Still hummmmming?
Still humming from last week? (Mmmmmm) Or singing praise to the deliciousness of the food in your belly from time spent with family around a table? (Yummmmmm) Practicing yoga? (Ommmm) Breathwork? (Haaaaam), or sexual health? (Ahhhhhhhhh)
If you did for 6+ loooooooooooooooong seconds, may you have toned your vagus nerve into:
- promoting mental relaxation and lightness in the body
- improved immune system
- decreased stress and cortisol levels
- improved digestion/nutrient absorbsion
- maybe even a moment of bliss??:)
Maybe this email found you in time to prep you for your sleep higene habits tonight! Now that you are more relaxed…ahhhh….encourage restfulness or sleep….you can gargle water/mouthwash, or use your toothbrush to tickle the back of your tongue to stimulate the vagal relaxation….or once you are snug-as-bug-in-a-rug:
Lie on your back,
Place your left hand over your heart and right hand over the lower right quadrant of your abdomen/gut,
Without turning your head, look high to the right.
Remain here until you spontaneously yawn or swallow;
Return to the neutral state with head and eyes straight
Repeat on the left side.
All 3 techniques of stimulating swallowing have implications as a reflex reaction to down regulate the cardiovascular system = lowering heart rate and blood pressure. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537171/#:~:text=The%20vagus%20nerve%20has%20branches,these%20nerves%20were%20described%20above. )
Sounds pretty ideal, wouldn’t you say, eh?🇨🇦
Sleep tight!
And if this helped, email me a yes! We can tune an instrument...although you cannot tuna-fish!! (Glad I got to tell this joke twice!!) Hahahaaaaaaaaaaa
However we can tune our bodies!!!