Vagus Nerve Meditation

In this meditation, we focus on the vagus nerve. You often hear about stimulating it in yoga and meditation because it plays a key role in helping the body relax. The vagus nerve sends the signal that it is safe to soften, to move out of stress and into ease. It guides us from the sympathetic nervous system, our fight or flight state, into the parasympathetic nervous system, where we can rest, digest, and restore.

This calmer state is where the body functions best, yet many of us spend far more time in stress than we realise. Life has a way of pulling us there.

By improving our vagal tone, we become better able to return to balance. We regulate more easily, respond with less reactivity, and meet challenges with greater steadiness.

In this meditation, I share three simple tools to gently stimulate and soothe the vagus nerve, techniques you can return to whenever your system needs support.