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Deb Dana is the foremost translator of polyvagal theory into clinical practice. Here, in her third book on this groundbreaking theory, she provides therapists with a grab-bag of polyvagal-informed exercises for their clients, to use both within and between sessions. These exercises offer readily understandable explanations of the ways the autonomic nervous system directs daily living. They use the principles of polyvagal theory to guide clients to safely connect to their autonomic responses and navigate daily experiences in new ways. The exercises are designed to be introduced over time in a variety of clinical sessions with accompanying exercises appropriate for use by clients between sessions to enhance the therapeutic change process. Essential reading for any therapist who wants to take their polyvagal knowledge to the next level and is looking for easy ways to deliver polyvagal solutions with their clients.

When clients are stuck in the cognitive experience of their story, an explanation of polyvagal theory helps to bring their attention to the autonomic experience—to bring the importance of the biology of their experience back into awareness. Yet polyvagal theory can be challenging and intimidating to explain. This flip chart offers therapists an easy, standardised way to support clients in understanding the role of the autonomic nervous system in their lives. Using a flip chart makes psycho-education an interactive experience. Therapists can feel confident in teaching their clients polyvagal theory by following the chart. With a flip chart visible during sessions, the therapist can: remind clients of the ways the autonomic nervous system has been shaped and is active in their daily living experience, display a page corresponding to the present moment, thus anchoring that experience in the theory and keep a page of the hierarchy visible when working with a client’s habitual response pattern.

Deb Dana is the leading clinical translator of Stephen Porges’s influential polyvagal theory. Here she further extends the reach of this groundbreaking perspective on mental wellness in the form of a card deck. These cards have been thoughtfully created to provide polyvagal concepts and prompts grouped into four areas representing three sections of the autonomic hierarchy: ventral; sympathetic; dorsal (a section about regulating the system); and a bonus section exploring play, stillness and change. The cards will enable clients to enhance a broad understanding of their nervous system as well as guide them through a process of tuning in. Clinicians can use the cards at the beginning of a session to frame the work or at the end to create a plan for ongoing work. Clients can reach for the cards any time they want some nervous system support.

Here, for the first time, is a layperson’s explanation of polyvagal theory, an approach to mental health and well-being that has taken the clinical world by storm. A polyvagal approach to life is based on the knowledge that the autonomic nervous system is shaped by early experience and reshaped with ongoing experience. This short book will offer an overview for non-specialist readers and provide a series of exercises and meditations (practices) that will allow readers to tune into their nervous systems, providing calming prompts to build and strengthen ventral vagal connections. This book includes a never-before-published comprehensive chapter on polyvagal theory, preceded by exercises that focus on mapping, reflecting, listening, deepening, creating and connecting. Readers who want to change a pattern and find new rhythm for their nervous systems can use this material to work toward those goals.

First coined in Deb Dana’s book Polyvagal Theory in Therapy, “glimmers” are the micromoments in your day that spark a sense of joy. They can be anything from catching a view of the skyline to cuddling with your pet. Glimmers tell your nervous system that you are safe and okay in the world, thus shifting your system’s response from defence to calm. When we notice and name glimmers, we train our nervous system to be open to more of these moments—expanding our overall sense of well-being. This beautiful journal provides a framework for readers to name and savour their glimmers. Expertly crafted prompts encourage readers to notice various types of glimmers that they might otherwise be unaware of—such as glimmers in nature or in the arts, “every day” glimmers, social glimmers and even the range of glimmer “flavours”. Glimmers Journal is for anyone looking to build a foundation of wellness and regulation.

All our behaviours, emotions, and stories have their roots in our nervous systems - how we feel in our bodies, how we perceive the world around us, and how we connect with others in our relationships. When we’re stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed, our nervous systems - and our lives - suffer. In recent years, Polyvagal Theory has produced incredibly effective new tools for regulating our neurobiology. With The Nervous System Workbook, leading Polyvagal expert Deb Dana presents a highly interactive guide for befriending your nervous system and cultivating a sense of safety and well-being. Beginning with a layperson-friendly overview of Polyvagal Theory, Dana guides you through exercises, practices, and reflections to help you understand, soothe, and train your system - so you can live with less reactivity and more ease. A variety of exercises supports readers of different learning styles. As Dana writes, “There is no right or wrong way - there is the way of your nervous system.” The Nervous System Workbook is the tool you need to understand the nuances of your body’s unique needs - and respond to those needs when you feel challenged with a custom menu of support strategies that can help you return to a place of safety and connection.

