6 Best Ways To Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve
The Vagus Nerve is the longest nerve in your body. It originates in
the brain and then travels through your digestive system. It is the body
and mind connection and is being increasingly seen as the super highway
of our nervous system.
We have 2 sides to our nervous system. The first is the parasympathetic nervous system. This is the ‘rest and digest’ part.
On the flip side, we have our sympathetic nervous system which is
‘fight and flight’. This is the part that kicks in when we are being
metaphorically chased by a tiger. It’s also the side that most people
live in on a daily basis. It’s your bodies survival or emergency mode,
that is responsible for all your stress and anxiety.
As you can see from the infographic above, it controls your digestion and gives you that full feeling which is essential in maintaining a healthy weight range.
It gives an overview of the Vagus Nerve and also how you can stimulate it. Gargling, humming, yoga, meditation and breathing are some of the ways. If you are feeling anxious and overwhelmed, your Vagus Nerve is no doubt behind it.
Another tip that you can use to reset your nervous system is to yawn. By yawning deliberately you will find that your body will restore its default settings. We have been made intelligently, an anxious state is not our natural state.
We have 2 sides to our nervous system. The first is the parasympathetic nervous system. This is the ‘rest and digest’ part.
As you can see from the infographic above, it controls your digestion and gives you that full feeling which is essential in maintaining a healthy weight range.
It gives an overview of the Vagus Nerve and also how you can stimulate it. Gargling, humming, yoga, meditation and breathing are some of the ways. If you are feeling anxious and overwhelmed, your Vagus Nerve is no doubt behind it.
Another tip that you can use to reset your nervous system is to yawn. By yawning deliberately you will find that your body will restore its default settings. We have been made intelligently, an anxious state is not our natural state.