Calm Your Vagus Nerve with Your Eyes (FAST!)

The use of eye exercises is an easy way to calm your autonomous nervous system and regulate your vagus nerve in a matter of minutes. Dr. Michael Cuthbertson demonstrates an eye exercise to help decrease your stress and discusses the benefits and practical implications of using eye positions and movements to manage your alertness or relaxation.

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DISCLAIMER: This content is in no way suitable for or intended to replace medical advice and is intended for general education and demonstration purposes only.

These exercises can result in injury. Consult with your healthcare provider before doing anything contained within this video. Any user of this content assumes risk of injury and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Dr. Michael Cuthbertson and Get Physio Fit, LLC for any and all liability, losses, injuries, or damages in connection with this content. Use of this content is at your sole risk.

[drmichaelcuthbertson]

I hope this is helpful. Please like & subscribe so I can keep making more content like this. Thanks for watching!

[lookintothesky]

This is amazing. Modern life has us staring at screens all day. I imagine our ancestors were regularly on the lookout for things in all directions. Thanks.

[michaelstiller]

This one really helped after the doorbell rang and I jumped up and no one was there. Came back and did the vagus eye exercise my heart was pounding and immediately stop pounding. Amazing. Thanks. KCMary. 😊🙏😊.

[passionfruitprincess]

I used to get my caesarean patients to do this when they first got up for a shower after surgery. It grounds them :)

[markpratt]

Love brief straight to the point videos like this. I was surprised how quickly I felt the affects and slowing of the breath. I have to work on my parasympathetic nervous system as I’m kinda stuck in overdrive adrenaline and it plays havoc with my fibromyalgia. Thanks for the tip

[josephinelai]

I got stress this morning! Your video comes in time. Thank you.

[denisemckinney]

Gave a big old yawn with each downward gaze and felt my shoulders relax. Thanks!

[kim.in.nature.]

I started yawning during these eye exercises, which is another sign of resetting the vagus nerve.

[michaelfforte]

Very clear explanation and demonstration of the exercise.

[Ayverie]

For those of us who wear glasses, we are trained to never look at extreme angles. Our peripheral vision also suffers. Because it's all frames and blur at that angle! So our eyes stay roughly in the center at all times. I can feel how unnatural this is; I regularly take breaks to "stretch" my eyes and roll them.

[juanvaldes]

Thank you, doctor. In this stressful world we need these techniques.

[muzaffartirmizey]

Simply superb. Works every time .I will check your other videos.

[plumeria]

This popped up in my feed! Exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

[misnermayville]

I started salivating a lot. I don't remember a time I was salivating this much in years. Thank you it works

[willlorimer]

very smart using the eyes for this. I have always figured the eyes operate as a kind of mouse, different positions activate differnet parts of the brain, and can retrieve otherwise hard to recall memories.

[y]

I have CVS, the way you are laying is usually how I pass out. I'm starting to wonder if this is what's been calming me at my brink without noticing it 😮 This is gold!!!

[robertkhan]

THANKS FOR YOUR TIPS TO CALM VAGUS NERVE WITH OUR EYES, DEAR Dr.MICHAEL.

[MrChadder]

Thanks, I’ve just realized maybe why I have issues with going into some brightly lit places and having anxiety. In those stores I frequently look upwards. I will try looking down more to see if that helps.

[kathym]

I wanted to find this video again and there YouTube plopped it on my homepage

[hariom]

Thanks for giving very important information