NOTE!! I went to a functional neurologist who directed me to gargle vigorously with water for 30 seconds 3x per day to simulate the vagus nerve and parasympathetic nervous system. It works! Amazing benefits!
I know Dr.Berg May think I’m a lunatic but I wish I could live in a tent in his backyard, for about a week, just so he’s in close proximity to answer my abrupt health questions once and for all. I’m confident I will live my best healthy life upon my departure. I just love and enjoy every piece of knowledge he delivers with such a soothing demeanor 👨⚕️🧠❤️
@@Drberg do people ever get over Achlorhydria/Hpochlorhydria? ...I have never seen a testimonial/case story of someone "restored" to full health? All I ever see is people who have found methods/supplements that help them "manage/cope“ with this... I ask, because I wish to have a realistic approach/expectation... Is this the best way to view it? Thanks!
The *vagus nerve* carries an extensive range of signals from digestive system and organs to the brain and vice versa. It is the tenth cranial nerve, extending from its origin in the brainstem through the neck and the thorax down to the abdomen. It is the secondary "bodily brain" that communicates in concert with the brain to send messages and information about the "extremities" that might need repair. The vegas nerve can control the body in dire health or in coma to keep to keep the organism alive, especially the heart and the brain. It would be logical that the vegas nerve is the last nerve system to conclude before death. So it should be renamed as, *"the god nerve."*
I DID NOT SEE THE LINK BELOW FOR THIS /OUR BOOK. OH I soooo needed this on 8th nerve. I sm justs bout recvovered from what I inadvertently caused to happen !You are not going to believe what happened...I am still dumbfounded. I hsve to.makecdure I have not caused harm which cannot be mitigated easily.
Just a quick bit of advice. I had a heavy heatbeat for 15 years and even though it wasn't life threatening it was hard to sleep with my heart pounding all the time. My whole body would move with every heart beat. I did have a bad diet and had gained about 25-30lbs. I won't give you all the details but finally I did a full month of 18/6 intermittent fasting(which was very hard for me to do!) and magically the heavy heartbeat went completely away. My best guess is my Vagus Nerve was being over stimulated which caused me to think it was my heart when it was the nerve the whole time..the IF allowed it to calm down and go back to normal.
Eric Haynes this is a great comment thanks for sharing this! Gives me hope as I’ve been suffering this recently & IF did clam me down. I will continue doing that & also the inversion hang as Lone Wolf Therapy commented right somewhere above your comment. I have sustained a compression spine fracture T8 & that aggravates my overall pain besides this. God bless you. Be well.
OMG! This has been me for the past 12 years. Went to a cardiologist twice and they found nothing. My doc acts clueless about it. Went low carb and started supplementing with magnesium and it's helping. Gonna try IF. Didn't even think that it could be the vagus nerve!
@@quickpstuts412 Yes I was surprised it was the vagus nerve too..the IF is such a radical different way to eat, it really does show that we eat way too often and that it does affect our body in unexpected/undesired ways. Good luck!
When you are very stressed you can get all sorts of problems. I got acid reflux and heart palpitations and fluttering. Dizziness and head aches when standing
I agree....since February 2022 I had a sudden medical issue that no doctor could give me any answers! 3 times in the ER within 4 weeks, I'm going on almost 3 months of specialist and still no "REAL" answer to my issue involving the stomach. I've gone through making Google my medical substitute to help with some answers that Doctors couldn't tell me...Then I found this TH-cam doctor and everything was making sense! and seems to be fixing my issues.....Just amazing!
@@SeanChristopherMcGee YES!' IT'S JESUS MY BROTHER THEN DR. BERG. IN THAT ORDER BECAUSE THESE DOCTOR'S ARE PRACTICING MEDICINE 💊 THEY TRULY DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS PLUS I DON'T TRUST THEM NO WAY. ALL THEY EVER WANT IS TO KEEP YOU POPPIN PILLS MAKING MATTERS WORSE INSTEAD OF HITTING THE ROOT CAUSE. I HOPE YOUR BETTER I AM 💕💯🥰🤷♀️
@@SeanChristopherMcGee hey can you please elaborate your problem and your current situation, cause i feel that , there is something wrong with my digestive system, iam not able to digest food from 3 days (completely) ....
Wonderful Dr. Berg! This is a great explanation of how to support our parasympathetic system - and why it is necessary for our health and well being. Your acupressure tool and stress seminar are wonderful for supporting people - but as you have so many followers it would be great if you would do a five minute - just before sleep video/audio here on youtube to help support people as they are going to sleep. Having worked with breath and formal medication with people for almost fifty years - I have found that just explaining how to do an equal breath - - or a five minute breath relaxation during a person's day is not enough - - even learning breath relaxation in individual and group sessions often is not enough until it becomes a habit as in the keto diet and intermittent fasting - - which is what led me to doing individual tapes for my patients in the eighties and putting a general instructional on youtube years back as people needed "training wheels" until their body and inind got used to the habit - - The apps available today really are not good for real in depth practice and aid - but people are so used to your voice - and trusting you - that a five minute breathing tvideo to use as they go to sleep and another one for use several times during the day - - no huge explanations - just your voice and maybe some light music - - would really be helpful to the many who trust and benefit from your advice! Keep up the wonderful work!!!
I am half way through this video and am already 3xperi3ncing some relief. I experience palpitations several nights week amd generally within an hour of having Allen asleep. Its so scary, each time. I hope and pray the advice in this video will help.. ECG doesn't pick up any irregularities. Seems to be exactly what this video is about. I think I need magnesium support too. Thank you Dr. Berg!
