Vagus Nerve Healing: Child’s Pose, Breath & Tapping

Background

In this session with Vaishnavi, I, Guru Sanju, guided a transition from scattered attention to focused, embodied healing. We began by acknowledging a meaningful shift: after exploring a data collection activity, she felt drawn to real career work—away from Instagram and toward sustained analysis and problem-solving. I affirmed that she is on track and invited her to notice how this change feels in her body and mind. From there, I prepared her for a full healing sequence designed to activate the vagus nerve, deepen breath, clear the nasal passages, recalibrate posture, and restore the brain–nervous system. I instructed precise setups for child’s pose variations, a prone restorative lying pose (a “reverse corpse” variation with pillow support), full-pot abdominal and 360° lateral breathing, heart-centered intentioning, and a complete tapping protocol for the face and body. We closed with a posture re-education drill, a chest-lift and lumbar curve self-test, a wall alignment test, and a neck-and-breath reset practice. The session concluded with guidance for daily integration, observation, and feedback.

Re-centering on Real Work and Focus

You began by sharing that the topic was connected to data collection. I asked you to express in detail whatever you had done and shared, and then I asked what you came up with after the data analysis—whether an idea, solution, or simply whether you liked the activity. You said yes: you liked it, felt it was interesting, and you recognized a shift—your focus moved from Instagram to your real career and work. I affirmed, Good, good, good. You are on track. I asked how you felt about this change.

Preparing for a Healing Journey

Close your eyes. I will guide a healing session today. It will be mostly in lying positions, with you implementing the techniques. Expect to hold one position for 15–20 minutes, then shift to the next. There will be three to four stages—about one hour total. First, register your current state—what you feel in focus and attention—so you can compare later. Bring a cotton cloth or a thin, soft cover to block light for the eyes. Keep it ready, but you don’t need to cover the eyes until instructed.

Child’s Pose Sequence

Set-up: Sit back on your legs. Slowly bend forward. Bring your hands forward and rest your head down. You will remain for some time as I guide you through hand positions.

  • Position A: Arms extended forward, head down.
  • Position B: Forearms bent, elbows near the head/shoulders, head resting down.
  • Position C: Arms reaching back alongside the body, hands resting on the bed or mat, palms down. Make it cozy and womb-like—comfortable from the inside.

Before you begin, check your head and mental state—how focused you feel. Then start. If the cloth over the eyes disturbs your head alignment, remove it. In the pose, keep the head down and the buttocks slightly lifted to maintain a gentle spinal curve: buttocks up, head down—a soft slant. Legs folded beneath you, torso folded forward, front of the body resting, and breathing continuous.

Guidance within the pose:

  • Take a few deep breaths and become settled in the body.
  • Exhale slowly through the mouth.
  • Notice changes in breath: the nostrils opening, breathing more complete. Enjoy the belly movement that activates.
  • Move from Position A to B to C as guided, maintaining comfort and continuity of breath.

Transition to Restorative Prone “Reverse Corpse” Pose

Open the pose and lie prone with a pillow under the chest. Straighten the legs as if sleeping, but keep the spine long rather than folded. Cover the eyes now if it helps block light. This is the first restorative lying posture of the sequence; I will give you names later. Your only job is to enjoy the state of being healed. Do nothing extra—simply relax and allow the body to rest.

If you feel energy shaking, moving, or trying to go out, gently shake your legs and let the energy release.

Supine Rest and Conscious Belly Breath

Slowly turn and lie on your back—arms spread, then place both hands on the belly. Inhale and exhale with awareness:

  • Make inhalation slow enough that the lower abdomen gently inflates.
  • Exhalation should be complete—deflate the belly fully so all the air goes out before the next inhale.

360° Lateral Breathing

Place both hands at the sides of the abdomen—as if you are holding the sides of your body. Cover the eyes if needed. As you inhale, expand not only the front but the sides: push the breath into the lateral walls, as though someone is gently pressing there and you nudge back with your breath and skin. Keep the breath slow, intentional, and circular around the abdomen—feel it begin to reach toward the back. Do about 20 counts.

Notice: Are you able to breathe more now? If yes, go inside and feel it.

Heart-Centering with Self-Love

Place both hands at the center of the chest over the heart chakra. Send loving energies to your inner life, your spirit. Keep breathing from the belly—do not lift the chest to breathe. Touch itself heals: when you touch the heart center with loving intention, it heals. If you feel sleepy, adjust for comfort; real healing happens in sleep.

The Health Secret: Vagus Nerve Activation

Natural, thought-free sleep is the best healing. This technique sequence activates the vagus nerve; that is why drowsiness arises. Vagus activation supports brain and nervous system rejuvenation—rest and repair are switched on. I will remain silent for a while so you can feel this.

Gentle Return from Deep Rest

Slowly come back to your senses. Do not rush. First feel the physical body. Shake the legs and move the hands a little. Stretch in any way that feels natural—like a dog stretching after sleep. When ready, you may open your eyes.

Palming and Eye Squeezes

Do not open the eyes abruptly. Practice palming: rub or warm the hands if you wish, then cover the eyes softly with the cupped palms. Stay for a while. With eyes still covered, gently squeeze and relax the eyes—like squeezing a lemon—repeating a few rounds before opening.

