The Vagus Nerves and the Social Nervous System with Stanley Rosenberg — ep 37
Release Date: 05/16/2018
The Body Awake
SA is part meditation, part body awareness, and part sitting with another who’s attuning to, listening to, asking about, and following along with your developing experience, particularly the raw experience of arising sensation. This practice can actuate profound changes in one’s mental and physical well-being. Sessions last 50 minutes. Payment is on a sliding scale, $75 - $125. Who’s this for? If you’re feeling stuck, are wrestling with something difficult in your life, have a sense you’ve lost connection to something vital, or would like to be more in touch with your...
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This episode, I chat with a new teacher of mine, from a course called “Healing from Presence,” Riyaz Motan. We talk about relating from an embodied, being-at-home place, and the many wonders and pitfalls of working, and ultimately being, with others. Find Riyaz’s work, and sign up for his newsletter, at his website . I also allude to with Pico Iyer and Elizabeth Gilbert.
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This episode is a preview of my year-long labor of love, A Creator's Companion.
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Can body-based material be taught online? Can a somatic curriculum be shared with a decent felt sense, something other than the feeling of not quite being as good as the real thing?
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“The Coronation” essay links: in , in , and . Charles’ , which includes links to his podcast, workshops, essays and more.
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Orientation : a riff and a meditative practice.
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I've been wanting to interview Sara for a long time ... Indeed, since I first participated in Authentic Relating Games in a variety of settings, including potlucks, movement seminars and segues into contact improvisation. Happy to have you with us. SHOW NOTES That Atlantic article the the AR Games, Sara and co's website,
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info_outlineI was quite excited when Stanley agreed to this interview. His book on the autonomic nervous system — including but not limited to the vagus nerve — includes detailed anatomy and self-help exercises and was easily the best $20 I've spent in a long time. I loved it.
Here, I ask Stanley questions about the notion of our "social nervous system," and some detail around his self-help exercises which can be, if they work for you, an astoundingly simple way to reorient your basic sense of orientation and safety. (And, if you go lightly and pay attention, as with anything, are probably at least worth a try.)
Love, LB
Show Notes / Links
Stanley's clinic and teaching schedule
Stephen Porges' "Safe Sound Protocol" — an auditory treatment for autism — training
Stanley's book, Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve, on Amazon (affiliate link)