Arkaya Awareness Practices for Vagal Toning and Nervous System Strength

Introduction

Have you ever wondered how someone has a calm self reflective energy, patience, a good flow, healthy boundaries and a great attitude. Or does that sound like a younger version of you? You can find that same or better levels of energy by tweaking your lifestyle habits and incorporating Arkaya yoga practices to reset the vagus nerve. These practices have their roots in Classical Tantra (not western sexualised Tantra).

In Tantra (Pronounced Thun-thra) the perspective is that one needs to bring more light or consciousness into the nerves, pranic pathways as well as internal and external connections to see how everything impacts everything.

In this six week course you will learn practical tips and practices to support the vagus nerve and build a robust nervous system. This will give you the foundation to embody uplifting principles and give you the energy to work towards higher states of consciousness.

The vagus nerve is one of the longest cranial nerves in the body, running from the gut to the brain and connecting everything in between. It is responsible for the gut-brain connection. Study of the vagus nerve has gained popularity in the modern medical system. It is responsible for emotional regulation, social connection and the fear response.

The genius of the ancient Rishis (sages/yogis) of India has now been affirmed and made popular by modern scientific research. Polyvagal Theory, was introduced by Dr. Stephen Porges back in 1994 and, since then, among other fields of study, he has collaborated with various researchers and yoga practitioners to understand the impact of these ancient practices pertaining to the role of the vagus nerve in emotional regulation, social connection and fear response. In an interview, Dr. Porges alluded to the fact that the yogic system is already a complete system. He stated that modern science does not have to add anything to it, and only serves to confirm through a different lens what the Rishis already understood.

Did you know that Arkaya Tantra Yoga - which includes meditation, deep breathing, chanting and mindful movement - impacts the vagus nerve in one of the deepest and most powerful ways. There are ancient techniques done with the eyes, tongue and prana (life force) that can reset your system into balance. This makes you fit not only for the higher yogic practices but also helps you deal with your karmic circumstances in the most relaxed way. It allows you to live consciously and well in this world.

With a strong nervous system, you will be enabled to hold space for your own emotions as well as for others. As you hold space there is no projection or suppression of that emotional energy. What happens when there is projection or suppression? You either break trust and lose connection with the other person (projection) or break trust and lose connection with yourself (suppression).

A sensitized nervous system will help you be more attuned to prana and your psychic space. This will help you have better boundaries on all levels - physical, emotional, energetic and psychic.

This Six-Week Course Includes:

• Embodied awareness practices on the mat to enable integrated manifestation

• Pranayama, energy and multidimensional practices to harness the power of the universal/collective consciousness
• Eye, tongue, throat and face exercises to stimulate and rebalance the vagus nerve
• Different Tantric mudhras (mystic seals/energetic seals) and bhandas (energy locks)
• Chanting and sounds to stimulate and tone the vagus nerve
• Preparation for partner healing work of Yoga Chikitsa (Yogic Healing)
• Understanding how trauma of varying degrees (including PTSD) impacts the nervous system.
• Course material on diet and lifestyle habits to support nervous system and vagus nerve resilience
• Attunement / Initiation to become a more powerful channel of cosmic healing energy.
• Kirtan practice at the end of each session
• Karuna Sakshi Bhava (compassionate self-observation) for better self-awareness and to assess the current state of your nervous system. This will include a self-assessment questionnaire to facilitate deeper understanding for you to work with yourself and make shifts for the better.
• Option to participate in a gentle Ayurvedic reset for the gut and nervous system.
• And much more!

This course is a self-directed, self-paced online course with all video recordings and study materials available on the Teachable course page.

Benefits Of A Toned And Balanced Vagus Nerve

1. Manifest your highest potential in an embodied way
2. Become more compassionate and build energy to support yourself and others
3. Go easily into rest, relax and receive mode
4. Good digestion
5. Emotional regulation
6. Become less prone to depression and anxiety
7. Less mood swings and more consistent, balanced moods
8. Optimal deep sleep
9. Better moon cycles and menopausal symptoms
10. Stronger immunity
11. Health and longevity
12. Feel fulfilled
13. Wake up feeling happy
14. Increase your capacity to process and release trauma stored in the body
15. Heal at the nervous system level
16. Increase your capacity for stability and commitment
17. Value your own time as well as others

A Weak Or Overstimulated Vagus Nerve Leads To:

1. ADHD
2. Candida and mold in the system
3. Irregular sleep patterns, trouble sleeping and/or lack of deep restful sleep
4. Emotional disregulation
5. Hyper-reactivity
6. Irregular breathing patterns
7. Fibromyalgia
8. Crohn's Disease
9. Fatigue
10. Inflammation
11. Heart palpitations
12. Seizures
13. Irritable bowel syndrome
14. B-12 deficiency
15. Autoimmune diseases
16. Rheumatoid arthritis
17. Psoriasis
18. Energy invasions or feeling heavy after meeting others
19. Lupus
20. Gallbladder, liver and kidney issues
21. Digestive issues and mood swings

On An Emotional & Behavioral Level, An Imbalanced Vagus Nerve Leads To:

