In this episode, we delve into how adoptees can find their path back to calm and connection by tapping into the power of the vagus nerve. This crucial nerve helps regulate your nervous system and supports feelings of safety and belonging.

Practicing these tools for just 10 minutes or less each day can significantly help improve your body's ability to regulate it's nervous system and become healthier and more calm.

Understanding the Vagus Nerve:

• Discover its role as the longest cranial nerve, connecting the brain to major organs and activating the parasympathetic nervous system.

• Learn how activating the vagus nerve helps shift the body from 'survival mode' to a state of ease and connection, particularly beneficial for adoptees who have experienced stress or trauma.

Simple Tools to Activate the Vagus Nerve:

• Humming: Experience soothing throat and chest vibrations.
• Slow, Deep Belly Breathing: Harness the power of long exhales to stimulate your vagus nerve.
• Gargling or Singing: Utilize vibrations in your throat to foster nerve activation.
• 10-Minute Belly Button Routine: A step-by-step guide to a meditative physical touch technique designed to activate the vagus nerve effectively. Tap, push, and massage specific abdominal points to find relief and calm.

Guided Vagus Nerve Technique (Inspired by Stanley Rosenberg):

•  A gentle method using eye movements to stimulate the vagus nerve and promote nervous system reset.
• Rosenberg brought Polyvagal Theory into a more practical, body-based realm by creating simple, non-invasive exercises that anyone can do at home.

Please practice, share, and save these vagus nerve activation tools and experience more healing on your adoptee journey.

We are super excited to announce our upcoming Empowered Adoptee Retreats!

Connection. Healing. Empowerment. 

The Empowered Adoptee Retreat is a transformative journey for Korean Adoptees of all genders to explore identity, heal in community, and learn tools to live life more empowered.

The Empowered Adoptee Retreat

April 25-28 in Lake Tahoe, CA 

Registration is now closed but don't worry you still have time to register for our next retreat!

The Empowered Adoptee Kimchi Healing With Our Ancestors Retreat!

June 22-24 in Atlanta, GA

https://www.theempoweredadoptee.com/

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