Ah, the nervous system.

The complex, beautiful, mysterious nervous system.

Today I share a bit of self reflection of sneaky ways we might be getting our nervous system all bundled up and how we respond.

Then we do my favorite practice for building vagal tone, which connects the mind in the head with the mind in the gut, and allows us to recover from stress and get back into rest & digest more quickly!

Journaling Prompt

What patterns do you notice in your nervous system? Do you tend to fight, flight, fawn, freeze? What releases felt really welcome? Does chanting or humming feel natural or is it uncomfortable? What part of this practice can you invite in when you feel yourself dissassociating?

 Share how this resonated for you in the comments below. Even just one word of what it brought up or how it made you feel!