Explore a new innovative approach for manually treating the Vagus Nerve and Autonomic Nervous System. Learn the functional importance of the ANS, along with Dr. Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory and its relevance to mind-body health. Discover a new system with three complementary divisions arranged for their functions for adaptation, survival, homeostasis, and personal development, and conscious evolution.
In this workshop, you will gain a better understanding of:
- The Polyvagal Theory (PVT)
- The 3 branches of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
- The 5 Cranial Nerves comprising the Social Engagement System
- How to determine the client’s heart-rate variability status
Understand how to appropriately address:
- Spinal Tension
- Cranial Nerve Mobilization
- Visceral Manipulation
- Auricular Therapy Techniques
- Neural Exercises (or lessons) relevant to the successful treatment of the ANS
Older and dualistic concepts of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems hold that they operate in opposing ways, in addition to omitting the newly recognized and crucial social engagement system. Considering that the American Medical Association has recently announced that 80% of illness, pain and disease are caused by disturbances in the ANS, this is a critical omission.
Dr. Jeff Rockwell, DC is a chiropractor, manual osteopath, and bodyworker with over 40 years of experience. He taught his work at Parker University in Dallas, Texas from 1992-2002 and is on the post-graduate faculty of numerous colleges. He has taught over 400 workshops throughout the United States and is the co-author (along with David Lauterstein) of the book “The Memory Palace of Bones: Exploring Embodiment through the Skeletal System” to be published in 2022 by handspring books.