
How to Use Polyvagal Theory to Shift Your Nervous System with Deb Dana
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Polyvagal Theory - What Is It?
Deb Dana: Polyvagal theory expands on our understanding of our nervous system. She says it's about flexibility within your nervous system that we're looking for, much like heart rate variability. When you are stressed, what works best for you to bring you back to a state of equilibrium? Maybe it's movement, maybe it's having a talisman or something other than self-compassion statement. Play with those different things over and over again when you're in that state of sympathetic drive.
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