Thank you, Dr Berg. I’d like to add there is some sort of connection between oral antibiotics and mental mood. I’d even go as far as saying they send me into a depression and I’m riddled with physical anxiety symptoms within a few days. I really dread having to take them, but occasionally they are necessary.
I started to focus on breathing with my stomach while I read more of the comments. Some people were saying that breathing techniques can help tinnitus. After just a few breaths with my stomach, my tinnitus stopped 😳 Thank you for the tip!!!
@@kellikelli4413 watch a baby breathing - their ribs barely move but their stomach swells with each in breath. Copy them - put yr hand over your chest and breathe so your hand does not move ... only your belly shd move. Also the belly-breathing stimulates the organs with the mild pressure. And you calm down. If you observe someone breathing into their chest (esp the upper chest) they are in a constant state of STRESS! You can gauge the emotional state of your children by their breathing signs - if they are breathing upper chest - they need comfort and love - cos they are stressed. ps: Stress is FEAR ! Tho we pretend it is not.
Thank you Doctor... most relaxing to stimulate the Vagus nerve by deep breathing- 6 secs in & 6 out.) "You should certainly safeguard your nerves, and force yourself to take time, and not only for prayer and meditation, but for real rest and relaxation." ~ Baha'i Faith, Lights of Guidance
Breathing exercises changed my life! Literally. Controlled breathing + Controlling my Foods, cured me of my Social (mental & emotional) and Physical ailments. I highly recommend Dr. Eric Berg's work. Pay attention & practice daily = WINNING. MGTOW is Bliss. Our Society is Piss.
Dr Berg you are the best...thank you so much for your explanation how you simplified the different way our body functions God bless you abundantly...appreciated
Dealing with Long Covid for the second time. Very few doctors are talking about the effects of Covid on the vagal nerve in people, myself included. After getting an Apple Watch I’ve decoded what my body is telling with my low HRV, high sleeping heart rate, the anxiety I never had before. These types of videos are priceless to those of us who are charting our own journey back to health. Thank you, Dr. Berg.❤
@@quickpstuts412 Thanks for asking🙂 I have more good days then bad days now. Just went through a stressful move and I feel like that set me back some. Just happy to wake up every morning!
@@zuzupetals6025 relatable. I just know that my issue is stressed based as well. So I’m just working hard to calm my nervous system down. The breathing, yoga and meditation is helping a lot.
I see a PT who specializes in visceral manipulation who stimulated my vagus nerve...suffered with billiary spasms after gallbladder removal....Thank you Dr. Berg for explaining in other videos about the bile salts...im going to purchase them...I take a great digestive enzyme, but sometimes,struggle with that right shoulder pain and right sided neck and head pain...Thank you!!!
very interesting I have gastro paresis IBS, chronic fatigue syndrome and factor 5 v-lieden. I've done a lot of hospital time and not 1 doctor has ever mentioned any of this except the stimulator. luckily I changed my diet and listen to sleep videos which practices the breathing technique. Thank u for this video. Hope you can educate Gastro doctors one this. I'm starting to have problems with my pancreas maybe this applied during waking hrs can help instead of just before sleeping. wish they were doing studies on this I would volunteer. Thank You
Your very generous in your information Dr berg, grateful for that.. and things make sense and explained very simply...those who apply and can see a difference are the witness to the knowledge you share..
Thank you for explaining My son has complex epilepsy (lennox gastaut). He’s getting the VNS device that stimulates the vagus nerve. Hoping it will work. There’s actually lots of proof it works. It’s been around over 20 years.
Great info, but there is an important phase missing in the breathing exercise. When you count to four after the exhale and before the inhale the body relaxes more. That phase is missing also in hyperventilation and shallow breathing.
Dr Berg, I have insomnia. I watched this video for a completely different reason, to calm my hiccups. I did the breathing exercise you recommended and woke up an hour later to my wife shaking me awake. THANK YOU. 🙏🤣😂🤣
Who's side is your wife on? I had this problem for many years.... Meditation helps me happily function in my stressful life on 4-6 hours sleep, Jack Kornfield videos helped
I relly like this video, it explains the vagus nerve and the sympathic and parasympathtic nervous system in very simple terms. Straight to the point and no waffle.
Thank you so much for the video. I have an interesting case. I have been having this issue for quite sometime and was clueless how to address or even describe this to my physician. I wake up from sleep almost breathless and needing to regulate breathing manually. Digestie problems occur too. Happens frequently and sometimes multiple times a night. Watching your videos are a great source of information. Thank you! I will try this. Interestingly, I also have PCOS and recently diagnosed with insulin resistence, and am struggling to consistently keep my weight under check. I am gradually cutting down on carbs and leaning towards protein and healthy fat and exercise. I have subscribed to your videos. Thanks again for educating us.
Something a friend told me recently that really helped control my breathing is to imagine you need to keep your breathing as quiet as possible. Like when you’re playing hide and seek and don’t wanna be found. You slow your breathing and it becomes very quiet so the other person can’t hear you. The method mentioned in this video is what I’ve been doing already, but I noticed I had trouble controlling the pressure of the air coming in or going out. The hide and seek breathing technique has helped me a lot with this issue, so I thought I’d share it in case anyone else has a similar problem. God bless you Dr. Berg. I love your videos
Do a video about how they're laying in bed and such holding a cellphone and stressing certain nerves and muscles, a common one involving chest muscles where they begin thinking its their heart and possibly a heart attack that's developing, and of course while standing or sitting and developing hunchback and other problems.
