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Do you remember the most recent stressful moment of yours? Was it the previous week or month? Perhaps just a few hours ago today? Or perhaps, similar to most people, you are frequently worried and cannot figure out when you were relaxed without thinking about yesterday, today, and tomorrow. The expert craniosacral therapist Stanley Rosenberg grasps. At his office in Copenhagen, throughout the years, he has encountered numerous cases of chronic stress. Maybe you know the signs as well: insomnia, misery, worry, getting fat, losing fat, becoming anti-social, and bruxism. Fortunately, Stanley observed these symptoms and found the root cause of them: the vagus nerve. Happy news? He figured out the method to cure them in the house. Chapter 1 - Well-functioning cranial nerves are very significant for good “social engagement”. You likely remember your most recent stressful time. However, do you remember the most recent time you were not stressed out? Perhaps a time with a friend to have some drink and food together. Perhaps a time with your spouse or your family walking. Likely, you were not feeling any intimidation or hazard, and your body and soul were relaxed. What is named “social engagement” by Stanley is exactly this condition. In this condition, our bodies and souls relax and heal. Furthermore, we appreciate the close relationships and develop sentimental bonds with our loved ones. How to reach this condition? It is all contingent on one very important part of our nerve structure: the cranial nerves. A human has 12 cranial nerves that attach our organs and muscles with the brain via little gaps on the cranium. The most lengthy of our nerves is the vagus nerve. Let’s look at the bigger picture before going through details about the vagus nerve. The main purpose of our nerve structure is very basic: retaining our body functioning. All of the 12 cranial nerves have a distinct function through this purpose. As one can reason, many of these nerves assist us to search, eat and digest what we eat. The number nine of these nerves, CN IX, is also among those that help this goal. The goal of this nerve is to sense the flavors and gulping down. However, material necessities such as water and food do not meet all the essentials for us to be alive. We also need lively sentimental relationships, and we fulfill this with “social engagement”. Social engagement, alone, is attached to five very important cranial nerves. If there is malfunctioning in one of them, this prevents us from social affairs and blocks our developmental achievements. To better exemplify this part, we should observe the spinal sympathetic nerve structure. This structure releases our “fight-or-flight” behavior when this pack of spinal and cranial nerves is switched on. If we encounter a lion that is just to attack, we can pay tribute to this structure since it enables us to prepare for running away or fighting. However, when the “fight-or-flight” behavior is released because of pressures at the workplace, we become anxious or offensive, and not preferred to interact with. We explained some of the aspects of how cranial nerves manage our days. In the following section, we will talk about how they have evolved. Chapter 2 - The Polyvagal Theory tells us that we have five viable arrangements for our nerve structures. The cranial nerves are not the same as each other, for example, not when social engagement is considered. Considering sentimental bonds, a cranial nerve comes forward: the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve runs from the root of the brain downwards to the chest and all down to the abdomen. It is not weird for this nerve to have the Latin name “vagus”, which means “wanderer”. Previously, we were believing that just two conditions existed for our nerve structure: stressed, or relaxed. This was caused by the thought that the vagus nerve was a sole unit. One theory from a psychiatrist altered our beliefs. The Polyvagal Theory of Cue Stephen Porges. Porges, with this theory, make our grasp of the vagus nerve more complex. The hypothesis of him is that the vagus nerve is not a sole unit but has two ramifications: the dorsal/ rear, and the ventral/ front. He explicates more: There are not only two conditions of the nerve structure, but there are five. In the above lines, we have encountered the initial two of the nerve structures. Number one is social engagement’s condition of being comfortable in which our nerve structure does not sense any threat. The second condition is the “fight-or-flight” behavior which occurs at the times of activated spinal sympathetic structure. This is named “mobilization with fear”. Number three is named “immobilization with fear”. When we cannot move to save our left assets because of seeing an ultra threat, this condition occurs naturally. In this condition, the blood pressure decreases, the rear (dorsal) vagus nerve starts to function, and muscles relax. The number four condition happens when the two ramifications of the vagus nerve (dorsal and ventral vagus) are triggered at the same time. This condition is named “immobilization without fear”, it disseminates security and sincerity feelings and stimulates actions such as hugging. The number five and the last condition is named “mobilization without fear”. For this condition, the “fight-or-flight” response should be integrated with the pull of the ventral vagus, generally releasing a feeling of amicable rivalry. Generally, people stick to the continuous conditions of “mobilization” or “immobilization with fear”. However, Rosenberg constructed an easy therapy for curing both continuous conditions. In the following, we will discover more. Chapter 3 - To make your health better, your ventral vagus can be triggered. When your nerve structure cannot move from the fear condition, it can damage the health of your body and soul. Sometimes, the dorsal vagus nerve can be extremely active that it even responds to threats that are not existing. If this is the situation, people cannot move with fear. When this repeats frequently, people feel powerless, exhausted, and a heaviness. We observe such issues also when the “fight-or-flight” condition is extremely active. The fight-or-flight response causes an extreme increase in blood pressure and heart rate. We get additional oxygen and your liver throws additional sugar into our blood for obtaining energy quickly. At that time, this may disturb us, and when it repeats, we feel tired. The solution for fighting with these destructive continuous conditions? We should trigger our ventral vagus nerve, as Rosenberg states. Initially starting as a body therapist, Stanley was craniosacral massaging his clients, a kind of cure that involves touching clients’ skulls lightly. The Polyvagal Theory approved lots of things he grasped throughout the years, encountering numerous cases in his Copenhagen health center. He started to create basic cures to govern clients’ nerve structures by utilizing the craniosacral massage together with this theory. One cure he created is a basic procedure that can be done in two minutes, and one can learn and apply it quickly. By looking at the clients’ throughput, he discovered that this cure works in triggering the ventral vagus. Clients with diverse complaints have observed a discernable advancement in their well-being, professional lives, and affairs with other people. In advance of applying this cure, he should diagnose a malfunctioning in the ventral vagus nerve. The basic check for the diagnosis will not be unknown to people who had ever seen a doctor. Opening up the mouth and saying “Ah” are the things he wants from the patients. With this movement of clients, he looks at the uvula, the light bulb-shaped matter inside the mouth swinging down at the back, as well as the surroundings of this matter, the soft-tissue arches. The saying “Ah-ah-ah” should raise the arches. If it is raising asymmetrically, he understands that the ventral vagus nerve is malfunctioning. After seeing a malfunctioning, he decides to apply the easy, quick cure. In the following, we will learn about this cure. Chapter 4 - It is simple to apply Stanley’s “Basic Exercise” by oneself. Let’s do it! We will discover Stanley’s basic, quick practice to trigger the ventral vagus nerve. This practice is named, simply, the “Basic Exercise”.