Ep. 16 Meet the Wanderer, aka Your Vagus Nerve - Why You Should Care About the Largest Nerve In Your Body + How To Support Your Gut-Brain Connection!

Special Solo Episode: Meet the Wanderer, aka your vagus nerve, and why you should care about the largest nerve in your body (plus how to support your gut-brain connection)!

In this first special solo episode, Venessa goes into the gut-heart-brain connection and takes you on a journey with the Wanderer within, aka the vagus nerve. She covers the enteric nervous system (ENS), how the vagus nerve is connected to the various systems of our body and impacts our health, especially through the gut-brain connection. Venessa discusses things we can do to support our vagus nerve and gut-heart-brain connection on physical and energetic levels, including nature-based practices, foods/nutrients, and intuitive practices to try out!

If you’re struggling with any kind of gut issue, including GERD, IBS, constipation, or gut-brain manifestation like brain fog and memory issues... this is a must listen!

If you’re interested in learning more about the gut and gut-related issues, check out the upcoming Feed Your Wild GUT virtual workshop and take advantage of the presale pricing (it’s live August 29 but will be recorded if you can’t make it live!)

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Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Heart Math Institute + measuring the activity of vagus nerve with Heart Rate Variability (HRV)

• #UNFILTERED Moon Musings :: Full Moon in Capricorn :: Walking The Talk, Alignment + Discernment, Digestive Fire + Gut Talk

• Acute cold exposure + cold plunging - start slow by doing a face plunge in cold water

• Wild Natural Beauty, Walking the Talk, & Motherhood as Medicine with Jessika Le Corre

• Physical activation through frequency and vibration

  • Singing, especially in unison, chanting, Om chanting

  • Devices to stimulate vagus nerve

  • Gargling 

• Study: Vagus nerve stimulation inhibits cytokine production and attenuates disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis

• Uncovering Suppressed Histories + Reclaiming Ancient Ways of Living For A Vital Future With Max Dashu

• Meditation and prayer - rosary prayer study

• Nutrients + Food to support vagus nerve:

  • EPA and DHA - seafood, "SMASH" fish (also found beneifical in RA) Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with marine and botanical oils: an 18-month, randomized, and double-blind trial. (2014)

  • Zinc-rich foods include liver, beef, lamb, oysters, scallops, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, oats.

Feed Your Wild :: Gut :: virtual workshop

Website 

Date: Sunday, August 26th, 2018

Time: 12pm - 3pm PST / 2pm - 5pm CST / 3pm - 6pm EST

Duration: 3 hours

Where: Online, from the comfort of your own home!

*In case you can’t make it live, this virtual event WILL be recorded and you will get access to all of the materials and bonuses.

PRE-SALE PRICING: Feed Your Wild :: GUT :: Virtual Circle Workshop is Live on August 26, 2018

This special pre-sale price of $47 will increase to $67 at midnight on July 29, 2018

Click here to learn more

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