Epstein Secrets

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0810007 ANATOMICAL FACTS OLD AND NEW: THE POLYVAGAL THEORY can mitigate or terminate these many seemingly separate issues—perhaps we can find the Hydra's mortal head. The common thread may be a fairly simple one: All of the problems in this list occur at least partly from dorsal vagal activity or a

vous System iocir PART ONE: Anatomical Facts Old and New: The Polyvagal Theory 1 Overcoming Health Challenges: Are You Fighting the Heads of the Hydra? 1 The Heads of the Hydra: Common Problems Related to Cranial- Nerve Dysfunction 3 Chapter 1:Get to Know Your Autonomic Nervous System ...__....

have a friend- ship that goes back several decades. Michael and Peter were also part of a small study group of Rolfers and other body therapists in Berkeley, California, in the early 1980s that focused on the function of the auto- nomic nervous system. The method I used involved observation of the breat

reatments by testing for function of the ventral vagus nerve branch. If a client exhibits some of the symptoms that I describe as the "heads of the Hydra" (see list at the beginning of Part One), and if testing her indicates ventral vagal dysfunction, it's often possible to improve the person's condi

in terms of subtle changes in their autonomic nervous system, as the client regresses to the time of a traumatic event. He wrote Waking the Tiger (Berkeley: North Atlantic Books, 1997). Since then, his teaching has grown into a form called Somatic Experiencing. 41 Stephen Porges developed, patented, an

you start a simple journal. Write down any symptoms or issues that bother you. Also, take a look at the many symptoms listed in the "Heads of the Hydra" list at the beginning of Part One. You might want to add one or more of these to your list. Note how often a given symptom has appeared. For examp