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Activate Your Vagus Nerve: Unleash Your Body's Natural Ability to Heal Kindle Edition

by Dr. Navaz Habib (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,170 ratings
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Repair your vagus nerve and experience amazing health and wellness benefits









Your vagus nerve is the largest and most important nerve in your body. It carries messages to and from your brain, gut, heart and other major muscles and organs. However, common issues like inflammation, stress, or physical trauma can interfere with the nerve’s ability to function. Luckily, there are tons of quick-and-easy ways to activate and exercise the nerve, strengthening its function and restoring your body to good health. Packed with easy-to-follow exercises and activities, this book will show you how to unlock the power of the vagus nerve to heal your body and get back to a state of balance.
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    April 2, 2019
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Customers find the book informative and helpful for understanding the vagus nerve. They find it easy to read and understand, with a clear explanation of its function. The book is described as an interesting read that provides a detailed explanation of how therapies improve vagus nerve function.

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58 customers mention "Information quality"54 positive4 negative

Customers find the book informative and helpful for understanding the vagus nerve. They say it provides a clear picture of its importance and relevance to their condition. The book provides practical exercises and things to do to bolster the vagus nerve for better health. Readers also mention that the information is detailed and somewhat scientific.

"...'s very approachable and there are good exercises and things to do to bolster your vagus nerve...." Read more

"...and for the past 3 months I've had an overall improvement in depression and anxiety, and additionally, if I'm feeling especially stressed, down,..." Read more

"...to understand how the author was explaining the purpose and function of the vagus nerve...." Read more

"This book gives a very clear picture of the importance & relevance of consciously addressing the health of our Vagus Nerve...." Read more

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Customers find the book easy to read and understand. They say it's well-written, informative, and approachable with good exercises and suggestions. Readers mention that it makes sense and there are no hard to do or extra items needed.

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28 customers mention "Readability"28 positive0 negative

Customers find the book easy to read and informative. They say it's a good starting point for the average reader. The book is well-researched and written, providing an anatomy lesson on the vagus nerve. It's also a good read for gut health and functional medicine.

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Customers find the book provides a detailed, scientific explanation of the vagus nerve's function in the body. They appreciate the therapies and how they work to improve VN function.

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Very enjoyable and informative! ⭐️
Anyone who has dealt with trauma, it is important to read this book to understand where health issue come from. The vagus nerve plays a very important role in our lives.I like how he explains how illness are created without triggering anxiety or anything alarming like that.⚠️Expect !!! In Chapter 14, pg 127 😭 where he talks about the heart rate needs to be at a certain bpm. That’s just a trigger warning.Everything else was amazing and informative!! Really love how detailed it was! 😀🙏
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  • Julie I Sedell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, very readable
    Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2020
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    It's very approachable and there are good exercises and things to do to bolster your vagus nerve. My only "complaint" is that you might come away from the book thinking the vagus is the end-all-be-all for health in the body. And hormones and the enteric (gut) system is given about a sentence in the book. So don't loose sight of the entirety of the system when reading this. But it IS a great book about the vagus.
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  • Mrs. Harriet Burch
    5.0 out of 5 stars big BIG improvement in depression and anxiety!
    Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2019
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    My most recent bout with depression has lasted almost 3 years. I'd already been on Zoloft (antidepressant) since 2009, and have had enough extremely negative experiences with pharmaceuticals, that I am in a constant quest of answers that are more effective and gentle than drugs. In August 2018, I was thrilled to read Stephen Porges' "The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory" and it's as if I'd held my breath for practical suggestions until I found Dr. Habib's [pocket guide] to "Activating your Vagus Nerve" in June, 2019. I immediately began to use his suggestions, and for the past 3 months I've had an overall improvement in depression and anxiety, and additionally, if I'm feeling especially stressed, down, or heavy hearted, I just go to my bathroom and gag myself with my toothbrush or gargle with himalayan salt water, and come out refreshed/soothed and feeling much more calm and normal. The Appendix is a very helpful reference, and the techniques with the highest efficacy for me have been gargling, gagging, and Wim Hof deep breathing and cold showers. THANK YOU DR. HABIB for helping me to nearly exterminate a 3-year bout with depression!
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  • Laur Con
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great book if you want an anatomy lesson on the vagus nerve.
    Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2023
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    I enjoy this book just because I am in the medical field and was able to understand how the author was explaining the purpose and function of the vagus nerve. Some people might be turned off by it because it can be above their level of interest or knowledge.
    8 people found this helpful
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  • DragonLady
    5.0 out of 5 stars Clear & Detailed
    Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2022
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    This book gives a very clear picture of the importance & relevance of consciously addressing the health of our Vagus Nerve. Those of us who had less than ideal family dynamics absolutely need to know about how our sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous systems are functioning because most likely, they are not balanced. So, we are victims of our history because we don't know we can actually correct the patterns of fight/flight & ease into a healthier option. That's how important this is.
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  • Kindle Customer
    3.0 out of 5 stars Was expecting more information about Trauma
    Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2020
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    The book is ok. There is too much scientific information for my taste. There are some simple suggestions and exercises that in general people might find useful. However I'm disappointed that people who are specialising in this don't have any emotional trauma information and this is hugely related to Vagus nerve. Lately there are a lot of books regarding this topic "Walking the tiger" "The Body Keeps the score", "When the body says no" and it's important for people to know that emotions don't fade away but they get stuck in the fascia and muscles. Also there wasn't nothing about the Ventral vegal and Dorsal Vegal. Ventral vegal is when Vagus nerve is functioning properly and Dorsal is when there is freeze of the emotion when the nervous system cannot handle that much stress and activation, it shuts down.
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  • Charlene
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable and informative! ⭐️
    Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2022
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    Anyone who has dealt with trauma, it is important to read this book to understand where health issue come from. The vagus nerve plays a very important role in our lives.

