Epstein Secrets

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 ...__....

riability (HRV) 69 Testing for Vagal Function: Early Experiences 71 Discovering the Polyvagal Theory 73 Testing for Vagal Function: Cottingham, Porges, and Lyon 78 A Simple Test of the Pharyngeal Vagus Branch 81 How to Test for Pharyngeal Ventral Branch Function 82 Therapists can Test for Vaga

es our behavior. Thus the proper working of our autonomic nervous system is central to our emotional as well as physical health and well-being. Dr. Porges's Polyvagal framework has allowed me to achieve positive results with health issues as far-ranging as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),

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

testing for autism evaluates behavior and defines different kinds of autism, but does not consider the underlying physiological factors in terms of Porges's new interpretation of the function of the autonomic nervous system. As a result, treatments have mostly focused on training the parents to try to

ncing, and vibrating. More importantly, I experienced an improvement in my hearing and in my ability to hear speech more clearly. At his lectures, Porges presented inspiring videos showing some of the changes in the children and how, when they could understand what was being said, they emerged from t

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

Polyvagal Theory in my clinical practice and in my teaching. When I went home to Denmark, I could not set up a lab to do the kind of testing that Porges had done, and I did not have access to his process of testing and acoustic stimulation. But I decided to work with certain clients on the autism sp