Using Polyvagal Theory for Healing

Listen to us as we discuss how you can rewire your nervous system for lasting calm, connection, and resilience with cutting-edge, polyvagal theory-based activities. Whether you have suffered a single traumatic experience or faced repeated difficult life events, you can be left feeling hypervigilant, irritable, and disconnected. Daily tasks like attending a work meeting or social gathering can feel overwhelming or even frightening. Most therapies for treating trauma require you to "revisit" your traumatic experience in potentially triggering ways. Best-selling author Dr. Arielle Schwartz provides a cutting-edge approach for trauma healing in "The Polyvagal Theory Workbook". Her practical, body-based methods help you address trauma symptoms—without reliving trauma or being exposed to triggers. Dr. Schwartz offers evidence-based activities to help you heal trauma, rewire your nervous system, and return to a state of balance and calm. We discuss nervous system disruption, explore polyvagal theory, and the vagus nerve in post trauma response.  We will reflect on the use of soothing, body-based practices to help you rewire your nervous response, including rhythmic movements (EMDR and tapping), conscious breathing, mindful movement, and more.  We will review some of the useful strategies that help with trauma recovery. Listen the conversation with Dr. Arielle Schwartz as we explore how to take charge of one's mental health, build resilience and rewire our nervous systems without revisiting triggering memories. Dr. Arielle Schwartz, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified complex trauma professional, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) consultant, and Kripalu yoga teacher. She is an internationally sought-out speaker, leading voice in the field of trauma recovery, and award-winning author. As a faculty member at the Polyvagal Institute, she is a course instructor on mind-body approaches that apply polyvagal theory for trauma recovery. In her book, Dr. Arielle Schwartz gives you practical, embodied tools along with compassionate guidance to support your healing journey. She makes the complexity of trauma recovery understandable and accessible while creating a wellspring of hope. If you are interested in learning more about the profound role our nervous system plays in both saving and helping us heal, this show is for you! Links and Resources: Get your own copy of Dr. Schwartz's  book: https://amzn.to/3Oj6bBo Other books written by Dr.  Schwartz: https://drarielleschwartz.com/books-by-dr-schwartz/ Learn more about Dr.  Schwartz: https://drarielleschwartz.com/dr-arielle-schwartz/ Materials to Reference: See what Dr. Schwartz has to say about Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma  Recovery: https://drarielleschwartz.com/vagus-nerve-yoga/ Watch various podcasts featuring Dr.  Schwartz: https://drarielleschwartz.com/podcast-appearances/