, anxiety, depression and overall "Dis-Ease" in our bodies/hearts/minds/spirits. I was in this group for
many years, but not anymore, thankfully!
Please join Amy Brokemeier PT, DPT on April 10th to explore some techniques that you can use daily to effectively stimulate the Ventral portion of the Vagal Nerve. We now understand that stimulation of this Ventral portion can assist to suppress "fight and flight" and “immobilizations” responses effectively.
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