Yoga Therapy Hour with Amy Wheeler

Trauma, the Autonomic Nervous System & Healing with Beth Spindler, C-IAYT

Jun 23, 2023

48:32

Beth and Amy talk about how small traumas and big traumas throughout all the years of our life leave their imprint on the autonomic nervous system. Beth explains that the nervous system almost has scar like residuals that cause problems later in life, impacting many other systems of the body: digestive system, immune system, cardiovascular system, endocrine system and more. Beth has recently written a book called Trauma-Aware Yoga & Movement Therapeutics for Older Adults: Managing Common Conditions by Healing the Nervous System.

· Beth talks about how “finding a sense of safety in your own body” is the key to healing and yoga therapy offers a “bottom up” approach (from the body, through the nervous system, and finally to the brain).

· Amy and Beth talk about how Beth began finding literature about the Vagus Nerve all the way back in 2004 and intuitively knew that this might be the key to healing from the inside out, both mental and physical problems.

· Beth discusses the Glymphatic System (lymph system in the brain) and how it cleans out debris, which is so necessary for mental health.

· Beth takes us through a wonderful deep head massage that we highly recommend you get on our You Tube Channel to watch, that is Optimal State with Amy Wheeler You Tube Channel.

· Then Amy and Beth talk about the Phrenic Nerve and the importance of breathing, moving the respiratory diaphragm, again leading to the bottom-up healing approach.

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