The Human Connection (Polyvagal Informed Conversations)

An internationally recognized breathing and movement specialist. She has been teaching for over 40 years and was a master lecturer at Boston University’s college of Fine Arts. Now, she maintains a private practice in Los Angeles, California, and an online practice internationally. https://humanual.com/

In this conversation: The voice is through a polyvagal lens. Voice and state change. The actor's nervous system. The importance of recovery. Mathilde Shisko: Polyvagal-Informed Voice and Performance Coach. TEDx Speaker Coach https://myvoicecoach.org/

Links mentioned in the conversation: Dr. Melanie Chang TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLXPi0Jha5o My TED talk 'Science of the Groove': https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_gust_science_of_the_groove Betsy Polatin book 'The Actor's Secret': https://a.co/d/dRCmZAp My speaker website: www.adamgust.com/speaker My project- Ethnocentrism in Drum Education: www.antiracismdrummer.com The Homunculus Model: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortical_homunculus Get in touch with Adam @adamgust on the socials Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, LinkedIn

Michael is an educational partner with Polyvagal Institute and Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. (originator of Polyvagal Theory) leading the development and delivery of a Polyvagal-informed Certificate for Health, Wellness & Performance Coaches accredited by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaches. https://theplayzone.com/

Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. is a Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium. He is the author of The Polyvagal Theory: Neurophysiological Foundations of Emotions, Attachment, Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton, 2011), The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, (Norton, 2017), co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory: The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton, 2018) and author of Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation (Norton 2021). Dr. Porges is the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe and Sound Protocol ™ (SSP), which is used by therapists to improve social engagement, language processing, and state regulation, as well as to reduce hearing sensitivities. https://www.stephenporges.com https://integratedlistening.com/products/ssp-safe-sound-protocol/ https://www.polyvagalinstitute.org/

Hello and welcome to the Human Connection podcast - (Polyvagal Informed Conversations) edition. I am your host Manal Aldabbagh and This podcast is a quest to understand ourselves and our relationships through the lens of our human connection: the nervous system. Started as conversations with Dr. Stephen Porges, the developer of The polyvagal Theory, and Deb Dana, the godmother of the theory, who presented it in concepts and language I can understand. What followed are a series of conversations with clinicians, coaches and individuals who found the polyvagal theory, and it informed their work and mission in life. Through the lens of the nervous system, I find the world, especially relationships, easier to understand and enables me to embody compassion towards others. I consider these conversations my small contribution to bringing awareness to the importance of understanding and, as Deb says beautifully, "befriending our nervous system". I hope you enjoy these conversations as much as I did. Please share them with others and reach out if you want to continue this conversation, I would love to hear from you, and maybe we can record it for others.