Rest-Digest Mode

Can we be aging and healing at the same time?

2026-04-14T14:05:28-07:00Movement. Awareness., Nervous System Health, Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

It’s possible you don’t know this about me, but my Masters work was focused on studying what it takes to improve function and strength in older adults.  At the time, I was purely working from an exercise science and biomedical science lens, meaning, I wasn’t aware of what [...]

Why Going into Your Automatic Freeze Response (aka: Dorsal Branch of Your Parasympathetic Nervous System, or Rest-Digest Mode) can Save Your Skin. Lessons from the Wild

2024-04-26T22:48:58-07:00Nervous System Resiliency, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

Click here to re-tweet 'why going into your automatic freeze response can save your skin. Lessons from the wild. My good colleague-friend Anthony 'Twig' Wheeler told me about this video clip a few days back. (thanks Twig!, and thanks to Neal Winbald for having them on his site). We [...]