The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) according to Polyvagal Theory
I apologize if I lost you in the previous section. That’s the main reason I put the Polyvagal Theory away for quite a few years.
I apologize if I lost you in the previous section. That’s the main reason I put the Polyvagal Theory away for quite a few years.
For some unknown reason to myself, the origins of the Polyvagal Theory, the vagus nerve, and the three pathways in our autonomic nevous system, and
The Polvagal Institute website lists Neuroception, ANS, and Co-regulation as the three main concepts of the Polyvagal Theory. For me, to understand co-regulation, you have
As I began to explore the origins of Polyvagal Theory, I found my initial focus on the ‘hierarchy of the autonomic nervous system’ evolving into
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