Discover your body's neural pathways to calmness, safety, and connection. An intense conversation, a spat with a partner, or even an obnoxious tweet--these situations aren't life-or-death, yet we often react as if they are. That's because our bodies treat most perceived threats the same way. Yet one approach has proven to be incredibly effective in training our nervous system to stop overreacting and start responding to the world with greater safety and ease: Polyvagal Theory. In Anchored, expert teacher Deb Dana shares a down-to-earth presentation of Polyvagal Theory, then brings the science to life with practical, everyday ways to transform your relationship with your body. Using field-tested techniques, Dana helps you master the skills to become more aware of your nervous system moment to moment--and change the way you respond to the great and small challenges of life. Here, you'll explore: - Polyvagal Theory--get to know the biology and function of your vagus nerve, the highway of the nervous system- Befriending Your Nervous System--attune to what's going on in your body by developing your "neuroception"- Using Your Vagal Brake--discover key techniques to consciously regulate the intensity of your emotions- Connection and Protection--learn to recognize and influence your internal cues for safety and danger- Your Social Engagement System--find ways to create nourishing relationships with others and the world around you- Practices and guidance to gently shape your nervous system for greater resilience, intuition, safety, and wonder Through guided imagery, meditation, self-inquiry, and more, Anchored offers a practical user's manual for moving from a place of fear and panic into a grounded space of balance and confidence. "Once we know how our nervous system works, we can work with it," teaches Deb Dana. "We can learn to access an embodied, biological resource that is always present, available, and there to guide us toward well-being."

'Deb Dana guides us to understand and befriend our autonomic nervous system, engaging its healing capacities to connect with ourselves and with our social world.' – Gabor Maté'Once we know how our nervous system works, we can work with it,' teaches Deb Dana. 'We can learn to access an embodied, biological resource that is always present, available, and there to guide us toward well-being.'An aggressive email from your boss, or a fight with your partner - these situations aren't life-or-death, yet our bodies may react as if they are. But we can train our nervous system to stop overreacting, and start responding to the world with greater safety and ease, if we know how. In Anchored, expert teacher Deb Dana shares a down-to-earth presentation of Polyvagal Theory, then brings the science to life with practical, everyday tools.Using field-tested techniques, Dana helps you master the skills to become more aware of your nervous system moment to moment, and change the way you respond to the great and small challenges of life. Here, you'll explore:Polyvagal Theory - get to know the biology and function of your vagus nerve, the highway of the nervous system.Befriending Your Nervous System - attune to what's going on in your body by developing your 'neuroception'Using Your Vagal Brake - discover key techniques to consciously regulate the intensity of your emotions.Connection and Protection - learn to recognize and influence your internal cues for safety and danger.Your Social Engagement System - find ways to create nourishing relationships with others and the world around you.Through guided imagery, meditation, self-inquiry, and more, Anchored offers a practical user's manual for moving from a place of fear and panic into a grounded space of balance and confidence.

'Deb Dana guides us, by means of simple exercises, to understand and befriend our autonomic nervous system.' - GABOR MATÉWhen we’re stressed, anxious and overwhelmed, our nervous systems – and our lives – suffer. All our behaviours, emotions and stories have their roots in our nervous systems – how we feel in our bodies, how we perceive the world around us, and how we connect with others in our relationships.Polyvagal Theory has produced incredibly effective new tools for regulating our neurobiology. With The Nervous System Workbook, leading Polyvagal expert Deb Dana presents an interactive guide for befriending your nervous system and cultivating a sense of safety and peace. Dana warmly guides you through exercises, practices and reflections to help you understand, soothe and train your system – so you can live with less reactivity and more ease.The Nervous System Workbook is the tool you need to understand the nuances of your body’s unique needs – and respond to those needs when you feel challenged, with a custom menu of support. There is no right or wrong way – there is only the way of your nervous system.

Upptäck nervbanorna i kroppen som leder till lugn, trygghet och samhörighet. Ett hetsigt samtal, ett bråk med en vän, eller ett otrevligt sms dessa situationer är inte på liv eller död, men ofta reagerar vi som om de vore det. Det beror på att kroppens nervsystem reagerar först - innan tanken hinner formas - och behandlar de flesta uppfattade hoten på samma sätt. Det finns metoder för att träna vårt nervsystem att sluta överreagera och bemöta världen med större trygghet. Polyvagalteorin är en effektiv sådan, och som specialist på området har Deb Dana fokuserat på att göra denna vetenskapliga teori lättillgänglig för allmänheten. I boken Förankrad beskriver hon hur den fungerar och delar med sig av praktiska självhjälpsövningar som visar hur du kan omprogrammera kroppens reaktioner. Med Danas hjälp kan du öva dig i förmågan att bli mer medveten om ditt nervsystem från stund till annan, samt att ändra sättet du reagerar på livets små och stora utmaningar. Du får utforska: - Polyvagalteorin: lär känna vagusnervens roll och funktion, den s.k. nervsystemets motorväg. - Hur du blir vän med nervsystemet: känn in vad som pågår i din kropp genom att utveckla din "neuroception" nervsystemets intuition.- Vagusbromsen: utforska enkla tekniker för att reglera intensiteten i dina känslor. - Gemenskap och beskydd: lär dig att känna igen dina inre signaler för trygghet och fara och hur du kan påverka dem. - Ditt sociala engagemangssystem: hitta sätt att skapa givande relationer med andra och världen omkring dig. - Övningar och vägledning för att varsamt forma ditt nervsystem för större motståndskraft, intuition, trygghet och förundran. Med vägledda visualiseringar, meditationer och reflektionsövningar är detta en praktisk handbok för att förflytta sig från känslor av rädsla och panik till en plats förankrad i balans och självsäkerhet. "När vi förstår hur vårt nervsystem fungerar, kan vi arbeta med det", meddelar Deb Dana.