Video Demonstration
 

This group exchange illustrates a dynamic process where a subjective report of internal struggle and subsequent relief is interpreted through a lens that integrates cognitive concepts with polyvagal neurobiology. The experience of a "concrete" feeling in the face and intense "trying" exemplifies identification with a state of stress and defense. The emergence of "Awareness"—an impartial observer within—leads to a spontaneous "melting" of this tension and a shift towards empathy. We frame this shift as moving from a dominant dorsal vagal state (immobilization, fear) to a ventral vagal state (safety, connection, empathy) by ceasing to identify with the former. The core reasoning is that our innate human capacity for impartial observation allows us to dis-identify from habitual and often primitive neural responses. This dis-identification is key: it withdraws metabolic energy from the older neural circuits and allows more evolved, self-regulatory neural systems to come online, leading to a transformation in one's internal state and experience. We suggest this is a fundamental, repeatable process of "inner work" where sustained, impartial self-observation ultimately allows our intelligence to prevail.

Here is what we will Learn & Experience Together:
 

Our innate desire for harmony with life can only be nurtured in safety. When our nervous system is contained by the experience of safety all of our organs begin to work harmoniously and begin to flow in the same way that terrestrial natural systems flow. This allows for the experience of the end of feeling separate from oneself and others. We exist, we allow others to exist, and we become open to Being known to Exist by our primordial Intelligence.