Finally, a look at the oldest branch of the Autonomic Nervous System as noted in the Polyvagal theory – the Dorsal Vagal Complex, the sub-system in us that is more akin to older, slower, less engaged critters on the family tree. This is a rambling look at a unique part of our biological heritage that has
Continuing on with a little series on the Autonomic Nervous System from a Polyvagal perspective – this time focusing on the Ergotropic (mobilization) system, commonly known as the Sympathetic Nervous System. News…I’m letting go of the mini-series format. These podcasts are going back to the chat chatty pattern. I guess that’s why this podcast is
2nd in a group of mini-episodes that are supposed to be limited to 5 minutes. Go figure, this one on the basics of the anatomy associated to the Ventral Vagal Complex broke the rules and comes in at 12 minutes. So it goes. Show Notes Page with with additional commentary. Many of us think of the Polyvagal
The first of an unknown number of mini-episodes from Twig’s SE Reflections. This one on a hopefully unnecessary worry of creating an intellectual cultural bias favoring the pro-social or Ventral Vagal stance at the cost of excluding (and stigmatizing?) those who don’t have or want it. Show Notes Page with with additional commentary. [Note: I’m
This is Part 2 of an extended conversation I had with neurologist Dr. Robert Scaer back in the Summer of 2010. Author of the classic texts on the psychobiology of trauma, including The Trauma Spectrum and The Body Bears the Burden with 30 years as the director of a nationally recognized pain clinic in Boulder Colorado, Scaer knows a thing or