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The Polyvagal Theory - Can We Consciously Manipulate Our Autonomic State?

The polyvagal theory says that there are three states of the nervous system. We and we have more control over them than we might think, according to Dimitri Kuznetsov. The ventral parasympathetic nervous system is termed the safe and social end of things. And I find this ladder nervous system to be the most interesting and certainly the most relevant to us as endurance athletes.

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