The Polyvagal Theory offers a prescriptive model of voluntary and involuntary behavior based on a Neuroception of “sufficient safety,””danger” or “life-threat.” At the center of Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal theory is the notion of neuroception (wikipedia). The autonomic nervous system’s continuous assessment of the relative safety or danger of any given moment or situation and subsequent
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
This is Part 1 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
If you’re on my site you and you don’t know Irene Lyon, you should check her out. She’s got a ton of stuff to share with you: Irene Lyon – Upgrade Your Nervous System. In early 2014 Irene invited me to a recorded Skype conversation on Neuroception. We wanted to look at some of the notions
Here’s an a little Public Service Announcement (PSA) video I made about SE and the importance of allowing involuntary behavior. It’s followed by some commentary on this cute but overly simplified explanation of why animals shake in order to feel better from stress. Sure, Lucky is cute and on a certain level the message here