4GUESTS wow so holding the cell phone while laying down watching these videos can cause you to feel like that? I thought sitting was bad for my back so been laying down to watch videos
I think inversion hangs is great. I think it calms the vagus nerve as well as many other benefits. It is very meditative to hang upside down, and it provide a nice blood-flow to the head, and it feels relaxing on the whole body. As soon you do an inversion hang, you are breathing totally different. The body needs decompression from time to time. I would recommend to have a inversion setup, where you can hang low enough to have your palms at the floor. It's a great exercise. I always feel good after hanging upside down.
@@ginoasci2876 You're right. I think i just used an incorrect word at the moment. when i read trough my comment now, i see that ''stimulate'' would be a better choice of word. I think i wrote calm, because im getting incredibly calm when i do inversion hangs, and i think i connected that calmness to the vagus nerve somehow...
Just watched something that stated the vagus nerve is also known to be connected to all the 7 charkras inside the body. This should help out for people who wants to have a visual and scientific evidence why things work out the way they do.
Omg yes!! That's what I was looking for when I came across this video. Gastroparesis. Apparently that is linked to a nerve problem with the vagus nerve and PNS. So theoretically you'd think this would help. It's also linked to pots, hypothyroidism and diabetes.
Dr. Berg, would like to see your stress webinar, but the video is not available. Can it be uploaded again, or can you get us to that video some other way? I would like to see acupressure for the vagus nerve. Thanks so much for your straightforward help!
Don't write it off as a mere coincidence. There's a consciousness out there that is greater than yours and this is one of the ways by which you are led to do the right thing.
I’d like to hear your thoughts on gastroparesis, which is related to the vagus nerve. They say there’s no cure. I wonder if vagus nerve stimulation can cure it or if you have any other ideas
Gary, this helps me with Gastroparesis; Ginger. Star Anise seed - from Indian/Asian grocery shops. To help digest a ‘big’ meal when you feel overwhelmed Quick Eze (Calcium Carbonate 800 mg) is great. And when desperate clean your teeth and swallow the toothpaste. To switch off the Fight or Flight mechanism ‘draw’ circles around the ear with a smooth pen-like device (not the protruding structure) but the top edge of the ear canal, either clockwise or anticlockwise.
Every now and then I need a reminder to take time and calm down. I think about this video as I lay in bed and hope the deep breathing technique can not only aid in my sleeping, but help me calm to rest, get thoughts out of my head and relax to sleep. I hope it helps as I try this and use techniques provided to continue feeling better. Maybe be able to eat more food(s) I like without problems.
Yoga breathing technique is great. Breathing in holding stomach in, breath should be deep and slow reaching all the way down. Exhale should be double the time and should be through the nose and should sound like light snoring.
Yasmin Naik You should breath slowly In while letting the stomach go Out so that the diaphragm drops to cater for and effect lung inflation in the chest cavity.
Every time I happen to eat something, thats not good for my IBS situation, I eksperience a horrible fear, without outher reason, I believe its because of the Vagus nerve.
The tenth cranial nerve, or as Darwin termed it, the "pneumogastric nerve" that connects the mind, gut and hearts. Chiropractic care is one more way to help reset the Vagus nerve. If one has subluxation of the spine and those spinal nerves feed the organs, the autonomic nervous system there can be a breakdown in the energetic exchange between these bodily systems and the Vagus nerve. Thanks for the video. These are great techniques that one can practice on their own.
Thank you very much for taking the time for teaching, explaining, and sharing. God Bless You 🙏🏼. I recently had a shunt put in for kidney stones on September 2017 two weeks later I had it surgically removed but I'm experiencing pain/ Soreness on my left abdomen. How or what can I do to make sure everything is okay. November 2018 I had my parathyroid surgery removed and I feel like I'm back to normal. Thank you again.
I can't get the link to the stress webinar to work from my phone. Can someone give me the exact title of the vid and I'll try to do a search for it. Thanks Dr Berg for another great video. 👍
How long do results last? Can these exercises go as far as helping gastroparesis amd other such things? When i told my GI doc that i almost pass out when straining to go number 2, she said I have Vasovagal Syncope. Is that anything to do with Vagus nerve? Also, how long do results last?
Hey .. Eric. . I am using Something caeld : mountain blood : Mumio : Shilajit : Shilait. And for me it works. It is almost all the Tracie Minerals you neat and the cleanest form too... Plz look into thes.
You forgot one, being fat and overweight, it puts pressure on the nerve around the neck area, which interrupts information from the brain to the rest of the body. Also doesn’t let your brain drain the toxins from your head, which cause head aches and cranial pressure. (Feels like your head is in a vise being squeezed)
I just stumbled across the polyvagal theory from the book "Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve". I'm sure there's a connection with my tight neck and shoulder blades.
Deep breathe to your stomach for 5 seconds, then exhale through your nose while making a humming noise. You can do this in bed. This is great for arthritis, Crohn's Disease, or any inflammatory condition,.Helps you sleep and calms anxiety. The vagus nerve responds to the humming.
Yes, that is what I've been doing. To enhance the effect push the flap at the ear's front and push in slightly until the sound becomes higher or deeper depending on your humming tone. This also works on tinnitus for a short while or at times a longer time.
