The Polyvagal Theory in practice

The volume provides a comprehensive overview of every aspects regarding Polyvagal Theory, which explains how the nervous system reacts to safety or danger inputs detected in the environment, determining how we feel and how we perceive reality.

This book also presents Wired to Connect, a 10-session programme for groups aimed at helping people direct their attention to their Autonomous Nervous System, so that they can understand how it works and how to consciously use it to weave the threads of their own lives.

Thanks to their professional and personal knowledge and experience, by integrating different disciplines such as yoga, meditation, and music, the authors structured a path filled with concrete tools, theoretical frameworks, exercises, and guided mindfulness immersions, to make Polyvagal Theory and its practical applications accessible to as many people as possible.

The structure of the book

• The first part focuses onthe key elements of the polyvagal revolution, addressing the figure of the polyvagal trainer (instructor), and clarifying his/her personal characteristics, the set of tools he/she uses and the knowledge he/she must have to facilitate Wired to Connect.
• The second part illustrates the programme session by session, activity by activity. The proposed practical exercises (on breath, sound, and movement) and homework are minutely described in each step.