Understanding Polyvagal Theory & Its Role in Trauma & Stress
Involuntary physiological processes: heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, digestion, sexual arousal. These automatic processes are all thanks to our autonomic nervous system—the system in charge of keeping us alive. Within our autonomic nervous system, there is our parasympathetic nervous system (rest & digest) and our sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight). We now know that…



