An Illustrated Guide to Help Beat Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Pain and Digestive Problems
Lars Lienhard is a sports scientist and former performance athlete who works as a trainer in a range of sporting disciplines. His co-author has a background in dance performance and in understanding the ways in which certain structures and functions of the brain process raw sensory data from inside the body , as well as from our movements and surroundings. This is then linked to potential effects of dysfunction such as excessive anxiety, motor disorders, ADHD, attention disorders and balance problems.
The vagus nerve is an ‘information superhighway transmitting information between the brain and the heart, the gut , the immune system and many organs’. The authors provide exercises to naturally stimulate the nerve and claim that these can assist in the management of a wide range of difficulties.
In each chapter, they guide the reader through various aspects of improving interoceptive awareness, (the awareness in the brain of the information that comes from within the body, and how this is used to regulate what is happening and initiating regulatory processes).
The appendix includes sources of further information, recommended resources and reading.
This is an interesting book, with many photographs to illustrate the movements.
Authors: L. Lienhard, U. Schmid-Fetzer, with Dr E. Cobb
Publisher: Lotus Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-913088-17-0
£14.99
Author: Mary Mountstephen
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