Ep 15: Unlock Your Nervous System's Power with Amy Bonaduce-Gardner

Through her work as a nervous system coach, Amy Bonaduce-Gardner has helped many people suffering from emotional and physical distress, unlock the power of the autonomic nervous system. By helping clients reconnect with their bodies, Amy is providing an unexpected path to well-being, leaving us to wonder: what other secrets of the body are yet to be discovered?

In this episode, you will learn the following:

• Discover the vital role your nervous system plays in your emotional and physical well-being.
• Grasp the different stages of sympathetic nervous response and their impact on your overall health.
• Uncover the Fajardo method to accurately pinpoint whether you're in a sympathetic or parasympathetic state.
• Realize the profound connection between autoimmune disorders and the importance of a parasympathetic state.
• Harness the power of movement and trauma release to stimulate healing and personal growth.

My special guest is Amy Bonaduce-Gardner

Amy Bonaduce-Gardner, a seasoned teacher and the owner of Prism Movement Studio, has been helping individuals transform their lives for the past 25 years. With a degree in psychology, training in The Fajardo Method of Biomechanics, and training in movement and dance, Amy's background is both diverse and impressive. Her work focuses on the relationship between the nervous system and physical and emotional well-being, providing relief for clients with unresolved physical and emotional challenges.

[00:00:05] - Understanding Nervous System Work,

[00:03:32] - Calm vs. Rest and Digest,

[ 00:07:45] - Who Can Benefit from Nervous System Work,

[00:09:06] - Childhood Adversity and the Nervous System,

[00:13:15] - Understanding the Seven Stages of Stress,

[00:16:20] - Identifying Your Stage,

[00:20:14] - Adverse Childhood Experiences,

[00:21:09] - The Link Between Sympathetic States and Disease,

[00:22:51] - The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences,

[00:25:32] - Mapping the Tongue,

[00:26:41] - Shifts in the Nervous System,

[00:27:01] - Where to Find Amy Bonaduce-Gardner,

Quotes

“Nervous system work can be described in many different ways, and there's lots of different ways that people go about practicing nervous system work. So some people might meditate, some people might take a yoga class, some people might go to the gym. I think there's lots of various ways that you can approach it. For me, the nervous system work that I do is more about the process of allowing your autonomic nervous system to take in more sensory information.”

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Website: Prism Movement Studio

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