Imagine discovering a secret pathway in your body, one that calms your emotions, deepens your intuition, and promotes your physical wellbeing.
This isn’t the stuff of fantasy – it’s a real thing, and it’s called the vagus nerve.
Nestled within your body, the vagus nerve is a vital component of your nervous system, capable of transforming your health, and your life, in ways you never imagined.
To learn all about the healing potential of the vagus nerve, we’ve had the pleasure of sitting down with clinical psychologist and vagus nerve expert, Dr. Arielle Schwartz.
Stay tuned to learn:
- What the vagus nerve is
- Why the vagus nerve is so important for our emotional, mental, and physical wellbeing
- 3 of the top benefits of toning your vagus nerve
- How to support your vagus nerve with Tapping
Meet vagus nerve expert Dr. Arielle Schwartz
Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a clinical psychologist, EMDR consultant, somatic therapist, and veteran yoga teacher with a profound depth of knowledge in the field of polyvagal theory. At the helm of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy, Dr. Schwartz champions a holistic, mind-body approach to healing.
A renowned teacher and author, her latest book is called Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga. In it she explores vagal toning and other important practices that aid in rewiring the nervous system.
Dr. Schwartz is an expert in the vagus nerve, and she’s here to teach us all about why it’s so important to strengthen our vagus nerve for improved wellbeing.
What is the vagus nerve?
The vagus nerve is a bi-directional information highway between the mind and the body. It extends from the brain through the throat, heart, and lungs, reaching all the way down into your stomach and intestines.
When it is toned and healthy, the vagus nerve promotes an overall sense of physical and emotional well-being where we feel balanced, safe, healthy, and calm.
There are many practices that can help you “tone” your vagus nerve – meaning help it function optimally so you can feel your best.
These practices include things like yoga, meditation, deep breathing, physical movements, and, you guessed it, Tapping!
3 Benefits of toning your vagus nerve
Toning your vagus nerve, and supporting it in functioning at its best, has a long list of benefits.
Here are 3 of the top reasons to support your vagus nerve:
#1. Physical Healing and Recovery
When it is toned and healthy, the vagus nerve promotes optimal health and wellbeing, helping digestion, hormone function, heart health, immunity, and more. It helps activate the ‘rest and digest’ response, where we can recover, repair, replenish, and revitalize our bodies.
Supporting healthy vagal tone is a way to keep the information highway between mind and body running smoothly, so our brains can do the best job possible taking care of our bodies.
When you take care of your vagus nerve, it essentially allows your body to do what it’s designed to do – heal, recover, and be well.
Want to activate the healing power of your vagus nerve to support your physical body? Try this meditation led by Dr. Arielle Schwartz in The Tapping Solution App:
⭐Tip: Click here on your phone to go straight to this session in the app. Or, search for the title in the search bar!
#2. Emotional Balance and Ease
When you support your vagus nerve with healing practices, it can help you experience greater emotional balance and ease.
A toned vagus nerve helps us feel safe and calm enough to experience a full range of emotions, allowing us to express our emotions fully and easily without getting stuck in them.
It also helps us tolerate stress and respond effectively and flexibly to whatever comes our way, whether that involves rising to meet a challenge or calming down to rest deeply.
Want to activate the healing power of your vagus nerve to balance your emotions and help you feel more at ease? Try this meditation led by Dr. Arielle Schwartz in The Tapping Solution App:
⭐Tip: Click here on your phone to go straight to this session in the app. Or, search for the title in the search bar!
#3. Inner Wisdom and Clarity
Vagal toning can also help you tune into your intuition, find clarity, and follow your own inner wisdom.
The vagus nerve helps to bring a sense of balance and calm to the nervous system, allowing you to feel safe, secure, and grounded in the moment.
As we feel more comfortable and at ease, and as we deepen the mind-body connection through the vagus nerve, the more we are able to connect to our intuition.
We gain greater clarity of mind, and we are better able to reflect on ourselves, our choices, and our lives. This allows us to make decisions from a deeper and wiser place. And from there, you have the potential to fully and creatively express your wisest self.
Want to activate the healing power of your vagus nerve to balance your connect with your intuition and find clarity? Try this meditation led by Dr. Arielle Schwartz in The Tapping Solution App:
⭐Tip: Click here on your phone to go straight to this session in the app. Or, search for the title in the search bar!
How to tone your vagus nerve: Come Tap with Dr. Schwartz in the app!
As an expert in applied polyvagal theory, Dr. Schwartz helped us create a brand new category of Tapping meditations in The Tapping Solution App to help us all strengthen and tone our vagus nerve.
These groundbreaking meditations are designed to help you activate the healing powers of your vagus nerve with the help of Tapping.
Whether you are looking to heal and recover, find emotional balance and ease, or tap into your intuition, these powerful Tapping sessions have got you covered!
Here’s how to find these sessions:
- If you’re reading this on your computer or laptop, grab your mobile phone, open up The Tapping Solution App, and click the search icon (🔍). Type “vagus nerve” into the search bar.
- If you’re reading this on your phone, click directly on this link and you’ll be brought straight to the category in the app.
There are 3 sessions you can choose from:
- Emotional Balance and Ease: Vagus Nerve Toning
- Inner Wisdom and Clarity: Vagus Nerve Toning
- Physical Healing and Recovery: Vagus Nerve Toning
Curious what the Vagus Nerve Tapping meditations are like? Hear from real users who’ve been Tapping along in the app:
“I feel strong, comforted and happy.”
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“This meditation is very grounding for me with very profound wisdom for my anxious self.”
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“I think this takes the Tapping meditations to another level. Feels subtly powerful within the body and my sense is that doing these meditations will have a deep and lasting effect.”
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“I love love love the vagus nerve meditations! They are soooo soothing ❤️🙏🏻Thank you! ❤️”
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“This is the most powerful healing and calming meditation coupled with visualization that I have used in this app.”
Additional resources from Dr. Arielle Schwartz
For more insightful resources and to learn all about Dr. Arielle Schwartz’s incredibly transformative work, visit www.drarielleschwartz.com.
Her offerings include trainings, books, therapeutic yoga sessions (join via Zoom!), an incredible blog, and so much more. You can pre-order her latest book, “Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga” on Amazon now.
And guess what? You can even meet Dr. Arielle Schwartz in person at her upcoming Beyond Trauma Retreat at the Art of Living Retreat Center this September. Based on “The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook,” this incredible retreat will be a weekend of deep healing, taking you on a mind-body journey toward resilience, hope, and transformation.
We are so excited that Dr. Schwartz has shared her expertise with us, and that we’ve been able to create these powerful Vagus Nerve Support sessions in the app.
Be sure to tap along with the sessions and leave a comment below to let us know what your experience is like!
Until next time… Keep Tapping!
Jessica Ortner
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