Vagus Nerve Resources
The Vagus Nerve System Workshop
with Elinor Silverstein
The Foundation of Safety: Orienting Architecture with Steve Hoskinson
Organic Intelligence® / Steve’s free Clinical Mindfulness Series
Free Your Neck & Shoulders: Compassion & Ease Through Self-Touch with Tiffany Sankary
Lessons with Tiffany Sankary with guest teachers: Steve Hoskinson & Elinor Silverstein
Access the whole series in Movement & Creativity Library
Intro lessons:
Mini Practice: Unwinding the Body Pattern of Anxiety (on side) (38 min)
ATM: Unwinding the Body Pattern of Anxiety (on back) (61 min)
Mini Practice: Compassion & Ease Through Self-Touch (mini lesson) (45 min)
ATM: Compassion & Ease Through Self-Touch (full length lesson) (64 min)
Week 1
Intro: Emotions, Posture and Environment (13 min)
ATM #1: Looking Up and Down (60 min)
Talk: Orienting Architecture: Growing Capacity Through Pleasure (24 min)
Mini Practice: Connecting to the Environment Through the Senses (3 min)
Mini Practice: Expanding Your Horizon (11 min)
Week 2
Guest Workshop: The Foundation of Safety: Orienting Architecture (80 min)
Reflection: Intensity Thresholds & Positive Reinforcement (21 min)
Talk: We Are Complex Systems (7 min)
ATM #2: Turning From Your Hands (60 min)
Mini Practice: Orientation to Sound (2 min)
Mini Practice: Softening Hands with Attention (8 min)
Week 3
Talk: The Balance of Action and Rest (10 min)
ATM #3: Side-Bending, Hands to Heels (54 min)
Mini Practice: Side Bending in Standing (28 min)
Week 4
Mini Practice: Doing and Not Doing (8 min)
Mini Practice: Pelvis/ Head Connection in Sitting (15 min)
Mini Practice: Pelvis/ Head Connection on Back (19 min)
Mini Practice: Tilting Legs, Connecting Pelvis to Head (11 min)
Week 5
Talk: Our Direction is Spontaneity (9 min)
ATM #4: Shoulder Circles and Rays (66 min)
Talk: Vagus Nerve System - Feldenkrais, Anxiety, Resilience & Health (31 min)
Mini Practice: Neck and Shoulder Differentiation (27 min)
Week 6
ATM #5: Exploring Jaw, Tongue and Neck Relationships (53 min)
Mini Practice: Undo Head-Forward Posture Without Self-Correction (24 min)
Guest Workshop: The Vagus Nerve System (91 min)
Mini Practice: Tongue Touching Teeth (18 min)
Mini Practice: Rolling Arms Reset (23 min)
Mini Practice: Jaw / Pelvis Connection (15 min)
Week 7
Talk: Habits and Options (13 min)
ATM #6: Unwinding on Back and Belly (57 min)
Mini Practice: Free Your Neck Without Moving It (25 min)
Mini Practice: Looking Up (14 min)
Mini Practice: Rhythm of Breath and Hand (9 min)