Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve: Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism

I had neck surgery and this book is a very good eye opener to access the vagus nerve. Lot of good pointers.

I really loved this book about the Vagus Nerve! I learned a lot. It is truly amazing. He offers exercises that can really improve your pain level and stiffness, among many other things. Stanley Rosenberg is extremely intelligent. He tried to write this book so everyone could understand. The exercises are well described, so the we can do them ourselves! Highly recommended!

This book explains many things about the all important vagus nerve, in well written, easy to understand wording. It is a great guide.I purchased it with exercise balls, for fascia and headache release for my hard-working hairstylist daughter, on the recommendation of a friend. It turns out that that section is rather short. Nonetheless, it had enough information for her to do the exercises.I recommend this book for anyone and everyone of age and education level to understand the terminology, as the vagus nerve serves the vast majority of the human body, and can be compromised so easily in many ways.

I loved this book because of the amazing insights it provided me into the God-given bodily mechanisms that are so little thought about but which have such a significant influence in just about everything we do. The exercises are simple and amazingly helpful in keeping me functioning on an even keel as God intended. This amazing book has given me a new-found appreciation for the intricacies of God's creations and the role I can play in keeping my body properly tuned--even how much some simple exercises help me so very much--not just physically, but mentally as well. Thank you!

I loved this book. As a physical therapist, I see myself using the Basic Exercise with all of my clients to create an environment of healing for bodies to better receive the other work I do. As a human being who has experienced migraines from youth, I'm even more amazed!!! Mine are due to upper cervical issues. I have been doing the exercises daily since reading the book about six weeks ago, and was able to intercept a few, which I could relieve by mid-morning, and now I have been migraine-free for almost a month. I was getting 3-4/week and requiring ibuprofen to relieve - they used to come on with waking in the morning, and increase in intensity throughout the day. I found the book easy to understand as a health care professional. The author writes the book for everyone, no degree needed. There are a few parts that might be a little challenging for someone without a neuroanatomy background, but the case studies which the author shares really help to pull it together. I highly recommend this book to anyone experiencing any chronic illness - it certainly won't make matters worse. And maybe it can even help.

A good informative book on the Vagus Nerve.

Love this book!

It’s rare, but I’m giving this book both one star and five stars.The information Mr. Rosenberg provides here about the social cranial nerves and their function is extremely illuminating. The exercises are, for the most part, quick, quite easy to learn and perform, and effective. 5 stars.2 stars for it’s repetition, extraneous information, and wandering style. It even states on page 20 that the trapezius attaches to the mastoid bone and the SCMs, to the occipital. (It’s the other way ‘round). I’m on my seventh tour through the book in an effort to internalize a good structure to the information, and it shouldn’t take that many tries to do so.On the whole —definitely buy this book for the way it will help you and those you work with. Just expect to spend a lot of time extracting the help from the wandering style.