I fell and broke my hand. On the way to the hospital, I started feeling nauseated, my blood pressure and pulse rate dropped and I lost conscience many times. I was told I have a vaso vagal syndrome. Each time I am in pain I have to lie down which is really annoying
Sehara That’s called shock. Everybody has a level of that happen when they are injured. Lie down, head lower than feet. You’ll often get very cold. Your body recalls the blood from the extremities to provide enough blood flow to your heart, lungs and brain. Shock can actually kill you so don’t try to tough it out. It’s your body’s response to trauma.
O J google or youtube how to do it and try a few different method see what works best for you you can start using a special cloth set made for Castor Oil pack at health food store, put it on either weckle line across the cloth, lay down and lay it on your lower abdomen, put a very warm hot water bag you can find at drug store, it will wipe you out. Don’t use hot water bag when treat cancer. i personally find shrink wrap works best, you can do it when you go to bed you can also apply and wrap your knees area, that also works very well for me Castor oil also very effective for burn skin when you wrap it.
NOTE!! I went to a functional neurologist who directed me to gargle vigorously with water for 30 seconds 3x per day to simulate the vagus nerve and parasympathetic nervous system. It works! Amazing benefits!
Yes - That's what I do 2x daily.
I wonder if this would be beneficial for injury to superior laryngeal nerve due to intubation. :-( ... is associated with VN.
@@megrogan1 it's worth trying. Can't imagine it would cause further harm
What happens when it's stimulated??
@@reesea365 GOOD question
Did he say it calms us ??
1. Breathing slow , 6 breaths per minute with equal inhale and exhale
2. Long walks with meditative mindset
3. Potassium, magnesium, sodium,
4. Acupressure
5. Other ideas that I’ve found useful are: meditation, cold showers, ice baths, Wim Hof, Buteyko breathing, chi gong, yoga, massage,
First of all: PRAYER 🙏
@@monicabella7894 pray to Jehovah, stretch, breath and turn your back on yoga its pagan
@@jaimecoutanche5977 Yes, Yoga is dangerous.
Wim hoff!
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Thank you for adding this. It's one of the most important aspects of healing.
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@@Drberg do people ever get over Achlorhydria/Hpochlorhydria? ...I have never seen a testimonial/case story of someone "restored" to full health? All I ever see is people who have found methods/supplements that help them "manage/cope“ with this... I ask, because I wish to have a realistic approach/expectation... Is this the best way to view it? Thanks!
@@Drberg Do devices such as Gammacore or spark pen reset the vagus nerve? Or are they contraindicated?
The *vagus nerve* carries an extensive range of signals from digestive system and organs to the brain and vice versa. It is the tenth cranial nerve, extending from its origin in the brainstem through the neck and the thorax down to the abdomen. It is the secondary "bodily brain" that communicates in concert with the brain to send messages and information about the "extremities" that might need repair. The vegas nerve can control the body in dire health or in coma to keep to keep the organism alive, especially the heart and the brain.
It would be logical that the vegas nerve is the last nerve system to conclude before death.
So it should be renamed as, *"the god nerve."*
I DID NOT SEE THE LINK BELOW FOR THIS /OUR BOOK. OH I soooo needed this on 8th nerve. I sm justs bout recvovered from what I inadvertently caused to happen
!You are not going to believe what happened...I am still dumbfounded. I hsve to.makecdure I have not caused harm which cannot be mitigated easily.
Just a quick bit of advice. I had a heavy heatbeat for 15 years and even though it wasn't life threatening it was hard to sleep with my heart pounding all the time. My whole body would move with every heart beat. I did have a bad diet and had gained about 25-30lbs. I won't give you all the details but finally I did a full month of 18/6 intermittent fasting(which was very hard for me to do!) and magically the heavy heartbeat went completely away. My best guess is my Vagus Nerve was being over stimulated which caused me to think it was my heart when it was the nerve the whole time..the IF allowed it to calm down and go back to normal.
Eric Haynes this is a great comment thanks for sharing this! Gives me hope as I’ve been suffering this recently & IF did clam me down. I will continue doing that & also the inversion hang as Lone Wolf Therapy commented right somewhere above your comment.
I have sustained a compression spine fracture T8 & that aggravates my overall pain besides this.
God bless you. Be well.
OMG! This has been me for the past 12 years. Went to a cardiologist twice and they found nothing. My doc acts clueless about it. Went low carb and started supplementing with magnesium and it's helping. Gonna try IF. Didn't even think that it could be the vagus nerve!
@@quickpstuts412 Yes I was surprised it was the vagus nerve too..the IF is such a radical different way to eat, it really does show that we eat way too often and that it does affect our body in unexpected/undesired ways. Good luck!
When you are very stressed you can get all sorts of problems. I got acid reflux and heart palpitations and fluttering. Dizziness and head aches when standing
I have symptoms like you, ill try if
Dr berg- May GOD bless you for helping us find solace! THANK YOU!
I THINK THIS IS WHAT I'M DEALING WITH. THANK YOU LORD FOR ALLOWING ME TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S BEEN BOTHERING ME!
I agree....since February 2022 I had a sudden medical issue that no doctor could give me any answers! 3 times in the ER within 4 weeks, I'm going on almost 3 months of specialist and still no "REAL" answer to my issue involving the stomach. I've gone through making Google my medical substitute to help with some answers that Doctors couldn't tell me...Then I found this TH-cam doctor and everything was making sense! and seems to be fixing my issues.....Just amazing!
