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Elina A. K. Jacobs, PhD's avatar

Would you be ok with me turning this into an Instagram post? You’d get full credit of course and I’ll link to this article - it’s just, I have a vision 👀

Shahin Zagros, PhD's avatar

Sure! Let me know when you post it.

Molly Dickens, PhD's avatar

“what is actually meant by to reset my nervous system?” EXACTLY.

As a stress physiologist (😄 couldn’t resist)… the whole “reset your nervous system” thing is total bullshit.

Shahin Zagros, PhD's avatar

Beats me! But I’ve heard taking a shower in the dark could help crack the mystery. 😉

Elina A. K. Jacobs, PhD's avatar

Oooh yes this one drives me nuts!

And it’s everywhere in the yogasphere, makes me die a little bit inside every time.

But, then again, when I found out that some yoga teacher programs use the polyvagal theory as their “science component for the nervous system”, I was like, oh… that explains a lot.