Name: Accessing The Healing Power Of The Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises For Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, And Autism
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This practical guide to understanding the cranial nerves as the key to our psychological and physical well-being builds on Stephen Porges’s Polyvagal Theory—one of the most important recent developments in human neurobiology. Drawing on more than thirty years of experience as a craniosacral therapist and Rolfer, Stanley Rosenberg explores the crucial role that the vagus nerve plays in determining our psychological and emotional states and explains that a myriad of common psychological and physical symptoms—from anxiety and depression to migraines and back pain—indicates a lack of proper functioning in the vagus nerve.

Through a series of easy self-help exercises, the book illustrates the simple ways we can regulate the vagus nerve in order to initiate deep relaxation, improve sleep, and recover from injury and trauma. Additionally, by exploring the link between a well-regulated vagus nerve and social functioning, Rosenberg’s findings and methods offer new hope that by improving social behavior it is possible to alleviate some of the symptoms at the core of many cases of autism spectrum disorders. Useful for psychotherapists, doctors, bodyworkers, and caregivers, as well as anyone who experiences the symptoms of chronic stress and depression, this book shows how we can optimize autonomic functioning in ourselves and others, and bring the body into the state of safety that activates its innate capacity to heal.

13 reviews for Accessing The Healing Power Of The Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises For Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, And Autism

Gay Lyn Fry
Rated 5 out of 5
January 5, 2024
5.0 out of 5 stars Great information
This is information everyone needs to know. How to keep your body from going 24 hours a day in stress mode.
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Big Red
Rated 5 out of 5
December 13, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to understand
Love this book. Very helpful.
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Rated 5 out of 5
December 12, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read
Written for any audience, an excellent addition to your natural health library.
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Dave Morley
Rated 5 out of 5
October 22, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars wildly fascinating
Completely different way to think about health and social interaction - we don’t realize how much tension isn’t just in one part of the body.Referred ...More
Completely different way to think about health and social interaction - we don’t realize how much tension isn’t just in one part of the body.

Referred pain is a fascinating topic and this book illuminates a lot more about how our nervous system makes us who we are
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brio
Rated 5 out of 5
June 8, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars LIFE CHANGING medical book (especially for COPD patients)
Stanley Rosenberg is a genius who really understands how human physiology and anatomy work and the connection between the organs. Most doctors know th...More
Stanley Rosenberg is a genius who really understands how human physiology and anatomy work and the connection between the organs. Most doctors know that the organs are all connected, but do not understand how (nor want to listen nor know about it). THIS IS A TRUE LIFE CHANGING BOOK, which not only explains how the vagal nerve works as a high tech superhighway, but most importantly it clearly TEACHES how to FIX its dysfunction. A well functioning vagal nerve network will dramatically improve your quality of life. EXTRAORDINARY health manual for both physical, mental and social interaction health.
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Michael M
Rated 5 out of 5
March 31, 2023
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book but wondering about the basic exercise
This was a fantastic book and I love the simplicity of the attached exercises. However, I'm having an issue where some people I've introduced the basi...More
This was a fantastic book and I love the simplicity of the attached exercises. However, I'm having an issue where some people I've introduced the basic exercise to don't get the "sign" that their nervous system has relaxed (sigh, swallow or yawn) even though minutes have gone by. Has this happened to anyone else? Would love to compare experiences.
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Juan
Rated 5 out of 5
December 16, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Has changed my life!!!
This book has changed my life after years of anxiety I feel that I have finally been able to relax. I do this exercises daily. I extremely recommend ...More
This book has changed my life after years of anxiety I feel that I have finally been able to relax. I do this exercises daily. I extremely recommend it.
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Kindle Customer
Rated 5 out of 5
November 26, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Super interesting
I am a hands on therapist..and this book charged my whole approach to helping people..a must for all that are helping someone..
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Sb
Rated 5 out of 5
November 10, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Was nervous after reading other reviews
But book is in good condition and learning a lot about the vagus nerve. I do massages and exercises at least 1 time a day.
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Sylvia Hawley
Rated 5 out of 5
June 12, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars So Easy to Use Basic Exercise to Lift out of Stress Anxiety Depression
I too am very grateful to Stanley Rosenberg for sharing these gifts of a lifelong work in healing, coming to fruition with a more refined understandin...More
I too am very grateful to Stanley Rosenberg for sharing these gifts of a lifelong work in healing, coming to fruition with a more refined understanding of the vagus nerve and how to help oneself and others.

For anyone whose child suffers anywhere on the autism spectrum, this seems the most natural, easy, loving, accessible, gentle and effective approach.

So I too offer my thanks to the author. It is timely too for we've all been vulnerable to stresses, discouragements and fears and these ease with the basic exercise. It is just so empowering to have it to use on self and show to others for stress / anxiety depression. And for many other things that I'm not just now having to deal with myself.
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Jammer
Rated 5 out of 5
September 30, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Must-read for any parent with a child struggling with anxiety or trauma or autism
Stanley Rosenberg is a genius, and through this amazing book he has gifted the world with the results of his years of experience working with clients,...More
Stanley Rosenberg is a genius, and through this amazing book he has gifted the world with the results of his years of experience working with clients, trying out different things, and then testing them to see what changes occurred and if they "stuck." Understanding cranial nerves (especially the Polyvagal nerve) may seem like too much for many people but this is well worth delving into, or simply skip to the exercises in the back and give them a try. Rosenberg has developed simple and quick techniques to regulate the nervous system, improve posture, reduce migraines, reshape infant skulls with plagiocephaly, and more. If only there were more Stanley Rosenbergs in the world...
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BACpt
Rated 5 out of 5
August 23, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome book for all!
I loved this book. As a physical therapist, I see myself using the Basic Exercise with all of my clients to create an environment of healing for bodi...More
I loved this book. As a physical therapist, I see myself using the Basic Exercise with all of my clients to create an environment of healing for bodies to better receive the other work I do. As a human being who has experienced migraines from youth, I'm even more amazed!!! Mine are due to upper cervical issues. I have been doing the exercises daily since reading the book about six weeks ago, and was able to intercept a few, which I could relieve by mid-morning, and now I have been migraine-free for almost a month. I was getting 3-4/week and requiring ibuprofen to relieve - they used to come on with waking in the morning, and increase in intensity throughout the day. I found the book easy to understand as a health care professional. The author writes the book for everyone, no degree needed. There are a few parts that might be a little challenging for someone without a neuroanatomy background, but the case studies which the author shares really help to pull it together. I highly recommend this book to anyone experiencing any chronic illness - it certainly won't make matters worse. And maybe it can even help.
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Mike O’Donnell
Rated 5 out of 5
January 6, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Healing. Such important information and practices.
An important book for understanding overall health and wellness. I have struggled with anxiety and depression most of my life. I was recently diagnose...More
An important book for understanding overall health and wellness. I have struggled with anxiety and depression most of my life. I was recently diagnosed with OCD, and I have been doing a tremendous amount of research over the last three years. Most of the research I have done has uncovered more and more the importance of the vagus nerve. I had never heard of it before three years ago, when I had a serious of debilitating panic attacks and suffered from panic disorder. The understanding that this book provides is revolutionary and so important. Our understanding of medicine in the West has overlooked this crucial part of the Body. So much can he effectively healed and treated with an awareness of the vagus nerve and it's functions. I am so grateful for this book.
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