Access the healing power of your vagus nerve for managing stress and optimising your wellbeing

Jan Normanton • November 10, 2024

Please enjoy one of the simple and quick exercises outlined in "Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve” by the late Stanley Rosenberg for fast and blessed relief from stress, overwhelm and anxiety 

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If you are stressed, consider somatic massage or somatic coaching and know that your body has a whole set of inbuilt ways to help you manage your inner states.

This is an accessible and easy technique to bring about fast and blessed relief from stress, overwhelm and anxiety, and which if practised regularly, may offer a wide range of health and wellbeing benefits.


Some of the key benefits include managing overwhelm and being able to deal with life’s challenges with resilience, feeling calmer, more grounded and centred and ultimately having agency to manage our own internal stress states.


Rosenberg explores the connection between the vagus nerve and our emotional and physical health in this classic, explaining how this crucial nerve as well as further cranial nerves help regulate our body’s stress response and raise our resilience, a crucial benefit in and buffer from our stressful and busy lives.


His style makes the complex principles of neuroscience relatable and applicable to our everyday lives.


I embrace this and other simple practices outlined in his book for a sense of calm in my body, peace of mind and connection with myself on the daily.


This is a must in your care of self toolbox for the same to manage stress, overwhelm and anxiety effectively, efficiently and naturally. 

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