The Secret Language of the Body: Regulate Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, Free Your Mind

"Inspiring, refreshing and practical - a delightfully lucid guide to healing yourself." -Bessel van der Kolk, MD., New York Times bestselling author of The Body Keeps the ScoreFrom two mind-body practitioners comes the new essential self-healing bible--a revolutionary body-first guide to reducing stress, resolving long-term pain, and healing from trauma for good using your body's own nervous system.Your autonomic nervous system is responsible for the constant but mostly subconscious communication between your brain and body. When you experience stress, anxiety, or trauma, your nervous system formulates responses to keep you alive. But you can also become trapped in survival mode if you're consistently exposed to unsafe environments, toxic relationships, or destructive thought patterns. When this happens it's known as nervous system dysregulation or sensitization, which can result in chronic mental and physical pain and confusion, leaving you unable to cope with life's strains and stres