@@SeanChristopherMcGee YES!' IT'S JESUS MY BROTHER THEN DR. BERG. IN THAT ORDER BECAUSE THESE DOCTOR'S ARE PRACTICING MEDICINE 💊 THEY TRULY DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS PLUS I DON'T TRUST THEM NO WAY. ALL THEY EVER WANT IS TO KEEP YOU POPPIN PILLS MAKING MATTERS WORSE INSTEAD OF HITTING THE ROOT CAUSE. I HOPE YOUR BETTER I AM 💕💯🥰🤷♀️
@@SeanChristopherMcGee how are you now?
@@Rob__James Still healing but feeling so much better!
@@SeanChristopherMcGee hey can you please elaborate your problem and your current situation, cause i feel that , there is something wrong with my digestive system, iam not able to digest food from 3 days (completely) ....
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Wonderful Dr. Berg! This is a great explanation of how to support our parasympathetic system - and why it is necessary for our health and well being. Your acupressure tool and stress seminar are wonderful for supporting people - but as you have so many followers it would be great if you would do a five minute - just before sleep video/audio here on youtube to help support people as they are going to sleep.
Having worked with breath and formal medication with people for almost fifty years - I have found that just explaining how to do an equal breath - - or a five minute breath relaxation during a person's day is not enough - - even learning breath relaxation in individual and group sessions often is not enough until it becomes a habit as in the keto diet and intermittent fasting - - which is what led me to doing individual tapes for my patients in the eighties and putting a general instructional on youtube years back as people needed "training wheels" until their body and inind got used to the habit - -
The apps available today really are not good for real in depth practice and aid - but people are so used to your voice - and trusting you - that a five minute breathing tvideo to use as they go to sleep and another one for use several times during the day - - no huge explanations - just your voice and maybe some light music - - would really be helpful to the many who trust and benefit from your advice!
Keep up the wonderful work!!!
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Love you and all you do Dr Berg! You’re really a God send! 😇🙏❤️
I wish I could find a doc like you around me. You just have it figured out.
Yep. Literally all the docs I visit go straight to pills.
I am half way through this video and am already 3xperi3ncing some relief. I experience palpitations several nights week amd generally within an hour of having Allen asleep. Its so scary, each time. I hope and pray the advice in this video will help.. ECG doesn't pick up any irregularities. Seems to be exactly what this video is about. I think I need magnesium support too. Thank you Dr. Berg!
So many typos..lol. sorry
Thank you, Dr Berg. I’d like to add there is some sort of connection between oral antibiotics and mental mood. I’d even go as far as saying they send me into a depression and I’m riddled with physical anxiety symptoms within a few days. I really dread having to take them, but occasionally they are necessary.
Me too! Last time I had to take them I felt so down and depressed!
He is great, I don't understand why someone would dislike a video like this, good videos like these should have zero dislikes.
These are probably jealous doctors
Dont be stupid, use your brain for once.
Breathing from stomach and not chest is lost/untaught. Babies breathe this way. Amazing relaxation.
It's good hay
I don't get it. Are you and he talking about DEEP breathing, not shallow breathing⁉️
But I saw babies like 2 years + .. they are breathing through stomach but faster
I started to focus on breathing with my stomach while I read more of the comments. Some people were saying that breathing techniques can help tinnitus. After just a few breaths with my stomach, my tinnitus stopped 😳 Thank you for the tip!!!
@@kellikelli4413 watch a baby breathing - their ribs barely move but their stomach swells with each in breath. Copy them - put yr hand over your chest and breathe so your hand does not move ... only your belly shd move. Also the belly-breathing stimulates the organs with the mild pressure. And you calm down.
If you observe someone breathing into their chest (esp the upper chest) they are in a constant state of STRESS!
You can gauge the emotional state of your children by their breathing signs - if they are breathing upper chest - they need comfort and love - cos they are stressed.
ps: Stress is FEAR ! Tho we pretend it is not.
Well done Dr Berg. You really are ontop of your game!!
on top? he is the prime minister of his game !
Thank you Doctor... most relaxing to stimulate the Vagus nerve by deep breathing- 6 secs in & 6 out.) "You should certainly safeguard your nerves, and force yourself to take time, and not only for prayer and meditation, but for real rest and relaxation." ~ Baha'i Faith, Lights of Guidance
Breathing exercises changed my life! Literally. Controlled breathing + Controlling my Foods, cured me of my Social (mental & emotional) and Physical ailments. I highly recommend Dr. Eric Berg's work. Pay attention & practice daily = WINNING.
MGTOW is Bliss. Our Society is Piss.
Great information delivered in a simple way. Dr Berg is a very skilled presenter.
Dr Berg you are the best...thank you so much for your explanation how you simplified the different way our body functions God bless you abundantly...appreciated
Please help Sk Rafik
Amen
Simple and easiest way to stimulate vagus nerve I know of is taking Digestive Bitters. Very informative videos Dr. Berg . Thanks
Which ones?
Do you mean like HCI with Gentian Bitters?
I have sweden bitter,is that it?
I have gastroparesis, I'm convinced it's from an old n3ck injury, the stimulation techniques actually started my stomach up again.
Really? How are you doing now? Has it improved even more?
