Polyvagal Tuning: Standing

Описание: Dr. Stephen Porges, originator of Polyvagal Theory, identified a biological order of
human response that is active in all human experience. We come into the world wired to connect. With our first breath, we embark on a quest
to feel safe in our bodies, in our environments, and in our relationships with others. The
autonomic nervous system is our personal surveillance system, always on guard,
asking the question “Is this safe?” Its goal is to protect us by sensing safety and risk,
listening moment by moment to what is happening in and around our bodies and in the
connections we have to others.
This listening happens far below awareness and far away from our conscious control.
Dr. Porges, understanding that this is not awareness that comes with perception, coined
the term neuroception to describe the way our autonomic nervous system scans for
cues of safety, danger, and life threat without involving the thinking parts of our brain.
Because we humans are meaning-making beings, what begins as the wordless
experiencing of neuroception drives the creation of a story that shapes our daily living. See https://med.uottawa.ca/family/sites/med.uo...

If we experience great danger our autonomic nervous system with try to protect our survival by initiating a fight, flight or freeze response. Without knowing our autonomic nervous system may not reset when safe, and we can get stuck living in fight, flight and freeze. We then naturalise and normalise living in fight, flight and freeze. Even when there is no threat. This exercise was developed by Alistair Appleton as a bottom up approach (breathing and stretching) to shifting the autonomic nervous system towards a sense of safety (ventral vagal network).