Polyvagal Theory and Trauma Informed Fitness

In order to understand trauma informed fitness, you first need to understand polyvagal theory. I'll break it down here:

How to match your fitness to your nervous system state if you feel low energy and unmotivated most of the time

This episode is about the movement that matches a sympathetic state, how to move around the ladder using fitness movement, and how to find cues of safety in a fitness setting so you can strengthen your vagal brake.

If you want a relationship that looks and feels like the most amazing thing on earth, you have to treat it like the most amazing thing on earth. This 5 part Polyvagal informed fitness mini series is all about the relationship you have with your body - what relationship is more important and amazing than that?

Heart Rate Variability improves with exercise. Improved HRV means improved vagal tone. It is like a beacon signal to our nervous system that we are ok, that we are safe, that we are capable. These are all things that light the way back to safety for our nervous system.