Your parasympathetic nervous system is part of your autonomic nervous system and is the balancing force of your sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system controls your body’s “fight or flight” response, whilst your parasympathetic nervous system helps to control your body’s response during times of rest, it is sometimes referred to as your bodies state of 'rest and digest'.
It's important that we support the body to find its own equilibrium and come back this setting so as to not always be navigating life in a fight or flight response, which is when chronic stress finds it way into the picture.
Understanding the vagus nerve and its role within all of this is a very helpful tool in supporting your overall health and wellbeing.
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