Know Your State Nervous System Guide

Know Your State (Nervous System Body Scan Guide)

“Regulated” and “dysregulated” treat the nervous system like it only has two settings. It actually has three distinct states, and knowing which one you’re in, specifically, changes what will actually help you.

This guide walks through all three states from polyvagal theory: ventral vagal (safe and social), sympathetic (fight or flight), and dorsal vagal (shutdown and freeze), each broken down by exactly what it feels like in the body, what it sounds like in your thoughts, and the specific move that helps that state, not just a generic grounding tip. Then a full body scan practice, region by region, to help you actually identify your state in real time instead of guessing after the fact.

Closes with a trackable state log so you can start noticing your own patterns over time, plus a short list of things worth knowing about how your nervous system actually works, including why you can’t think your way out of a state.

Built for anyone who’s ever been told to “just regulate” without anyone explaining what that actually means, moment to moment, in their own body.

A body-based guide for recognizing exactly where you are, so you can meet yourself there.