Daily Inspiration: Vocalizations For Nervous System Balance

In this very short video you will be guided to try three different vocalizations to help activate your parasympathetic nervous system. We will be practicing with the sounds "hum", "home" and "voo". These can be used during the day as a mini reset to help with stress.

Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and is not intended as any kind of psychological intervention or treatment.

Transcript

I want to invite you to try with me three different vocalizations that you can use to help calm your nervous system. Each of these vocalizations activates this part of our nervous system called the parasympathetic nervous system, Which is responsible for growth, Rest, Digestion, Recovery. And bringing all of our systems into homeostasis, Into balance. And so the first of the vocalizations is the sound And I will do it. Hopefully you can do it with me. It's not supposed to sound beautiful, But really, At least not with my voice, But just letting the vibration reverberate through your body. So breathing in. Bye. Letting that settle. Taking another breath. And on the next in-breath, We're going to work with the vocalization home. Slight variation. So breathing in. Take another breath, Letting that settle. And this final vocalization is going to be the sound of vu, Which Peter Levine talks about a lot with somatic experiencing. So it's vu coming down really deep from the belly. So breathing in. Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu And just taking another breath. Letting that settle. Notice how that feels in your nervous system and just inviting you to play with any of these little vocalizations for short mini moments in your day as a little reset, As a way of bringing some more calm energy into your body.