Nervus vagus

Experience a 5 minute powerful practice to self-regulate your vagus nerve and build pathways of healing and self-revealing.

The vagus nerve is a powerful force in our life. It affects how our body functions on a daily basis and how well we recover from illness, accident, stroke, and brain injury. Strong “vagal tone” can improve overall health and recovery and regeneration after shock and trauma.

Acupressure is a quick and easy way to activate the vagus nerve, which has been shown to improve physical & mental health in numerous ways and ease symptoms for a range of chronic illnesses, including fatigue and pain. Click for 3 acupressure points to quickly and easily perform on yourself at home and a full list of the benefits.

Issues with the vagus nerve can lead to a host of side effects, including neck pain, headaches, depression and anxiety.

The ANS is a motor nervous system that controls glands, cardiac, and smooth muscle. It is autonomically controlled and it regulates processes that maintain homeostasis (image). The two divisions of the ANS are the sympathetic (excitement, enthusiasm, energy, exercise, high sense of awareness and high metabolic demand) and parasympathetic (digestive, defecation, resting division). The divisions work in a teeter-totter fashion to maintain homeostasis. (Google Image).

Inside this post, I teach you what your vagus nerve is, why it's important and 5 free ways to stimulate your vagus nerve.

The vagus nerve, also known as the tenth cranial nerve, is the longest and most complex of the cranial nerves. It originates in the brainstem and connects to multiple organs including the heart, lu…

It's a mixed nerve, i.e., composed of both the motor and sensory fibres but mostly it is motor. Vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve. Its area of distribution goes past the head and neck-to the thora...

Vagus nerve stimulation has a key role in mind-body communication. 30 ways to strengthen vagal tone: cold therapy, yoga, a healthy gut, breathing exercises,

In recent years, I've regularly vouched for the gut as our long-abused secondary brain. Given what most of us grew up learning in school, it can feel like a mammoth shift. Science and philosophy have long revered the brain as seat of...

Deep breathing activates the Vague nerve for improved blood pressure and immune health.

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Did you know that your vagus nerve is the longest nerve in your body?...

Our experts dug into the research to discover which methods for stimulating the vagus nerve are firmly grounded in science.