Post-Session Summary of the Sequence

You practiced approximately thirty minutes:

  • About ten minutes of child’s pose in stages.
  • About ten minutes of reverse corpse (prone supported rest).
  • Then abdominal breathing—what I call pot breathing—plus lateral 360° expansion.

Think of your belly as a pot: on inhalation, it inflates (front and sides), and on exhalation, it deflates. In supine practice, you can place your hands on the belly to track the up-down movement, then at the sides to feel lateral expansion.

With steady practice, sleep quality improves, concentration sharpens, brainpower grows, and addictions or unnecessary tasks lose their pull. You start looking for what improves your life.

Daily Rhythm for Maximum Benefit

  • Morning: Upon waking (even before getting out of bed or right after using the washroom), do a 30-minute session.
  • Mid-day: Another 30-minute session to reset productivity.
  • Night: Thirty minutes before sleep—no phone or media in the last 1–2 hours. Enter sleep without fresh mental imprints; let the subconscious rest.

Tapping to Re-energize After Rest

When you wake from deep rest, the body may feel too relaxed to act. Use tapping to increase circulation and arousal.

Face and Head Tapping: Eyes closed, tap all around—front and back of the head—as if dusting off powder or removing dust. Then the neck, back of the neck, shoulders, chest, abdomen, back, legs, feet—full body tapping. Use enough force to feel warmth. Continue until you feel heat or a light sweat. Release any leftover tension with a few shakes.

This is the Energetic Mastery Method in action: when you feel dull, start tapping and observe the shift.

Face-Specific Tapping and Nasal Opening Points

When studying or concentrating, face muscles tire. Do focused face tapping for about ten minutes:

  • Tap the forehead (all areas).
  • Tap the eye socket bottoms.
  • Tap the cheekbones and jawline.
  • Then find the paired nasal points on either side of the nose near the nostril roots (tiny hollows). Press and release 20–30 times with fingertips. You can also use the tips of the thumbs or index fingers to press more firmly.
  • Breathe and notice the change—nasal passages open; breathing becomes easier.

Posture Re-education: Slouch to Lifted Chest

Sit once in a slouch and feel your energy—eyes closed. Then sit upright with chest up and spine long. Notice the difference: in slouch, energy is low and breathing shallow; chest lifted, the ribcage opens and organs have space. Everything is connected—brain, spine, eyesight, and energy. If you feel tired, lie down rather than sit in a collapsed posture, and even lying down keep the chest softly lifted.

Chest-Lift Drill and Lower-Back Curve Self-Test

Lie down again. Gently lift the chest up a little while pressing the buttocks down into the bed. Head remains supported, belly relaxed. Let the body breathe on its own. After some time, release the lift to neutral.

Now slide a hand under your lower back. If it does not slide in easily, your lumbar curve is flattened from habitual slouch. Work to restore the natural curve.

Wall Test for Neutral Spine

Sit against a wall with the back supported. Check whether a hand can slide naturally into the lower-back gap. This is a simple way to feel neutral alignment. If the hand can’t enter, you need gentle correction toward your natural curve.

Neck-and-Breath Reset for the Spine

Sit with hands resting on the knees, arms straight. Slowly tilt the head back; notice how your lower back naturally moves inward and your chest lifts. Repeat to feel the difference.

  • Breath rule: Inhale through the nose as you move the head back; exhale through the mouth as you return to center.
  • Make inhalation a gentle sipping through the nose.
  • On exhalation, deflate the belly completely—empty fully before the next inhale.

Do five calm rounds. This simple drill resets posture and breath together.

Integrate and Observe

After practicing, sit and observe. Any time you catch yourself collapsing, first correct the head, then lift the chest and allow the spine to find its curve. Look up often—at tall trees, birds, the sky. This uplifts posture and even supports eyesight.

If questions arise, ask me. After practice, go deep, then write your observations—this feedback teaches the brain what it learned and strengthens your independent practice. Tomorrow there is no session; after that, I will inform you and conduct the next.

Essence of the Teaching

  • Shift from distraction to meaningful work; register the felt sense of that change.
  • Use child’s-pose stages, prone supported rest, and supine pot-breathing to activate the vagus nerve and restore the brain–nervous system.
  • Open the nose and face with precise tapping and pressure points.
  • Re-educate posture with chest-lift, lumbar-curve checks, wall test, and the neck-and-breath reset.
  • Practice morning, mid-day, and night for 30 minutes each; remove screens before sleep.
  • When dull, tap the whole body to re-ignite circulation and energy.
  • Change the posture, change the life.
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Guru Sanju

Guru Sanju is Founder of Inner GPS Gurus. She is Kundalini, Energy, and Health Guru. She is a rare Clairvoyant and Siddha Guru who leads your energies after a complete clairvoyant reading of your energies. She enjoys dissolving your problems and transforming you through action-based Energy Work. Get Solutions to your Life Problems (Career, Wealth, Productivity, Relationship, Spirituality, Kundalini, and Health).

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