    I like how he explains how illness are created without triggering anxiety or anything alarming like that.

    ⚠️Expect !!! In Chapter 14, pg 127 😭 where he talks about the heart rate needs to be at a certain bpm. That’s just a trigger warning.

    Everything else was amazing and informative!! Really love how detailed it was! 😀🙏
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable and informative! ⭐️
    Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2022
    Anyone who has dealt with trauma, it is important to read this book to understand where health issue come from. The vagus nerve plays a very important role in our lives.

    I like how he explains how illness are created without triggering anxiety or anything alarming like that.

    ⚠️Expect !!! In Chapter 14, pg 127 😭 where he talks about the heart rate needs to be at a certain bpm. That’s just a trigger warning.

    Everything else was amazing and informative!! Really love how detailed it was! 😀🙏
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    38 people found this helpful
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  • Jillian Shiflett
    5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and Helpful
    Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2023
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    This book is helping me figure out how to reset my fight or flight response. Very easy to read and understand.
    6 people found this helpful
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  • Patricia Sabin
    5.0 out of 5 stars If you even suspect, you must read this book. This needs to be caught early!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 28, 2022
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    Over the past year, we have been to multiple doctors trying to find out what is happening with my husband. Nobody had a clue. Every "specialist" related only to their own "specialty" and couldn't figure it out. Nobody was connecting the dots. Frustrated beyond belief, I took to the internet. Starting plugging in all my husband's symptoms. And, like magic, the Vagus Nerve appeared. The more I read, the more I thought YES! this is it. We thought a neurologist should see this. Nope. Couldn't see connection. Some we saw were starting to see the light, but because the Vagus Nerve covers so many different areas, they still struggled with how to treat. We needed confirmation of what was easily obtainable online. This book does that, and more! Every page or two my husband will tell me what he has read that speaks to him directly. Talk about a "textbook case." Don't wait until the symptoms are very bad, as are his. Although we probably won't be able to reverse the damage, hopefully we can prevent more.
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  • (Sharon Doucet) Shay D
    5.0 out of 5 stars Just right
    Reviewed in Canada on February 24, 2024
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    good self help book
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  • Susan in San Miguel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous information about our health.
    Reviewed in Mexico on October 18, 2021
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    This book directs us what steps we need to take to function better by activating the all important vagus nerve.
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  • SWE34
    5.0 out of 5 stars Informative, detailed and well written
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2024
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    I suffer from a number of chronic health issues. At last this book provided me with an insight that linked all of them together and provided suggestions to help aid improvement. The first section was very scientific and I did have to work hard to get through some of the terminology (I will be rereading this section again). The second section joined all the dots for me, examples of what happens when the vagus nerve goes wrong. I had so many light bulb moments.
    The third section is all about strategies to fire up the nerve, its early days but at last I feel I understand what is going on and how I can start to help myself.
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  • Ajay
    5.0 out of 5 stars HIGHLY RECOMMEND
    Reviewed in India on December 17, 2022
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    This book guides us to live a happy and healthier life by understanding your own body, a kind of manual of this beautiful machine made by nature.
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  • Cliente Amazon
    3.0 out of 5 stars Mh... non malaccio
    Reviewed in Italy on November 13, 2022
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    Non parla della teoria polivagale. E poi sono cose che tutto sommato si possono trovare sul web. Forse non il libro che raccomanderei. Però neanche male, raccoglie una serie di pratiche utili.
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