Activate Your Vagus Nerve: Unleash Your Body's Natural Ability to Heal

by Navaz Habib

Overview

Learn how stimulating your vagus nerve, which regulates involuntary body functions, can help you take control of your wellness.

Anatomists were stumped. How could the vagus nerve, a single nerve beginning in the brainstem, be so long and connect to so many vital organs? What effects could this nerve possibly employ? With such a vast array of potential functions, what would happen if this nerve was injured or cut?

This useful guide provides all the tools you need to understand and restore vagus nerve function, the body’s rest-and-digest system. You’ll learn simple yet powerful healing techniques to address a variety of health issues, like inflammation, gut health challenges, and mental fog, from their root causes linked to the vagus nerve. Author Dr. Navaz Habib lays out easy-to-follow daily and weekly wellness routines to support your recovery, including:

• Breathing exercises
• Mindfulness practices
• Gut support tools
• Functional health testing
• Bodywork therapies like acupuncture and massage
• And more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612438740
Publisher:	Ulysses Press
Publication date:	04/02/2019
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Dr. Navaz Habib is the founder of Health Upgraded, a functional medicine and health optimization clinic in Toronto, Canada, working with high-performing professionals, athletes, and entrepreneurs to dig a little deeper and find the answers to what is holding back their health. He works with those who want to take their health to a higher level, allowing them to contribute to humanity and serve more people.

Having gone through his own personal experiences with poor health and weight struggles, Dr. Habib is well equipped to implement personalized recommendations for each of his clients. In identifying the root causes of health imbalances and addressing them naturally, his patients experience optimal health the way their bodies were meant to feel; this allows them to give back to the world in whatever way they want to serve.

Dr. Habib’s book Activate Your Vagus Nerve is a simple-to-follow guide to help you identify and address a major missing piece in dealing with chronic health concerns such as anxiety and depression. By activating the vagus nerve, you can optimize your productivity, focus, and energy levels, allowing you to experience the effects of upgraded health.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

Introduction 1

Part 1 The Science

Chapter 1 What is the Vagus Nerve? 8

Chapter 2 Where Is the Vagus Nerve Located? 13

Chapter 3 The Functions of the Vagus Nerve 27

Chapter 4 How the Vagus Nerve Manages It All 57

Part 2 What Could Go Wrong In Vagus?

Chapter 5 Dysfunctional Breathing 65

Chapter 6 Dysfunctional Digestive Sequence 74

Chapter 7 Dysfunctional Microbiome 86

Chapter 8 Chronic inflammation and Immune Activation 93

Chapter 9 Dysfunctional Heart Rate 100

Chapter 10 Dysfunctional Liver Function 104

Chapter 11 Chronic Stress 108

Chapter 12 Dysfunctional Sleep and Circadian Rhythm 116

Chapter 13 Lack of Social Interaction 119

Part 3 Activating Your Vagus Nerve

Chapter 14 Measuring Vagus Nerve Function 122

Chapter 15 Exercises to Activate the Vagus Nerve 131

Chapter 16 Passive Methods to Activate the Vagus Nerve 162

Conclusion 170

Appendix 172

Bibliography 176

Index 186

Gratitude 195

About the Author 197