Somatic Therapy & Trauma Healing Blog

The vagus nerve plays an important role in communication between the brain and organs involved in heart rate, breathing, digestion, and other automatic functions. It is also a major pathway within the parasympathetic nervous system, which supports rest, recovery, and digestion. Vagus nerve exercises cannot switch stress off instantly or manually control one nerve. However,

You may feel calm one moment and overwhelmed the next. A minor conflict can leave you tense for hours, while stress sometimes makes you feel numb, exhausted, or disconnected. These experiences are often described as nervous system dysregulation. A dysregulated nervous system is not a formal mental health diagnosis. It is a practical way to

You may understand why you feel anxious, shut down, or overwhelmed and still notice that your body reacts before your thoughts can catch up. Your chest tightens, your shoulders brace, your breathing changes, or you suddenly feel disconnected. So, what is somatic therapy? It is a form of psychotherapy that includes the body in the

The window of tolerance describes the range of emotional and physiological activation in which you can remain present, think clearly enough, and respond with some degree of choice. Inside this window, you can experience stress, sadness, anger, excitement, or fear without becoming completely overwhelmed or disconnected. Above the window is hyperarousal, where the system has