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5 Neuro-Tools to Increase Interoception & Connection with the Vagus Nerve
5 Neuro-Tools to Increase Interoception & Connection with the Vagus Nerve
5 Tools to Increase Interoception & Connection with the Vagus Nerve
Breathe - Just focus on breathing: do this in whatever way works best for you. Go to the FOCUS page for more on this. Or scroll down to Working with Breath
Everyone is different - the way YOU connect with breath probably won't be the way someone else does. Remember there is no way of working with breath which is best for all people.
Stress responses naturally come down with breathing - especially when you can slow things down. Next time you are stressed, just breathe and try to slow it down gently. Then notice how it reduces your heart rate, your gut, and your tension.
Practice Body Scans such as Attuning to the Body below- just NOTICE what you observe in your system. The Anchoring Bi-Lateral is restorative, grounding and also strengthens your interoception and awareness of your system. Use the image here to help you feel into it.
Attuning to the Body
Anchoring Bi-Lateral
Practice Mindfulness to increase self-awareness, the observer, and to strengthen inner resilience.
Being the Mindful Mountain
Restorative practices help us to move into the Ventral Vagal. If you want to develop your awareness of what this state feels like, or the strengthen the ability to move into this state, practice those below. If you don't connect with imagery in one, try another. Imagery matters. It strengthens or repells connection. These are just a couple to try:
Connecting with AWE
Breathing with the Tree of Life
Develop and spend time in YOUR Cave of Safety and soak in the feeling of being completely safe, protected, and unconditionally loved, valued and supported. Give yourself time in this space to build the foundational feeling of safety and shifting into the Ventral Vagal state. Strengthening this at the root.
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