Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Humming Exercise

This humming exercise is inteded for stimulating Vagus nerve using power of human voice and vibration. By consciously using our voice and knowing how to create more space through relaxation of throat and chest, we can stimulate vagus nerve and switch our nervous system to parasympathetic "rest and digest" mode. This is one of the reasons why singing has such stress relieving and transformative effect, not only because of emotional involvement but also because of physiology which is breifly covered and explained in this somatic practice video.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to this somatic humming practice, Which is intended for vagus nerve stimulation and switching our nervous system to parasympathetic rest and digest mode. This can be done with our voice, Using cavities of our body, Relaxing our throat and chest and letting the sound resonate there, Almost to the effect of internal vibrational massage. The main principle is to start with your most relaxed speaking voice. So, I invite you to close your eyes and just say ah in the most relaxed manner that you possibly can and to notice where the voice resonates. So, Just saying um and noticing our voice emerging from our chest and in the throat area. Imagine the voice happening at the back of your throat through relaxation and gentle expansion and stimulating vagus nerve through

Reviews

Namaste. I find such benefit from humming. My body feels amazing after a good practice. I really want to incorporate this into my daily practice. I can here the deep tone of the throat singers in your hum Alexander. Love that shamanic presence here. Congrats on the videos. Looking forward to more from you. ✨💫💛🙏🦋

Just what I was looking for to calm my neck tension, thank you so much. I will return very soon.