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VAGUS VOYAGE: An Embodied Tour of the

Vagus Nerve and its Influence

With Jill Miller, C-IAYT, ERYT author of The Roll Model®

& Creator of Yoga Tune Up®

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Do you suffer from BAD BREATH?

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ZONES OF RESPIRATION

Muscles of Respiration CLAVICULAR

- scalenes, sternocleidomastoid, trapezius, levator scapula, subclavius THORACIC

- diaphragm, intercostals, levatores costarum, pec minor, erector spinae ABDOMINAL

- diaphragm, transversus abdominis, obliques, psoas

VAGUS NERVE ONE NERVE: MANY BRANCHES PHYLOGENTIC APPROPRIATION VENTRAL VAGUS DORSAL VAGUS

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ZONES OF VAGAL INFLUENCE SUPRACLAVICULAR: Social Engagement System: Connect Striated muscles of face, neck and head SUPRADIAPHRAGMATIC: Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Heart, lungs, airway SUBDIAPHRAGMATIC: Rest, Digest, Recover: Parasympathetic Or Paralyze/Freeze All visceral organs

POLYVAGAL THEORY - Dr. Stephen Porges Ourevolutionfromamphibians-mammalsnecessitatedautonomicchangesthathelpedusdeveloppro-socialfeatures.Manyoftheseshowupinthevagus’supra-diaphragmaticconnections.Thevagusnerveservesaprotectivefunctionfororganismichealth,growthandrestoration.Thevagusisn’talwaysthepeaceandlovenerve,itactivatesappropriatelywhenanorganismexperienceslife-threatasanimplicitactofself-defense.Thismetabolicallyconservativeresponsecanbelethal.Experiencedasfreeze/immobilization.PolyvagalTheorydescribestheevolutionofthevagusnerveanditsroleinhumanhomeostaticbalance.Thetheorypositsthatthereare2distinctvagalsystems:

1)Regulateshealthgrowthandrestoration.2)Responsibleforinitiatingandmaintainingimmobilizationwhenfacedwithlifethreat.

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POLYVAGAL THEORY - Dr. Stephen Porges Neuroception:describeshowneuralcircuitsdistinguishwhethersituationsorpeoplearesafe,dangerous,orlifethreatening.It’showyou,theorganismisrespondingtocuesinvoluntarily.Orphysiologydrivesbehavior.Respectyourphysiologyasadaptive.Becuriousaboutyourresponsesanduncoveryourdevelopmentalhistory.Co-Regulation:biologicalimperativetobesafelyconnectedtoanotherhuman.“Safeinthearmsofanother.”

POLYVAGAL THEORY: Ventral Vagal (VV)(supraclavicular) Social Engagement System: Safety, Connection Striated muscles of face, neck and head Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) (supradiaphragmatic): Mobilization, Fight or Flight: Sympathetic Heart, lungs, airway Dorsal Vagal (DV) (subdiaphragmatic): Rest, Digest, Recover: Parasympathetic Or Paralyze/Freeze All visceral organs

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POLYVAGALBlendedStates

VV+SNS=safemobilization:dance,play,artisticexpression,yoga,taichi

VV+DV=safeimmobilization:sexualintimacy,breastfeeding

MarlysaB.Sullivan,etal.YogaTherapyandPolyvagalTheory:TheConvergenceofTraditionalWisdomandContemporaryNeuroscienceforSelf-RegulationandResilience.FrontiersinHumanNeuroscience.Feb2018

THE ROLL OF RECOVERY FOR VAGAL RESILIENCE: The 5 P’s for Practice

1) Place: Safe

2) Perspective: Mindset/Sankalpa

3) Position: Reclined/Inverted

4) Pace of Breath: Elongated Exhalations

5) Palpation: Roll Model Balls

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*I am listening. *I am a student of my breath. *I embody my body.

Turn ON Your OFF Switch

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Check-In Breath ROM: Diaphragm Vacuum

Performance Check: Shoulders in External Rotation and Flexion

(Overhead Position)

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Abdominal

Subdiaphragmatic

Polyvagal Theory- Dorsal Vagal

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THORACIC ZONE SUPRADIAPHRAGMATIC Polyvagal Theory- SYMPATHETIC

THORACIC ZONE SUPRADIAPHRAGMATIC Polyvagal Theory- SYMPATHETIC

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Peck, Pec, Pec

Pec, Pec, Pec CLAVICULAR ZONE SUPRACLAVICULAR Polyvagal Theory- VENTRAL VAGAL, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT SYSTEM

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Neck Gnar

Upper Back “Rollief”

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I am listening.

I am a student of my breath.

I embody my body.

Your Body Thinks in Feels

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