Have you ever wished you would know the secret to keeping calm strength and caring while in the midst of a charged discussion? Granted, it takes practice. It also takes understanding that no one "wins" an argument. It is not a question of who has the most articulated and forceful narrative nor reasoning. Those challenging situations are really encounters of two nervous systems, yours and the one of the person you are with. They call for a capacity to listen, observe and to find a way to calm yourself and, if at all possible, contribute to calm the other person too. A first step to develop this art of relating from a ground of inner peace, it to learn about your nervous system, how it functions and what practical ways are there to tap into the transformative power of feeling safe.
Dr. Stephen Porges, the acclaimed author of the Polyvagal Theory which has revolutionized the field of mental health, explains to us in this video how to befriend and nurture our nervous system so we can enjoy healthy relationships and greater personal well-being.
He also talks with us about his newest book "Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication and Self-Regulation." (Norton, October 2021). Dr. Porges reflects on how our body is responding to the chronic threat of the pandemic, how we are at greater risk of mental and physical health problems, and which natural ways we can use to regain a sense of connection and inner balance. In conversation with Amelia Barili, Dr. Porges explores the profound connections between his research on the Nervous System and the ancient teachings of Classical Yoga and Qigong. They reflect together about how to make the most of our online encounters so that they can nurture us in these challenging times.
Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers across several disciplines including anesthesiology, biomedical engineering, critical care medicine, ergonomics, exercise physiology, gerontology, neurology, neuroscience, obstetrics, pediatrics, psychiatry, psychology, psychometrics, space medicine, and substance abuse. In 1994 he proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of physiological state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric disorders. The theory is leading to innovative treatments based on insights into the mechanisms mediating symptoms observed in several behavioral, psychiatric, and physical disorders. He is the author of "The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation" (Norton, 2011), "The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe," (Norton, 2017) and co-editor of "Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies" (Norton, 2018); and, most recently, "Polyvagal Safety" (Norton, 2021) He is the creator of a music-based intervention, "the Safe and Sound Protocol ™ , which currently is used by more than 1400 therapists to improve spontaneous social engagement, to reduce hearing sensitivities, to improve language processing and state regulation.www.stephenpor...
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