If the parasympathetic nervous system is the brake, the vagus nerve is the brake pedal itself. Drawing from Polyvagal Theory, this post explores how the vagus nerve carries information from body to brain, and how touch acts as a bottom-up pathway for nervous system regulation. Through sensory experience, safe, intentional contact can shift the body toward a state of ease.

Your nervous system is always shifting between activation and recovery. This post explores how the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches shape that balance, why chronic stress can keep the body stuck in acceleration, and how practices like breath, movement, and skillful touch support regulation. Learn how yoga can help retrain the nervous system toward greater adaptability, resilience, and ease.

Before a single cue is given, your student’s nervous system is already asking: Am I safe? This post explores neuroception, consent, and why skillful hands-on yoga assists must begin with safety—not technique.

Yoga teacher and RBM founder Kiara Armstrong shares how anatomy-based, consent-centered hands-on yoga assists regulate the nervous system — and why every yoga teacher should know how to offer them safely.

On the Bob & Brad Podcast, yoga educator Kiara Armstrong discusses the Rubber Band Method®—a hands-on yoga assist approach that blends anatomy, touch, and nervous system regulation. Learn how safe, informed touch can enhance yoga practice and healing.

Discover how the Rubber Band Method® redefines safe touch in yoga. Kiara Armstrong shares trauma-informed practices and insights from her Book 101 Review podcast interview on hands-on yoga assists.

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Boost connection & well-being with hands-on yoga assists. Learn how intentional touch in yoga supports oxytocin & reduces stress.

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The yamas and niyamas of the yoga sutras are codes of conduct for any aspirant aiming to walk the path of a yogi. They can be applied to...

The yamas and niyamas of the yoga sutras are codes of conduct for any aspirant aiming to walk the path of a yogi. They can be applied to...

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