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The Tao of the Polyvagal Theory:
A Five Element Perspective for a Future of Healing the Spirit and Balancing the Autonomic Nervous System 

This pivotal book explores  the relationship between the Five Elements, of Asian medical theory, and the role that trauma plays within the Autonomic Nervous System. The path of an ancient Taoist concept of the Spirit, is set into a landscape illustrated with modern views of how the nervous system responds to distress. Eastern medical theory and Western medical science meet on a bridge of awe and understanding, accessible to everyone regardless of demographic.

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Within this manual, several new concepts are presented that assist in the evolution of the Five Element practice beyond historical translation, and establish new paradigms for how to address emotional and physiological healing of the internal environment. The Tan Cycle and the Yu Angles theories are described in detail within the chapters as foundational treatment methods born from a "trauma inspired" perspective. Emphasis is placed on the integrity of yin and yang energies to support and lift each other throughout a gentle transformational process of inner balance.

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Most notably, this publication has created a forum to discuss the release of the "power-over" paradigm that much of Eastern and Western medical practice has rested within for centuries, offering a return to a path of true integration, healing, and transformation. Through the alternate translations offered within this publication, the stage is set for a reformation of how traditional Taoist concepts of emotion and the "Spirit" move through the physical tissues of the body; and classical relations of the Fire element and the concept of the "Triple Warmer" are finally illumited through the spotlight of modern science, and what we now know as fact with regard to the anatomy and physiology of the Autonomic Nervous System. 

 

This publication successfully builds a case for the deconstruction of long held beliefs and philosophy, allowing for the decolonization process of historical methods of medical theory and practice to begin, while laying the foundation for a bridge to be build in place of the old ways. 

Nicole Rachelle Keane, MS LMT is a regular columnist for Acupuncture Today, writing a series of articles called 'Minding the Gap.' These articles illustrate an energetically sovereign future; breaking through the "power-over" paradigms with a bridge that is formed between the ancient wisdom of Eastern medical theory and the modern knowing of Western medical science-based practice. View this suite of articles by clicking on the Acupuncture Today logo. 

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