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Exploring a Polyvagal Futures Literacy * Journal of Futures Studies
INTRODUCTION TO POLYVAGAL THEORY
Nicole LePera • How To Do The Work: Recognise Your Patterns, Heal from Your Past, and Create Your Self
Prior to the Polyvagal Theory, depression and depressive behaviors issues lacked a physiological model in terms of the nervous system.
Stanley Rosenberg • Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism
What are these patients trying to cope with? What are their internal or external resources? How do they calm themselves down? Do they have caring relationships with their bodies, and what do they do to cultivate a physical sense of power, vitality, and relaxation? Do they have dynamic interactions with other people? Who really knows them, loves the
... See moreBessel van der Kolk • The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Faced with climate change and other interconnected existential crises in the twenty-first century, it is quickly becoming a cliché to say that there is a strong need to “imagine better futures.” But such a statement hides many questions and challenges. Who gets to imagine these futures? Who feels safe and supported enough, economically, politically... See more
Rahel Aima • Imagination Infrastructuring for Real and Virtual Worlds
The Polyvagal Theory is a new model for how our nervous system and entire body responds to, and changes with, how safe or threatening the world feels to us.