The Neuroscience & Power of Safe Relationships with Dr. Stephen Porges - 428
Relationship Coaching School Podcast
The Parasympathetic Response
Our autonomic nervous system is really hierarchically organized to react to challenges. And that hierarchy is based upon what circuits evolve later through evolution or what evolved earlier. So our newest circuit is really this mammalian vagal circuit that's linked with our face, muscles over face. This is the social engagement system. But it's not merely a motor system going outward. It also is a tuning system that enables us to hear human voice more acutely,. And we give up the ability to detect low frequency predator sounds. We basically are living in, I don't use the term, ying yang; we're living in an environment of defensive behavior.
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