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The Safe and Sound protocol is another way of using music and neuro-plasticity to help the nervous system calm. It harnesses filtered music to bring about social and emotional well-being, This is a 5-hour listening therapy, developed by eminent scientist Dr. Stephen Porges, who wrote the book 'The Poly-Vagal Theory'.
This program promotes deeper wellness for people with adverse experiences or conditions, these include medical trauma, surgical events can change the safety mechanisms in the body. Emotional trauma, included early life event. PTSD, ASD, ADHD, ADD and OCD.
I am a certified Safe and Sound Protocol provider, I completed my training in 2021and I have seen success in my clients where no other modality worked. The program can be stand alone SSP delivery or together with ABM/BMC lessons.
The client that have had success with this programme include autoimmune issues like POTS and PANDS. ADS and ADHD, severe trauma, stress and anxiety. This program has brought each person their own unique outcomes for positive change, and given them hope for a better future.
HOW IT WORKS:
This program uses filtered music to strengthen the vagal tone, by working one small ear muscle, which creates a state of learning or relearning safety, meaning we can operate at our highest levels of social and emotional well-being.
Those challenged by learning and developmental difficulties or mental health issues are realizing that improvement is dependent on our emotional state. If we're worried and feeling unsafe, our defences go up, and whatever activity or therapy we're engaged in can be less effective.
Finding balance means regulating the nervous system to flexibility and appropriately responding to challenges.
The nature of this programme is so personal you will need to talk through all the options in person, please call 250 709 8614 to book a consultation.
At the core of Polyvagal Theory lies the vagus nerve. Running from the brainstem deep into the gut, the vagus nerve serves as the primary parasympathetic, and longest nerve in the body.
By sending signals of safety to the vagus nerve, we authorize it to downregulate fight, flight or freeze defensive responses and support a relaxed and clear headspace.
There are several portals by which we are able to reach the vagus nerve. The Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) capitalizes upon the connection between the vagus and the nerves involved in listening to facilitate a parasympathetic shift.
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the primary regulator of important systems in our body, including our heart, respiration rate and digestion. It's constantly sending and receiving information between the brain and body, helping us respond to changes in our internal and external environment.Our ANS is largely influenced by a nerve that is hugely important to our overall well-being: the vagus nerve. The vagus nerve is the longest cranial nerve in the body, stretching from the brainstem all the way down to the stomach.
Heavily simplified, Porges’ provides a more complex understanding of the ANS by identifying a three-part hierarchical system that keeps the sympathetic system, and details two distinct pathways of the Vagal nerve (very-important-nerve-super-highway that is the main component of the parasympathetic system):
Dr. Porges further delineated how these three systems work together, and outlined a coherent system of communication, regulation, and social engagement that operates within the autonomic nervous system. Within this system, he notes that the parasympathetic system is both our system for immobilization AND our system of connection - which extends beyond what we previously understood.
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The Dorsal Vagus: Brings us out of connection into immobilization.
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The Ventral Vagus: Brings us into connection and co-regulation through the Social Engagement System.
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