1. Feeling overwhelmed
2. Tendency to forget
3. Too much self pity
4. Emotional instability
5. Acting out
6. Aggressive or passive aggressive
7. Venting without being solution oriented
8. Feeling entitled to another's energy and time due to past trauma
9. Lack of healthy boundaries
10. Feeling unloved and depleted
11. Feeling not enough or not good enough
12. Constantly comparing yourself with others
13. Needing to dominate and control
14. Overwork to please others
15. Fatigue and exhaustion
16. Feeling dissatisfied and hopeless for no apparent reason

Through This Course You Will Gain:

• Restore your nervous system.
• A renewed sense of well being. A reset to right the mistakes made when you had less self awareness.
• Create safety for yourself and others by shifting out of the activated, unconscious fight, flight, freeze and fawn mode.
• Be less triggered. Move from reflexive automatic reactions that create chaos to those that create more cohesiveness.
• Move toward ahimsa - non violent thoughts and behavior towards self and others.
• Develop your capacity for self-regulation. Be aware of who you are co-regulating with in all of your relationships. Understand the value of good company or satsangha.
• Cultivate intimacy with yourself which reflects in intimacy with others and life. Create safety and ease and take accountability for thoughts, words and actions. Embrace your humanness and vulnerability
• Transformational reconnection practices to create harmony within and without.
• Intrapersonal, interpersonal and transpersonal communication 101.
• This series is a good foundation to learn the subtler pranic (life force energy) healing practices.
• Learn practices and principles to help your nervous system co-regulate with Sat ( Higher reality) Chit (pure consciousness) Anandam (bliss).

Is This Course For You?

• Do you want to learn how to build a more regulated, coherent nervous system?
• Do you want to build the strength of your immune system?
• Do you want to create a more harmonious gut-heart-brain connection / coherence?
• Do you want to face and address your fear patterns and face life more courageously?
• Do you want to build your capacity for bonding and connecting with yourself and others?
• Do you want to be able to co-regulate more effectively with your partner or spouse, family, friends, and colleagues?
• Do you overthink decisions?
• Do you find yourself in the midst of chaos?
• Do you crave shortcuts in life when you could have actually done the work?
• Do you want to become more solution oriented?
• Do you want to support yourself as well as others?
• Do you feel ready to let go of old trauma?
• Do you want to rest in ease and peace within?

THEN START NOW!

Schedule

NOTE: All sessions are recorded and will be accessible along with the study materials and assignments on the Teachable learning platform. We encourage those who are able to participate in the live sessions so that they can ask questions and be a part of the energy of the live group.

February 24 to March 31, 2023

• 6 Fridays from 5:00 to 7:00 pm PST
• 7:00 to 9:00 pm CST / 8:00 to 10:00 pm EST
• India: Saturdays from 6:30 to 8:30 AM IST (on Feb. 24, March 3 & 10);
  • 5:30 to 7:30 AM IST (on March 17, 24, & 31)
• Australia: Saturdays from 12:00 to 2:00 PM AEDT (on Feb. 24, March 3 & 10);
  • 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM (on March 17, 24, & 31)

With Course Enrolment You Recieve:

1. Access to recordings of all 6, 2-hour video sessions on the Teachable platform. This way you can review and do the practices as many times as you want.
2. Notes and study materials for practices to do each week to build vagus nerve strength and to understand your own nervous system.
3. For those who would like to deepen their practice and continue their studies, ongoing support from Maitreyi and the Arkaya community is available through the other programs offered by Arkaya Yoga. These include:
   1. The weekly Saturday Online Community Class & Satsangh
   2. The self-paced 60-Hour Foundations for Life program
   3. The Arkaya 500-hour Online Self-Awareness Teacher Training
   4. For more information on these programs, visit our website: www.arkaya.net

Sliding Scale Investment

This 6 week series to build vagus nerve health, nervous system resilience and self-regulation offers a sliding scale. Sliding scale allows people of different income categories to pay according to their financial situation.

Below, please see the sliding scale investment options in Canadian Dollars and Indian Rupees.

Please Note: If you are struggling financially and still want to participate, email us at [email protected] to discuss other options.

Canadian Dollars

• Lowest Investment: $399 CAD (Approximately $295 USD)
  • I am in a low-income category and this is the most I can afford.
• Middle Low Investment: $450
  • I am not in a low-income category but I am still on a tight budget.
• Middle High Investment: $550
  • I am financially comfortable.
• Highest Investment: $650 (Approximately $480 USD)
  • I have the financial means and I want to support the Arkaya school in continuing to offer these kinds of programs!

Indian Rupees

If you are in India, please email us at [email protected] and we will send you the bank transfer information for making payment.

Please feel free to pay any amount with the range of 10,000₹ to 39,000₹. Please Note: If you are struggling financially and still want to participate, email us at [email protected] to discuss other options.

• Lowest Investment: 10,000₹
  • I am in a low-income category and this is the most I can afford.
• Middle Low Investment: 16,000₹
  • I am not in a low-income category but I am still on a tight budget.
• Middle High Investment: 28,000₹
  • I am financially comfortable.
• Highest Investment: 39,000₹
  • I have the financial means and I want to support the Arkaya school in continuing to offer these kinds of programs!