CONTENTS
SECTION ITHE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM: PATTERNS AND PATHWAYS
CHAPTER 1THE AUTONOMIC HIERARCHY
SECTION IINAVIGATING AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS: THE BASIC APPROACH
CHAPTER 4BEFRIENDING THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
EXERCISE: VENTRAL VAGAL ANCHORS
EXERCISE: BEFRIENDING THE HIERARCHY
EXERCISE: THE CONTINUUM BETWEEN SURVIVAL AND SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT
EXERCISE: THE SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT SCALE
EXERCISE: A NEUROCEPTION NOTEBOOK
CHAPTER 5ATTENDING TO AUTONOMIC STATES
ATTENDING TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
EXERCISE: AUTONOMIC SHORT STORIES
ATTENDING TO AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS
EXERCISE: DAILY TRACKER—THREE DIFFERENT THINGS
EXERCISE: THE AUTONOMIC REQUEST FOR CONNECTION
EXERCISE: PATHWAYS TO PLAYFULNESS
EXERCISE: PERSONAL PREFERENCES AROUND SOLITUDE
EXERCISE: ATTENDING TO STILLNESS
EXERCISE: ATTENDING THROUGH ART
CHAPTER 6SHAPING THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
EXERCISE: ENERGY AND ACTIONS MAP
EXERCISE: FROM GLIMMER TO GLOW
SHAPING YOUR STORY THROUGH SOUND
EXERCISE: THE SOUND OF YOUR VOICE
EXERCISE: THE MUSIC IN YOUR LIFE
EXERCISE: UNDERSTAND YOUR BREATH
SHAPING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT
EXERCISE: GREEN, BLUE, AND FLOWERING
EXERCISE: A VENTRAL VAGAL SPACE OF YOUR OWN
EXERCISE: WRITING YOUR REFLECTIONS
EXERCISE: REFLECTING WITH COMPASSION
CHAPTER 7INTEGRATING NEW AUTONOMIC RHYTHMS
EXERCISE: CREATE “IF-THEN” STATEMENTS
EXERCISE: EXERCISE THE VAGAL BRAKE
EXERCISE: RULES OF RECIPROCITY
EXERCISE: PERSONAL CONNECTION PLAN
EXERCISE: CLUSTERS OF CONNECTION
CONNECTION TO SOMETHING GREATER THAN SELF