Vagus Nerve #1: Simple Exercises to Relax & Reduce Stress | 10-Minute Daily Routine

hello Earth citizens my name is Britney and you're watching brain education TV today I'm going to guide you through a 10-minute routine to activate the Vegas nerve for emotional release have you ever felt a lump in your throat when you wanted to cry or tightness in your chest when you were anxious that's because emotions are energy and when they are in process they get stored inside of the body at the center of this body mind connection is the Vagas nerve it acts like a bridge that connects your brain your heart your lungs digestive system and your gut when you experience stress grief or fear the vagus nerve picks up on the signals and carries them through your body if your nervous system stays in a stressed state for too long emotional energy can become stuff but your body is designed to release this energy when you activate the vagus nerve you stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system the state of rest repair and emotional balance this allows emotional energy to move helping you feel lighter clearer and more open in this 10-minute routine we'll use breath movement vibration and sound to help wake up the vagus nerve and release stored emotional tension let's begin so we're going to start in a seated posture whether you're on the floor or on a chair please straighten your spine and first what we want to do is make the body hot especially the lower half of our body so please make your hands like a cup and begin to tap tap your your rib cage tap your spleen and stomach on the left side and tap your liver on the right side tap your lower abdomen your reproductive organs your large and small intestine tap tap tap tap tap breathe in and smile out now you can choose your speed and the amount of pressure you want when you're tapping please listen to your body's condition breathe in and breathe out breathe in and breathe out as time moves on you'll start to see that perhaps in some places that felt a little bit more sensitive or Tender start to open up at this point you should feel a little bit more heat in your body let's focus now on just tapping the lower abdomen we'll tap 50 times ready let's begin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 you can close your eyes here and begin that brain wave vibration moving your head side to side and shaking your head no 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50 slowly stop keeping your hands on your lower abdomen and breathe [Music] in and breathe out one more time breathe in and breathe out now we're going to tap the third chakra and the lower abdomen second chakra at the same time let's begin 50 times 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50 keep your hands on your third chakra and your lower abdomen breathe in and breathe out and notice if you can feel any tingly Sensation from your palms breathe in and breathe out now we're going to stimulate the belly button so you're going to take your pointer and middle finger bring them together and like a pumping motion into your belly button in and out in and out in and out if you never done this before it can be a little bit sensitive and feel a little bit unfamiliar move at your own pace but we're going to do a pumping like motion here stimulating the vagus nerve through the belly button and we're going to go 50 times let's begin 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 41 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50 hands come up on your knees Breathe In Breathe Out breathe in and breathe [Music] out one more time time breathe in and breathe out now we'll do just one more round Point your finger middle finger pumping leg motion into the belly let's begin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 very good keep going if you smile while doing this pumping like motion it will make things 10% easier you may feel many different Sensations coming from this area all in which are not good or bad or right or wrong but just the condition of your energy managing the condition of your energy means you must first become aware of the condition of your energy by stimulating your belly button you are activating your vagus nerve allowing your body to come into a deep state of relaxation before your body can go into that state of relaxation it must release what it is that is holding on to let's go 20 more times 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 4 5 5 6 7 8 9 20 bring your hands down to your knees Palms facing up and breathe into the sensations you can feel throughout your whole body breathe in and breathe out relax your shoulders relax your chest breathe in and to breathe out relax your hips relax your legs relax your feet breathe [Music] in and breathe out relax all of the muscles on your face and check if you are starting to accumulate more saliva in your mouth notice how your body feels now compared to when you started maybe you feel a little bit lighter a little more open or more connected to yourself the vegus nerve is like a pathway for emotional flow when it's strong and active emotions can move through you naturally without getting stuck when it's weak or underactive emotions can linger creating heaviness in the body that's why regularly activating the vagus nerve is so important it trains your body to process emotions rather than holding on to them emotional energy isn't something to suppress it is something to move thank you for practicing with me today keep listening to your body and trusting its ability to release and heal if you enjoyed this video subscribe to our Channel and hit the Bell icon to get notified every time we upload a new video and check out the description below to explore our online Workshop options and take your practice even deeper until next time [Music] [Music]