Stephen Porges, PhD ~ Polyvagal Safety

[@ginaiosef]

❤ Thank you gratefully, Banyen Books!

[@georginasanders7396]

Just listening 👂 to Porges makes me feel safe🙏🧘‍♀️mind body connection so valid & real. Inner PEACE is the way to world 🌎 peace 🕊

[@noellecuisine8912]

❤ thank you so much for this beautiful interview and student of the Polyvagal theory and I absolutely love it, I feel like I have finally come home!

[@bejonithemystic6539]

I wrote my master's thesis on using self-compassion Interventions for Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders. I used the polyvagal theory as one of my theories. Hearing Dr. Porges talk in this video inspires me to keep striving toward becoming a holistic mental health therapist. I hope to meet him one day to talk and share knowledge. this podcast episode was amazing and informative thank you for sharing.

[@Neilgs]

Very profound response Steve gives at around 57:00. "When we witness (the other) we can calm." Essentially, what is being calmed is not a joining in the other's symbolic perspective or external point of view but beneath the words and viscerally registered (e.g., whether the other is consciously aware or not). This does not mean we agree with the other but a deeper listening (witnessing, presence of being) often has palpable registered neurophysiological impact (a co-regulatory effect) beneath the words.

[@MrSimonj1970]

"It doesn't appear that you convince people with information" That's pretty mind blowing!

[@livedsolutions6409]

Wonderful acknowledgement of Country and First Nations ❤

[@elmarwolters2751]

Wonderful work and yes, it resonates. A very important reminder for all of us to create and monitor safety in our social interactions . I feel extremely grateful .

[@sandracolleen4203]

Exactly! ♥️🙏♥️ 40:50 -41:40 Is so concisely on point to living our best possible lives. I deeply appreciate your addressing and bringing attention to the value and importance trauma informed yoga and impact potential. Thank you so very much for sharing your understanding and expertise. My hope is with you on goals in education. As for a change of wording going forward; I ask you to personally consider referencing trauma responses as that, rather than disorders. I understand current standards references such as ptsd, but to me I find it offensive and wish the revised label to be post traumatic stress response. Thank you.

[@wscarborough3472]

Do you also get a feeling that having feelings is bad?!! I find the medicalization of being a human is a slippery slope to a collective black hole disorder!!

[@DEEPMOODYPURPLEBLUES]

🎯💯🙏

[@JulienArbor]

I have personally come to understand it as PTSI or Post Traumatic Stress Injury.

[@tahitihawaiiblue]

Thank you for the wonderful presentation. Now; I still haven’t heard how to get out of the freeze response.

[@rachelAO]

Look at somatic techniques like EFT and vagus nerve exercises.

[@davspa6]

Very helpful comment around the 56 or 57 minute mark, that people of other political persuasions simply want to be listened to, and that it's helpful to do this even though it can be triggering. So the liberal person needs to listen to the conservative person, and likewise the conservative person needs to listen to the liberal person.

[@davspa6]

I think this explains also the distrust that's present in society nowadays. I guess he talked about it already in this video. So our whole culture, society has become more defensive, due to the covid lockdowns and the lack of co-regulation that went on during that time I guess. Maybe that's the whole thing? I've noticed at least on the highway a lot more instances of aggressive driving than I remember a while back. The frequency of drivers that weave in and out of traffic has increased. That's inherently unsafe. But maybe it's because of this distrust that was acquired because of covid lockdown, and long periods of homeschooling in front of computer screens?

[@hglatGAIA]

Wow! :)