Yes, please share! My adult daughter is truly suffering
Dealing with Long Covid for the second time. Very few doctors are talking about the effects of Covid on the vagal nerve in people, myself included. After getting an Apple Watch I’ve decoded what my body is telling with my low HRV, high sleeping heart rate, the anxiety I never had before. These types of videos are priceless to those of us who are charting our own journey back to health. Thank you, Dr. Berg.❤
Been dealing with the same. How are you now?
@@quickpstuts412 Thanks for asking🙂 I have more good days then bad days now. Just went through a stressful move and I feel like that set me back some. Just happy to wake up every morning!
@@zuzupetals6025 relatable. I just know that my issue is stressed based as well. So I’m just working hard to calm my nervous system down. The breathing, yoga and meditation is helping a lot.
@@quickpstuts412 So true. Breathing exercises help me a bunch. Here’s hoping for a full recovery for all of us.
I see a PT who specializes in visceral manipulation who stimulated my vagus nerve...suffered with billiary spasms after gallbladder removal....Thank you Dr. Berg for explaining in other videos about the bile salts...im going to purchase them...I take a great digestive enzyme, but sometimes,struggle with that right shoulder pain and right sided neck and head pain...Thank you!!!
Hey michelle, how common are these PT's that can stimulate the vagus nerve?
The right side pain is often the liver-gallbladder which could use a cleanse.
very interesting I have gastro paresis IBS, chronic fatigue syndrome and factor 5 v-lieden. I've done a lot of hospital time and not 1 doctor has ever mentioned any of this except the stimulator. luckily I changed my diet and listen to sleep videos which practices the breathing technique. Thank u for this video. Hope you can educate Gastro doctors one this. I'm starting to have problems with my pancreas maybe this applied during waking hrs can help instead of just before sleeping. wish they were doing studies on this I would volunteer. Thank You
How are you Now????😊😊😊😊
One of Your Best..Great Explanation on a Great Topic.
You explain everything so clearly.
Your very generous in your information Dr berg, grateful for that.. and things make sense and explained very simply...those who apply and can see a difference are the witness to the knowledge you share..
I agree❣️🕊️☀️😇
Very good essential & vital information ! The body is so Amazing !
Thank you for explaining
My son has complex epilepsy (lennox gastaut). He’s getting the VNS device that stimulates the vagus nerve. Hoping it will work. There’s actually lots of proof it works. It’s been around over 20 years.
Qigong. Biggest way to work on the calming nervous system. It takes time but it works better then most things long term
Great info, but there is an important phase missing in the breathing exercise. When you count to four after the exhale and before the inhale the body relaxes more. That phase is missing also in hyperventilation and shallow breathing.
I'm down 112lbs with your help THANK YOU !!!!!!!
Hope you're not an adult male as that's way too light.
How did you lose this weight. ? ? Which videos of his did you watch. ? Thxs
I also lost 300 lbs by just washing my face. It had a few layers of dirt caked on
That's awesome! Good job! 👍🏻
@@roddyrodrodrod - If you’ll go back and reread the OP’s post, he implied he has lost 112 lbs, not that he now weighs 112 lbs.
Glad I found you--your vids seem to be a perfect length and pack in good info
God-bless your heart most doctors are selfish and you're not. Thanks for sharing all your knowledge.
Thanks a million. I love your videos. You are such a great teacher. Have a blessed evening.
Dr Berg, I have insomnia. I watched this video for a completely different reason, to calm my hiccups. I did the breathing exercise you recommended and woke up an hour later to my wife shaking me awake. THANK YOU. 🙏🤣😂🤣
You have insomnia and your wife sees you asleep and SHAKES YOU AWAKE 😩😬😩😬😩. Sounds like my husband !!!
Who's side is your wife on? I had this problem for many years.... Meditation helps me happily function in my stressful life on 4-6 hours sleep, Jack Kornfield videos helped
Your wife needs to let you sleep 😂
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Just what I’ve been looking for. Appreciate you sharing! 💙🙏💙
I relly like this video, it explains the vagus nerve and the sympathic and parasympathtic nervous system in very simple terms. Straight to the point and no waffle.
Cold water on the head and back of the neck is the quickest way to stimulate the vagus nerve.
Yeah, that would stimulate my "scream like a little girl" reflex as well!!!!😲😲😲😲
@@jaytee2642 lol indeed
Wim hoff methods!
Links please.
@@alexlee8639 for wim hoff?
Thank you so much for the video.
I have an interesting case.
I have been having this issue for quite sometime and was clueless how to address or even describe this to my physician.
I wake up from sleep almost breathless and needing to regulate breathing manually. Digestie problems occur too.
Happens frequently and sometimes multiple times a night.
Watching your videos are a great source of information.
Thank you!
I will try this.
Interestingly, I also have PCOS and recently diagnosed with insulin resistence, and am struggling to consistently keep my weight under check.
I am gradually cutting down on carbs and leaning towards protein and healthy fat and exercise.
I have subscribed to your videos. Thanks again for educating us.
Our experiences are very similar. I hope we will both resolve this. Prayers. 💌
@@thehappypearco. thank you. hope for our recovery & healing
Thanks, Dr. Berg!
Ma'sha'Allah you are looking younger in this video , Dr berg
Love you so much ,Dr.Berg.....
Love from Burma/Myanmar where Covid Delta and Coup are killing us intensely.😔
Yes indeed, this information changed my life 😊... shared with family and friends. Everyone enjoying the wonderful results!
Glad it helped and thanks for sharing!
Dr berg , please please do a video on how to heal or help people who have gastroperesis
Something a friend told me recently that really helped control my breathing is to imagine you need to keep your breathing as quiet as possible.
