🎍First, do a mediation where you imagine yourself meeting a future version of you that is who you desire to be. Step into that person, and become them, from the way they feel, think, talk, hold their shoulders, walk, place their feet. Anything you can pull in about them, do. This gives your body a feeling to "mirror"- permission to let go of what it's holding and move towards something else. ✨️Then use these somatic techniques: Lock your hands behind your head to steady it. Then, without turning your head, look at your left elbow and breathe squarely (in for a count of 4, out for 6). Keep looking and breathing until your body creates a huge yawn or release that takes over all your muscles. Note: You may feel your belly starting to activate digest mode - grumbling, pinching, etc. This means your body is activating rest and digest, and is a good sign. Repeat, this time looking at your right elbow, once again breathing out slower than you breath in (you could even imagine stress leaving your body like dandelion seeds on the wind, or another active idea of releasing tension from your entire body, even your toes). This technique is fantastic for toning the vagus nerve, and teaching your nervous system that it's safe to rest. It should take about 3 minutes, but if your nervous system has been under stress for a long time, it can take longer. It took me over an hour to get my body completely into rest and digest the first time I did this. 🎭 Lastly, do some self-hypnosis - ask your brain to recode the subconcious to support this new coherent you that isn't afraid to feel emotion. Then anytime you feel something that does not match that feeling of "you" (the future you that you became), thank the body deeply for holding that feeling (negative or positive), until it transforms into gratitude, then remind the body and brain what emotional state you asked it for by recalling your meditation. Emotional suppression in childhood can affect the Thalamus, a spot in our brain responsible for how much emotion gets through from the nercous system into the brain (Nuero-coherence gal here ).

Drop your favorite tool or trick of the trade in the comments! Mine is Meditation with a blend of hypnotherapy!

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When I started doing and teaching others vagus nerve toning, it was interesting to realize that most of us couldn't remember the last time we had heard or felt our digestive system. I started losing weight without changing diet or excercise, simply by allowing my body to go into rest and digest mode. Our bodies are so amazing!