What is the vagus nerve and why is it so important?
In a nutshell, the vagus nerve is the commander in chief of your inner nerve center and regulates all of your major organs. This is the longest skull ever, starting at the brain just behind the ears and connecting to every major organ in the body. It sends fibers from your brain stem to all of your visceral organs, and is literally the commander of your inner nerve center, communicating nerve impulses to every organ in your body. The word bum literally means “wanderer,” because it wanders throughout the body from the brain to the fertility organs, hitting everything in between. When it comes to the mind-body connection, the vagus nerve is monumental, as it reaches every major organ except the adrenal and thyroid glands.
This is an important nerve for every organ with which it is in contact. It is what helps control anxiety and depression in the brain. The way we connect with each other is closely related to the vagus nerve, as it is linked to the nerves that tune our ears to speech, coordinate eye contact, and those that regulate expressions. This nerve also has the power to affect the proper release of hormones in the body, which keeps our mental and physical systems healthy.
It is the vagus nerve that is responsible for increasing stomach acidity and the secretion of digestive juice to facilitate digestion in the stomach. When stimulated, it can also help you absorb vitamin B12. When it’s not working properly, you can expect serious gut problems like colitis, IBS, and reflux, just to name a few. Reflux problems are due to a vagus nerve problem because it also controls the esophagus. It is the improper reflex of the esophagus that causes conditions like Gerd and Re-flux.
The vagus nerve also helps control heart rate and blood pressure, preventing heart disease. While in the liver and pancreas, it is this nerve that controls the balance of glucose in the blood, preventing diabetes. As it passes through the gallbladder, the vagus nerve helps release bile, which is what helps your body eliminate toxins and break down fat. While in the bladder, it is this nerve that promotes overall kidney function, increasing blood flow and thus improving filtration in our bodies. When the vagus nerve reaches the spleen, activation will reduce inflammation in all target organs. This nerve even has the power to control fertility and orgasms in women. An inactive or blocked vagus nerve can wreak havoc on the mind and body.
Now that we know that the vagus nerve is connected to all major organs and the proper functioning of those organs, we can easily conclude that any disorder, disease, or ailment of the mind, body, or spirit can be reversed or even cured by activating and stimulating the vagus nerve. In fact, you will see positive effects of vagus nerve stimulation on problems like anxiety disorders, heart disease, headaches and migraines, fibromyalgia, alcohol addiction, circulation, intestinal problems, memory problems, mood disorders, multiple sclerosis. multiple and even cancer.
There are many documented ways to stimulate the vagus nerve, including singing or chanting, laughing, yoga, meditation, breathing exercises, general exercise, and sound, just to name a few. Singing and laughing work the muscles at the back of the throat, which activates the nerve. Mild exercise and exercise in general increase intestinal fluids, which means that the vagus nerve has been stimulated. A regulated yoga practice can also increase the activation of this nerve due to movements, but meditation and OM also help stimulate the vagus nerve. All of these ways you can use to stimulate the vagus nerve have one thing in common: Sound!
Organ resonant frequency findings are happening all over the world by doctors to help re-vibrate the body into a state of health, and transfuse illness and disease such as anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, migraines, depression, memory problems, chronic pain, sleep disorders, and even cancer. “You can really see disease as a form or disharmony,” says Dr. Gaynor, director of oncology at Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Center in New York, and author of Sounds of Healing. “We know that sound and music have profound effects on the immune system, which clearly have a lot to do with cancer.”
There was also a study in April 2016, which involved patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers from the University of Toronto, Wilfrid Laurier University and Baycrest Center Hospitals conducted a study of these patients at different stages of the disease, subjecting them to a 40-hertz sound simulation. They noted “promising” results with cognition, clarity and alertness. Lee Bartel, one of the authors of these findings, stated that “parts of the brain seem to be on the same communication frequency, and that frequency is about 40 Hz. So when you have an impairment of that, when you have very little of it : the two parts of the brain that want to talk to each other, like the thalamus and the hippo campus, short-term memory with long-term memory, they can’t talk to each other, they won’t communicate, so you won’t have memory to long term”. Bartel explained that the sound simulation treatment at 40 Hz leads to an “increased” frequency, allowing “parts of the brain to talk to each other again.”
One specific school of thought comes from a French otolaryngologist, Alfred A. Tomatis, who believes that the primary function of the ear is to provide electrical stimulation to every cell in the body, “thereby toning up the entire system and imparting greater dynamism to the ear.” human” (Tomatis. 1978) He believes that sounds abundant in high harmonics are considered loading sounds, and sounds abundant in lower pitches are considered discharge sounds. Tomatis claimed to have successfully treated a wide variety of illnesses through sound because they were all related to inner ear problems. Some of the problems he has successfully treated were stuttering, depression, ADD, concentration problems, and balance-related disorders.
There is another study that suggests the Tomatis Method is supportive in helping children with ADD. “The results revealed statistically significant improvements for Tomatis compared to the group without Tomatis: the experimental group showed significant improvements in processing speed, phonological awareness, phonemic decoding efficiency when reading, behavior, and listening attention.”
Sound is quickly becoming one of the most talked about guardians of health in alternative healing modalities today! The sound is a brilliant implementation of common medicine to stimulate the vagus nerve promoting the health and vitality of all the organs in your body. Do this through sound healing and crystal chakra singing bowls. Clear Quartz is called the ‘Master Healer’ because it has the ability to amplify, transform and transfer energy. By working with these quartz crystal bowls, the effects on the organs, tissues and cells, along with the circulatory, endocrine and metabolic systems are intense. The tones of the crystals are heard by the ear, felt in the body, stimulate the vagus nerve, allowing the vibrations to also resonate through every Chakra center in the body, creating a balanced and rejuvenated mind, body and spirit!