Cold Therapy Is One of the Best Ways to Wake Up Your Nervous System

Polyvagal theory is that our nervous system shuts down when we are overwhelmed. We need to bring it out of that shut down state and actually stimulate it through vigorous breathing, through vigorous movement, through jumping jacks or by immersion in cold water. Cold therapy is one of my favorites for that. I'm sharing this because my experience immersing myself into that cold, icy water for the first time, i felt and noticed my brain go silent. Everything was peaceful. And right in that moment, for me, literally, it clicked. Oh my gosh, my entire life has been so stimulating, so chaotic, so noisy,. When something's really intense, just push it down and