This post spotlights the nervous system regulating tool: Self-Touch. Bottom-up healing strategies Bottom-up healing strategies for nervous system dysregulation refer to approaches that begin with the body’s most basic physiological and sensory experiences—such as breath, posture, touch, and grounding—and work inward to calm and restore balance in the autonomic nervous system. These strategies emphasize self-regulation […]
Spotlight on Nervous System Regulating Tool: Visualization
This post spotlights the nervous system regulating tool: visualization. Bottom-up healing strategies Bottom-up healing strategies for nervous system dysregulation refer to approaches that begin with the body’s most basic physiological and sensory experiences—such as breath, posture, touch, and grounding—and work inward to calm and restore balance in the autonomic nervous system. These strategies emphasize self-regulation […]
Spotlight on Nervous System Regulating Tool: Sensory Orientation
This post spotlights the nervous system regulating tool: Sensory Orientation. Bottom-up healing strategies Bottom-up healing strategies for nervous system dysregulation refer to approaches that begin with the body’s most basic physiological and sensory experiences—such as breath, posture, touch, and grounding—and work inward to calm and restore balance in the autonomic nervous system. These strategies emphasize […]
Spotlight on Nervous System Regulating Tool: Yawning
This post spotlights the nervous system regulating tool: Yawning. Bottom-up healing strategies Bottom-up healing strategies for nervous system dysregulation refer to approaches that begin with the body’s most basic physiological and sensory experiences—such as breath, posture, touch, and grounding—and work inward to calm and restore balance in the autonomic nervous system. These strategies emphasize self-regulation […]
Spotlight on Nervous System Regulating Tool: Joint Circles
This post spotlights the nervous system regulating tool: Joint Circles. Bottom-up healing strategies Bottom-up healing strategies for nervous system dysregulation refer to approaches that begin with the body’s most basic physiological and sensory experiences—such as breath, posture, touch, and grounding—and work inward to calm and restore balance in the autonomic nervous system. These strategies emphasize […]
Spotlight on Nervous System Regulating Tool: Resonant Breath
This blog post highlights another nervous system regulating tool: resonant breath. What is nervous system dysregulation? Nervous system dysregulation occurs when the autonomic nervous system becomes stuck in patterns of chronic stress, threat, or shutdown rather than fluidly shifting between states of activation and rest. The nervous system continuously scans for safety or danger and […]
Spotlight on Nervous System Regulating Tool: Humming
This post highlights a tool for the nervous system regulating tool: humming. Bottom-up healing strategies Bottom-up healing strategies for nervous system dysregulation refer to approaches that begin with the body’s most basic physiological and sensory experiences—such as breath, posture, touch, and grounding—and work inward to calm and restore balance in the autonomic nervous system. These […]
Spotlight on Nervous System Regulating Tool: Shaking
This post covers a bottom-up somatic nervous system regulating tool: shaking. What is nervous system dysregulation? Nervous system dysregulation occurs when the autonomic nervous system becomes entrained to patterns of chronic stress, threat, or shutdown, rather than fluidly shifting between states of activation and rest. The nervous system continuously scans for safety or danger and […]
What is Nervous System Dysregulation?
Here’s a discussion of nervous system dysregulation — what it is and how to heal it. What is nervous system dysregulation? Nervous system dysregulation occurs when the autonomic nervous system becomes stuck in patterns of chronic stress, threat, or shutdown rather than fluidly shifting between states of activation and rest. The nervous system continuously scans […]
The SSP Thirty-Second Reset Stops MCAS Symptoms in Their Tracks
This post discussed a technique called the SSP thirty-second reset, which stops my MCAS symptoms in their tracks. Read on to learn about this simple technique! What is the SSP? The SSP is a passive listening therapy to unlock your ability to think, feel, and connect better through nervous system regulation. You use the SSP […]