Living more peacefully and connected the Polyvagal way

Purpose

This webpage is a proposal for a book which may some day be published in print

Chapter No	Click on the link in this column if you want more information on the topic	Comment
i	Publication History	Details about publication history
ii	Preface
1	Polyvagal Theory	What is Polyvagal Theory all about?
2	AA, An idea about how recovery happens	An idea that recovery is caused by and/or a transition in activity from the Sympathetic Nervous System to the Parasympathetic Nervous System when the alcoholic takes the humbling actions suggested by the program of AA,
3	Addictions and the Autonomic Nervous System	An idea that recovery from all addictions is caused by and/or a transition in activity from the Sympathetic Nervous System to the Parasympathetic Nervous System
4	Is suffering in Buddhism caused by an active Sympathetic Nervous System?	Proposing that the “suffering” alluded to in Buddhism happens when the Sympathetic Nervous System is active and can be reduced by taking actions (e.g. meditation) that activate the Parasympathetic Nervous System
5	Spirituality	Discusses a possible relationship between spirituality and the Parasympathetic Nervous System
6	Religions	Speculations on their origin
7	Serenity	A suggestion on how to experience more calm and peace in your life by doing slow deep breathing
8	Serenity Prayer	Deconstructing the Serenity Prayer from a Polyvagal Theory Perspective
9	Two Wolves Story and balancing the Autonomic Nervous System	A Cherokee elder may have suggested balancing our Autonomic Nervous Systems
10	Nonviolent Communication and the Autonomic Nervous System	An idea that when jackals become giraffes after receiving NVC empathy, their Parasympathetic Nervous System becomes more active
11	Twelve Stages of Recovery	An adaptation of Shakespear’s poem on life to recovery in AA.
12	Summary
13	Acknowledgements
14	References

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