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If There Was Ever a Time to Activate Your Vagus Nerve, It Is Now
By Ashley Abramson — 2020
Emerging research on the vagus nerve sheds light on how people can tune in to their nervous systems and find ways back to a “rest and digest” state amidst the chronic stress.
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