Like when you’re playing hide and seek and don’t wanna be found. You slow your breathing and it becomes very quiet so the other person can’t hear you.
The method mentioned in this video is what I’ve been doing already, but I noticed I had trouble controlling the pressure of the air coming in or going out.
The hide and seek breathing technique has helped me a lot with this issue, so I thought I’d share it in case anyone else has a similar problem.
God bless you Dr. Berg. I love your videos
I think he makes the best videos about medical things.. i´ve learned so much and wrote it down. THANK YOU !!
What happens in the Vagus nerve stays in the Vagus nerve.
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Lol
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good one george
It's the exact opposite unfortunately!
Breathwork is a saving grace for me💜
Symptoms are on point. Thank you for the tips!
Do a video about how they're laying in bed and such holding a cellphone and stressing certain nerves and muscles, a common one involving chest muscles where they begin thinking its their heart and possibly a heart attack that's developing, and of course while standing or sitting and developing hunchback and other problems.
4GUESTS wow so holding the cell phone while laying down watching these videos can cause you to feel like that? I thought sitting was bad for my back so been laying down to watch videos
Thank you for your time , effort and knowledge 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I think inversion hangs is great. I think it calms the vagus nerve as well as many other benefits.
It is very meditative to hang upside down, and it provide a nice blood-flow to the head, and it feels relaxing on the whole body. As soon you do an inversion hang, you are breathing totally different. The body needs decompression from time to time. I would recommend to have a inversion setup, where you can hang low enough to have your palms at the floor. It's a great exercise. I always feel good after hanging upside down.
can inversion hangs increase blood pressure... is it safe for people with hypertension??
@@annjee6756 No, put you can do pull up hanging inversions.
stimulate the vagus nerve, not calm it.
that’s what everyone is advising.
where did you get calming the vagus nerve?
@@ginoasci2876 You're right. I think i just used an incorrect word at the moment.
when i read trough my comment now, i see that ''stimulate'' would be a better choice of word.
I think i wrote calm, because im getting incredibly calm when i do inversion hangs, and i think i connected that calmness to the vagus nerve somehow...
Thank you, Dr.Berg.Great information.Being able to get outside, run,walk, and breathe 😊🎉
Just watched something that stated the vagus nerve is also known to be connected to all the 7 charkras inside the body. This should help out for people who wants to have a visual and scientific evidence why things work out the way they do.
I can't wait for my potassium citrate to arrive. Gotta get some K2 to go with my D3
Magnesium
Does it help ?
dr berg, can you please give us more info on gastrointestinal issues (such as gastroparesis) and the vagus nerve? :))))
Omg yes!! That's what I was looking for when I came across this video. Gastroparesis. Apparently that is linked to a nerve problem with the vagus nerve and PNS. So theoretically you'd think this would help. It's also linked to pots, hypothyroidism and diabetes.
I want the same info,I have all that in long covid.
Did you find the answer somewhere else?
@@ilovedogs938 did u find the answer eventually?
Yes, looking for same info here 🙏
Dr. Berg, would like to see your stress webinar, but the video is not available. Can it be uploaded again, or can you get us to that video some other way? I would like to see acupressure for the vagus nerve. Thanks so much for your straightforward help!
It's so weird that this video should turn up in my 'recommended' because I was just thinking about doing a search on the vagus nerve. 👻
We know 😎😉👤👀
I have thought of a few things that come up immediately on yt.. creepy.
That's what happened to me. Lol. I was going to research this and it just appeared
Don't write it off as a mere coincidence. There's a consciousness out there that is greater than yours and this is one of the ways by which you are led to do the right thing.
Google knows everything
The most awaited video, thank you 😘😘😘
Thanks dr berg very very useful feedback you are providing through these short videos god bless you good wishes 09/06/2020
This guy is awesome.
Thank you! Hopefully this reduces my anxiety and heart palpitations.
I’d like to hear your thoughts on gastroparesis, which is related to the vagus nerve. They say there’s no cure. I wonder if vagus nerve stimulation can cure it or if you have any other ideas
Gary, this helps me with Gastroparesis; Ginger. Star Anise seed - from Indian/Asian grocery shops. To help digest a ‘big’ meal when you feel overwhelmed Quick Eze (Calcium Carbonate 800 mg) is great. And when desperate clean your teeth and swallow the toothpaste. To switch off the Fight or Flight mechanism ‘draw’ circles around the ear with a smooth pen-like device (not the protruding structure) but the top edge of the ear canal, either clockwise or anticlockwise.
I was told 5 seconds in, hold for 2 or 3, and 10 seconds out to stimulate vagus nerve. 🤔
yes, I also know the the breathing out should be longer than the breathing in....
Every now and then I need a reminder to take time and calm down. I think about this video as I lay in bed and hope the deep breathing technique can not only aid in my sleeping, but help me calm to rest, get thoughts out of my head and relax to sleep.
I hope it helps as I try this and use techniques provided to continue feeling better. Maybe be able to eat more food(s) I like without problems.
Humming, singing and even whistling("whistling past the graveyard, anyone?") can also stimulate this nerve as well.
Dr Berg is a good roll model for promoting good health.
He's + 50s and looks youthful and healthy.
Most 50s I know look tired and wrecked.
Mac7 Most 50’s people you see are not rich.
He is very handsome. Sounds so soothing. Patient. Blessed wife to have him as husband.
