4 Breath-Work Exercises to Support Your Nervous System

4 Breath-Work Exercises to Support Your Nervous System

Trauma is physiological. It is a highly activated incomplete biological response (fight, flight, freeze). Anxiety signals that your nervous system is lacking safety and we constrict. This impacts our nervous system, muscles and tissues.  Constriction in the body...
Why Trauma Makes Certain Sounds Unbearable: Understanding Sound Sensitivity After Trauma

Why Trauma Makes Certain Sounds Unbearable: Understanding Sound Sensitivity After Trauma

Have you ever noticed that when you are distressed you don’t hear properly and can easily misinterpret someone’s tone of voice? Or you become more sensitive to certain sounds or noise? Or you may startle more easily when you hear a noise? Did you know that...
Trauma And Your Vagus Nerve

Trauma And Your Vagus Nerve

Trauma And Your Vagus Nerve The vagus nerve is a major part of the brain-body connection. This intricate and finely tuned two-way communication system plays a key role in your physical and emotional wellbeing. It is connected to your moods, immune response, digestion,...