Vagus Nerve and the 7 Chakras. As is often the case, having written the title for this blog posting, I don't really know where it's going to go from there, but here goes.
I came across some very interesting information about the Vagus nerve that seems to have inspired me to follow this thread a bit. It seems that from both a science perspective and a spiritual perspective, people are examining the Vagus nerve and it's affect on our bodies these days. When both "sides" are looking at the same thing, that always intrigues me. Must mean there is something to be gained from the intersection of that research. The Vagus nerve is the longest nerve in the human body. This nerve is part of the parasympathetic nervous system which means it's about slowing things down. Apparently science has also discovered that the Vagus nerve is stimulated when we feel empathy. The Vagus nerve it would seem taps into other people's energy. Medical science has found ways to stimulate the Vagus nerve. New Earth Physiology - Activating the Vagus Nerve ~ The Fractal Wanderer. Arizona State University psychologist Nancy Eisenberg has found that children with high-baseline vagus nerve activity are more cooperative and likely to give.
This area of study is the beginning of a fascinating new argument about altruism: that a branch of our nervous system evolved to support such behavior. Your body's levels of stress hormones are regulated by the autonomic nervous system (ANS) [3]. The ANS has two components that balance each other, the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). The SNS turns up your nervous system. It helps us handle what we perceive to be emergencies and is in charge of the flight-or-fight response. The PNS turns down the nervous system and helps us to be calm.
The vagus nerve is the nerve that comes from the brain and controls the parasympathetic nervous system, which controls your relaxation response. Acetylcholine is responsible for learning and memory. That’s not just talk. Let me explain. It’s true. Compassion, the vagus nerve and how to live longer. The Philosopher’s Stone Has Been Found…It’s Inside You For centuries learned people have searched for the mystical philosopher’s stone, believed to be the elixir of life and give immortality to he or she who owns it.
But could it be that the philosopher’s stone is not so much a stone but an attitude? A groundbreaking piece of research by Kevin Tracey, director of the Feinstein Institute and Professor and President of the Elmezzi graduate school of molecular medicine in Manhasset, New York, has revealed how the nervous system (the vagus nerve) controls inflammation in the body, now known as ‘The Inflammatory Reflex’.
Inflammation is one of the major contributors to aging of the body and plays a key role in illness and disease. Most people think of inflammation as the swelling and redness after a cut. The vagus nerve is the brake on inflammation throughout the body. Indeed, it is one the ‘Major Agers’, which are phenomena that most cause aging. The new healthy formula: References: