Anchored

How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory

Deb Dana

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Vermilion London
07 January 2025

Psychology; Self-help & personal development

Discover your body's neural pathways to calmness, safety, and connection

'Deb Dana guides us to understand and befriend our autonomic nervous system, engaging its healing capacities to connect with ourselves and with our social world.' - Gabor Mate

'Once we know how our nervous system works, we can work with it,' teaches Deb Dana. 'We can learn to access an embodied, biological resource that is always present, available, and there to guide us toward well-being.'

An aggressive email from your boss, or a fight with your partner - these situations aren't life-or-death, yet our bodies may react as if they are. But we can train our nervous system to stop overreacting, and start responding to the world with greater safety and ease, if we know how. In Anchored, expert teacher Deb Dana shares a down-to-earth presentation of Polyvagal Theory, then brings the science to life with practical, everyday tools.

Using field-tested techniques, Dana helps you master the skills to become more aware of your nervous system moment to moment, and change the way you respond to the great and small challenges of life. Here, you'll explore-

Polyvagal Theory - get to know the biology and function of your vagus nerve, the highway of the nervous system. Befriending Your Nervous System - attune to what's going on in your body by developing your 'neuroception' Using Your Vagal Brake - discover key techniques to consciously regulate the intensity of your emotions. Connection and Protection - learn to recognize and influence your internal cues for safety and danger. Your Social Engagement System - find ways to create nourishing relationships with others and the world around you.

Through guided imagery, meditation, self-inquiry, and more, Anchored offers a practical user's manual for moving from a place of fear and panic into a grounded space of balance and confidence.

By: Deb Dana
Imprint: Vermilion London
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 137mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 212g
ISBN: 9781785045325
ISBN 10: 1785045326
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 07 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Deb Dana, LCSW, is a clinician and teacher specializing in complex trauma, as well as a consultant to the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium in the Kinsey Institute. Deb's work is focused on using the lens of Polyvagal Theory to understand and resolve the impact of trauma in our lives. For more, see rhythmofregulation.com.

Reviews for Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory

Deb Dana guides us to understand and befriend our autonomic nervous system, engaging its healing capacities to connect with ourselves and with our social world. * Gabor Maté * Deb Dana is a leading voice within the science of human connection. She takes complex subjects and makes them digestible, relatable and practical. In Anchored Deb provides an accessible guide to understanding and befriending our autonomic nervous system through the principles of Polyvagal Theory. This book is an invitation to nurture and care for ourselves in a manner that is deeply restorative. It also creates a template that enables us to extend this nurture, care and restoration to others and our planet. It is a must-read for anyone seeking to navigate life's challenges with more ease and grace. * Tamu Thomas, Author of Women Who Work Too Much *