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Tracking the Nervous System Feathers
Tracking the Nervous System Feathers
Ink, watercolor, gauche on paper
29.7 cm X 42 cm
2021

Mapping the Nervous system with feathers, a Polyvagal Doodle. Polyvagal theory pertains to the science of safety, and the importance of safety in one's wellbeing. We want a flexible nervous system that can move between the different nervous system states -Sympathetic and Parasympatehic and ultimately the ability to rest and digest and connect with others. It's fascinating! I’m learning about the sympatenic (fight or flight), dorsal vagal (freeze/flop), and ventral vagal (well being, connected , rest and digest) states.