Deb Dana
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“The job of the autonomic nervous system is to ensure we survive in moments of danger and thrive in times of safety. Survival requires threat detection and the activation of a survival response. Thriving demands the opposite—the inhibition of a survival response so that social engagement can happen. Without the capacity for activation, inhibition, and flexibility of response, we suffer.”
― The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation
― The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation
“Take a moment and find something that reminds you of the feeling of being anchored in regulation and then put it somewhere you’ll see it as you move through your day.”
― Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory
― Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory
“If we are not safe, we are chronically in a state of evaluation and defensiveness” (Porges, 2011b, p. 14). It is a ventral vagal state and a neuroception of safety that bring the possibility for connection, curiosity, and change. A polyvagal approach to therapy follows the four R’s: Recognize the autonomic state. Respect the adaptive survival response. Regulate or co-regulate into a ventral vagal state. Re-story.”
― The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation
― The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation
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