Training Your Nervous System: Why Calm Takes Daily Practice
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Calm isn't a state we can simply decide to feel but rather a skill we develop through consistent practice, similar to building a muscle. When we understand that our stress responses are patterns developed over time, we can begin to retrain our nervous system by exercising our vagus nerve - the calm switchboard of the body.
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Chapters
1. Calm Is a Practice, Not a Decision (00:00:00)
2. Understanding Stress Patterns (00:00:29)
3. The Vagus Nerve as Calm Switchboard (00:01:07)
4. Ocean Breath Exercise (00:03:15)
5. Final Thoughts and Episode Closing (00:05:42)
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