The vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve in your body. It is a very long nerve running from the hypothalamus area of your brain, chest, diaphragm, and to your intestines.
There are several locations where the vagal nerve comes out to accessible zones for stimulation:
• Muscle that constricts the pharynx
• Behind the eye balls
• Hard and soft palate
• In the surface of the ear canal and lobe
• Tongue
When properly stimulated the Vagal Nerve can:
• Turn on neurogenesis, helping our brains sprout new brain cells.
• Rapidly turn off the stress, hyper-arousal, and fight/flight via the relaxation response.
• Sharpen our memories.
• Fight inflammatory disease.
• Help you resist high blood pressure.
• Block the hormone cortisol and other oxidizing agents that age and deteriorate the brain and body
• Block systemic (body-wide) inflammation – a major factor behind aging and poor health.
• Help us overcome depression and anxiety.
• Help us sleep better.
• Raise levels of human growth hormone.
• Help us overcome insulin resistance.
• Turn down allergic responses.
• Lower chances of getting stress and tension headaches.
• Help spare and grow our mitochondria- this is a key to maintaining optimal energy levels and not harming our DNA and RNA.
• Affect our overall ability to live longer, healthier, and more energetic lives.
When light pressure is placed on the eyeballs (and, it is thought, the browbone), it lowers heart rate via a reflex called the oculocardiac reflex and it also stimulates the vagus nerve.
Anytime you feel anxious, depressed, stressed or if you need to regulate chronic pain, stimulate digestive equilibrium, reduce tension in muscles and connective tissue or simply need a quick pick-me-up lie down with an eye pillow for two minutes to retrain your nervous system for a subtle intervention with a powerful effect on our physical and emotional well-being.
There are several locations where the vagal nerve comes out to accessible zones for stimulation:
• Muscle that constricts the pharynx
• Behind the eye balls
• Hard and soft palate
• In the surface of the ear canal and lobe
• Tongue
When properly stimulated the Vagal Nerve can:
• Turn on neurogenesis, helping our brains sprout new brain cells.
• Rapidly turn off the stress, hyper-arousal, and fight/flight via the relaxation response.
• Sharpen our memories.
• Fight inflammatory disease.
• Help you resist high blood pressure.
• Block the hormone cortisol and other oxidizing agents that age and deteriorate the brain and body
• Block systemic (body-wide) inflammation – a major factor behind aging and poor health.
• Help us overcome depression and anxiety.
• Help us sleep better.
• Raise levels of human growth hormone.
• Help us overcome insulin resistance.
• Turn down allergic responses.
• Lower chances of getting stress and tension headaches.
• Help spare and grow our mitochondria- this is a key to maintaining optimal energy levels and not harming our DNA and RNA.
• Affect our overall ability to live longer, healthier, and more energetic lives.
When light pressure is placed on the eyeballs (and, it is thought, the browbone), it lowers heart rate via a reflex called the oculocardiac reflex and it also stimulates the vagus nerve.
Anytime you feel anxious, depressed, stressed or if you need to regulate chronic pain, stimulate digestive equilibrium, reduce tension in muscles and connective tissue or simply need a quick pick-me-up lie down with an eye pillow for two minutes to retrain your nervous system for a subtle intervention with a powerful effect on our physical and emotional well-being.