Vagus Nerve Activation | 10 Minute Daily Routines

hello earth citizens in this video i will show you a 10 minute routine to activate your vagus nerve first off let's talk about what the vagus nerve is the vagus nerve is a nerve that starts from your brain and it wanders down your body like a net and it encompasses all of the major organs down down down like a blanket in latin vagus means wandering so this nerve goes down like a net over all of your major organs and it has two main functions one is to first check to make sure all of your organs are functioning properly it sends signals from the brain let's say to your heart saying hey heart are you doing okay and then through that nerve the heart responds back yes i'm doing fine and the other function of the vagus nerve is to kick-start the parasympathetic nervous system which is your anti-stress rest and digest response in other words if you somehow activate and stimulate the vagus nerve you can turn on your anti-stress response in your body now remember i said your vagus nerve goes over your major organs in your body but the problem is your major organs are blocked by bone or fat or different things so it's hard to activate that vagus nerve however there's one point where the threshold between the outside of your body and the inside of your body is the lowest and thinnest can you guess where that place is your belly button so in this routine i'm going to show you how to activate the vagus nerve that is surrounding your intestine are you ready first sit in a chair comfortably place your feet flat on the floor parallel never crossing like this or toes pointed out this way feet flat on the floor spine straight tuck your chin slightly inward relax your shoulders and first tap your abdomen so tap your lower belly underneath your belly button first put tab here tapping here will first open up open up that area so that we can stimulate the vagus nerve all right let's count to 30. one two three four five relax everything in your body even your gut seven eight nine ten one two three four five six seven eight nine twenty last ten two three four five six seven eight nine thirty now place your right hand on your belly button and left hand above so the upper half of your stomach in between your stomach and liver right in the middle of your diaphragm like this so you're tapping your belly button and then also above your belly button in your diaphragm so here too you might feel some pain especially in your solar plexus right here in the middle of your diaphragm it's okay if you feel pain just exhale up exhale here keep relaxing your gut don't make your body tight keep relaxing your gut let's tap here 50 times one two three four five six seven eight nine ten if you want to you can close your eyes to relax your body a little bit more one two three four five six seven eight nine twenty one two three four five six seven eight nine thirty one two three four five six seven eight nine forty last ten two three four five six seven eight nine fifty great job massage your abdomen and now this time bring your hands like this fists facing each other and now gently twist your waist twist your waist like this side to side so you're essentially opening the midsection here so you're twisting the muscles to open the midsection okay so twist twist twist twist twist twist you can feel your spine here too let's twist here 30 times one two three four five feel the twisting around your belly six seven eight nine ten one two three four five six seven eight nine twenty last ten nine eight seven six five four three two one and stop great now that was the warm-up to warm up this area to activate the vagus nerve in your belly button okay so how you do that is very simple stack your hands on top of each other and whichever one is the dominant hand for you have the dominant hand underneath so if you're left-handed have your left hand underneath if you're right handed have the right hand underneath and now with your dominant hand stick out your thumb and push it into your belly button and then from here make little pumps like you're assisting your palm to push with your thumb into your belly button so we'll do this 30 times and then we're going to use both thumbs okay so one thumb first relax your gut don't tense up and tense your shoulders like this keep your shoulders loose keep your gut loose and absorb the motion of the thumb into your belly button you can feel a rippling wave like motion inside of your stomach that is activating your vagus nerve your vagus nerve that travels all the way to your brain that when you stimulate one point it creates a ripple to your brain to turn on your anti-stress response okay all right using your thumb try to push deeply if you push lightly like this you won't have much benefit you see it doesn't even look like i'm moving anything push in 30 times one two three four five six seven eight nine ten one two three four five six seven eight nine twenty one two three four five six 7 8 9 30. now both thumbs in here and you'll feel a stronger movement both thumbs in and use them as kind of like a stick to push into your belly button 30 times one two three four five six seven eight nine ten one two three four five six seven eight nine twenty one two three four five six seven eight 9 30. great job now a little bit stronger get your two fingers like a peace sign and then together and then now curve them in so you make a stick to and then push it on your belly button like this now you'll feel even deeper inside even deeper so push in here and feel your body if you feel saliva in your mouth that means you're doing a great job if you feel hot sweaty your hands palms feel warmer feet feel warmer any or all of the above means you're doing a great job okay now let's pump here 30 times one two three four five six seven eight nine ten one two three four five six seven eight nine twenty one two three four five six seven eight 30. great now rest your hands on your knees close your eyes feel your body feel the changes in your body now compared to before especially if you feel warmer [Music] if you feel tingling in your hands if maybe you feel warmer in your hands too do you feel saliva in your mouth and also do you feel even a slight sense of calmness and centeredness in your brain notice any changes that you feel inside now compared to when you first started okay breathe in exhale through your mouth [Music] again breathe in exhale through your mouth open your eyes did you notice any changes in your body now i want to note a few things some people have a lot of tension in their gut so if you have a lot of tension in your guts which may cause a lot of digestive issues or brain fog these are all symptoms that have to do with tension in your gut if your gut is tense then doing this just 60 times altogether isn't gonna do you much you have to continue loosening up your intestine for you to be able to trigger deeper deeper into the vagus nerve to kick-start the anti-stress response so if you feel like you're still stiff and you didn't really get much inside don't worry it's okay just with practice with repetition as your gut gets looser then you'll be able to stimulate deeper into the vagus nerve to turn on your anti-stress response and on the other side if you're already able to feel the benefits because you're able to relax and feel deeply you're doing great this is a great technique to use wherever you are to quickly turn on chemically biologically your body's anti-stress response this is based on science everybody has a vagus nerve no matter what your background is gender religion race none of that matters everyone has a vagus nerve and everyone's vagus nerve works the same way it helps to kick-start your anti-stress response you did a great job to experience a full one hour for an education based class please visit a local body and brain yoga studio near you [Music]

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Length: 12min 10sec (730 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 02 2021