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utilize the techniques in this book, you will notice improvement. EFTA00810001 I I EFTA00810002 PART ONE ANATOMICAL FACTS OLD AND NEW: THE POLYVAGAL THEORY Overcoming Health Challenges: Are You Fighting the Heads of the Hydra? Many people struggle with health issues. Often their stories are rem

led paper. EFTA00809970 To Linda Thorborg EFTA00809971 I I EFTA00809972 TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword by Stephen Porges, PhD xi Foreword by Benjamin Shield, PhD xv Acknowledgments xvil Preface xix Introduction: The Autonomic Nervous System iocir PART ONE: Anatomical Facts Old and New: The Polyvag

are exposed to bright light, when we wish to cut down on visual input, when there is something 65 EFTA00810067 ANATOMICAL FACTS OLD AND NEW: THE POLYVAGAL THEORY that we do not want to see emotionally, or when we want to withdraw from external sensory stimuli and contemplate our own thoughts. When we

he supraspinatus muscle (along the top of the shoulder blade) to improve the tonus of the levator scapulae. (See "Supraspinatus" in the Appendix.) Benjamin Shield suggested another approach. He observed that with a side-bending of the upper cervical vertebrae, you can open the spaces between Cl and C3 to take

ral model linking autistic behavior to specific physiological states of the autonomic nervous 165 EFTA00810167 ANATOMICAL FACTS OLD AND NEW: THE POLYVAGAL THEORY system. This allows us the possibility to develop more effective strategies for treating autism. When we see that many of these individuals

acral therapy at the Upledger Institute and in biodynamic craniosacral courses with Giorgia Milne, studied applica- tions for treating children with Benjamin Shield, and took courses in osteopathy with Jean-Pierre Barral. For many years he led a school in Denmark, teaching structural integration, myofascial re