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I know rich people in their 50s who look like they're 80.
Catherine Nicole What’s your point? That’s not a counter argument.
Yoga breathing technique is great. Breathing in holding stomach in, breath should be deep and slow reaching all the way down. Exhale should be double the time and should be through the nose and should sound like light snoring.
Yasmin Naik
You should breath slowly In while letting the stomach go Out so that the diaphragm drops to cater for and effect lung inflation in the chest cavity.
Please do a video on Hiatal hernia .TY.
Hey Dr. Berg, thank you for this great information. The link to the stress webinar is broken.
Every time I happen to eat something, thats not good for my IBS situation, I eksperience a horrible fear, without outher reason, I believe its because of the Vagus nerve.
Eat clean. No foods with lectins period. Dr. Gundry yes and no list helped me
Has this helped you with IBS ?
Can vagus be damaged or overtaxed by a back/rib injury?
super art to cover deep knowledge in short time
Amazing. I was thinking about this verve last night. Thanks for the information!
many thanks .. all helps my poor health
Hi dr Berg. I can imagine a burn out would also be due to a longtime dysbalance in sympathatic/parasympathetic.
Is this true?
The tenth cranial nerve, or as Darwin termed it, the "pneumogastric nerve" that connects the mind, gut and hearts. Chiropractic care is one more way to help reset the Vagus nerve. If one has subluxation of the spine and those spinal nerves feed the organs, the autonomic nervous system there can be a breakdown in the energetic exchange between these bodily systems and the Vagus nerve. Thanks for the video. These are great techniques that one can practice on their own.
Wow that book title at the end... Superb! Gonna check it out. Thank you, Dr Berg for all you do.. xx..
Thank you so much 💝 Dr. Berg...
You're an angel 😇❤️
Omg omg thank youuuuuu i was waiting for tgis
Thank you very much for taking the time for teaching, explaining, and sharing. God Bless You 🙏🏼.
I recently had a shunt put in for kidney stones on September 2017 two weeks later I had it surgically removed but I'm experiencing pain/ Soreness on my left abdomen. How or what can I do to make sure everything is okay.
November 2018 I had my parathyroid surgery removed and I feel like I'm back to normal.
Thank you again.
You are the best ❤ doctor ever seen really
I can't get the link to the stress webinar to work from my phone. Can someone give me the exact title of the vid and I'll try to do a search for it. Thanks Dr Berg for another great video. 👍
It is "Technique to release stress and rest restfully" or sth like that.
I've always fainted easily and attributed it to a sensitive vagus nerve
Me too!
Same here
same
How long do results last? Can these exercises go as far as helping gastroparesis amd other such things? When i told my GI doc that i almost pass out when straining to go number 2, she said I have Vasovagal Syncope. Is that anything to do with Vagus nerve? Also, how long do results last?
I really get ALOT out of your videos, thank you!!!
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You forgot one, being fat and overweight, it puts pressure on the nerve around the neck area, which interrupts information from the brain to the rest of the body. Also doesn’t let your brain drain the toxins from your head, which cause head aches and cranial pressure. (Feels like your head is in a vise being squeezed)
Good video dr.👏👏👏I’ m HSP and react fiercely.Since I use magnesium taurat i’m calm now😊😊😊 and my brain work better then ever🙂🙂🙂
Thank you thank you thank you for being awesome!
I usually notice irregular heartbeats after eating a very large meal. Buffets.
Same here.
Best doctor ever..:)
Dr. Berg, when are you going to write a book on healthcare and alternative medicine?
I started teaching the polyvagal theory to my yoga students and it has elevated their healing process.
I just stumbled across the polyvagal theory from the book "Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve".
I'm sure there's a connection with my tight neck and shoulder blades.
Deep breathe to your stomach for 5 seconds, then exhale through your nose while making a humming noise. You can do this in bed. This is great for arthritis, Crohn's Disease, or any inflammatory condition,.Helps you sleep and calms anxiety. The vagus nerve responds to the humming.
I‘ll try this
Yes, that is what I've been doing. To enhance the effect push the flap at the ear's front and push in slightly until the sound becomes higher or deeper depending on your humming tone. This also works on tinnitus for a short while or at times a longer time.
I fell and broke my hand. On the way to the hospital, I started feeling nauseated, my blood pressure and pulse rate dropped and I lost conscience many times. I was told I have a vaso vagal syndrome. Each time I am in pain I have to lie down which is really annoying
Sehara That’s called shock. Everybody has a level of that happen when they are injured. Lie down, head lower than feet. You’ll often get very cold. Your body recalls the blood from the extremities to provide enough blood flow to your heart, lungs and brain. Shock can actually kill you so don’t try to tough it out. It’s your body’s response to trauma.
Sehara keep your feet warm and flex your calf muscles even when your sitting. Regards...
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Castor oil at abdomen area great for parasympathetic mode
Really? Can you explain please? How to apply? Just to smear on?
O J
google or youtube how to do it and try a few different method see what works best for you
you can start using a special cloth set made for Castor Oil pack at health food store, put it on either weckle line across the cloth, lay down and lay it on your lower abdomen, put a very warm hot water bag you can find at drug store, it will wipe you out.
Don’t use hot water bag when treat cancer.
i personally find shrink wrap works best, you can do it when you go to bed
you can also apply and wrap your knees area, that also works very well for me
Castor oil also very effective for burn skin when you wrap it.
Oh this is so good, the way explain it really makes sense. Thank you 🙏