Polyvagal Theory

Have you tried everything to improve your physical performance? Have you heard about the Polyvagal Theory? The now 20-year-old theory introduced by Stephen Porges provides useful and informative information on the autonomic nervous system and how it can potentially be applied to dancers in order to improve their physical performance. The Polyvagal Theory claims that the nervous system employs a hierarchy of strategies to both regulate itself and keep us safe in the face of danger.
Dancers are constantly searching for new methods in which they can apply, in order to improve their physical performance. As, in this day and age being mediocre is not good enough anymore. If you have been searching for a new way to improve your performance, Stephen Porges, Polyvagal theory just might be the perfect solution for you. …show more content…
The polyvagal theory provides a clear understanding of the autonomic nervous system, in which this system plays a huge role for dancers. But for most of us it is rarely appreciated, all though it can influence our mental and physical performance as well as keeping pain-free. The autonomic nervous system responds in three modes first - being safely engaged and socially connected; second - energized to move in response to danger; third - shutting down or collapsing when there is no