Neck & Shoulder Pain Relief | 10 minute Vagus Nerve Routine

Hello Earth citizens, my name is Brittany and you're watching Brain Education TV. Today I'm going to guide you through a very short routine to open up neck and shoulder tension which naturally may start to open up tension that you're feeling in your chest. A lot of the tension that we may be holding any particular areas in our body could be because we are not tending to emotional distress that we are holding inside of our body which is then manifesting into physical tension. Now whether you're here for physical tension release or emotional relief, this video is for you. Let's get started. So like always you're going to want to find a seated comfortable position. It could be on a chair, could be on a bed, could be on the floor. Just making sure that your spine is upright. Once you're here you're going to go ahead and relax your shoulders and close your eyes. Breathing in through your nose and breathing out through your mouth. Let's do that two more times. Inhale, exhale, inhale, and exhale. Great. You can open your eyes when you're ready. You're going to take your hands make them gentle fists and you're going to bring your arms by the sides of your body keeping that kind of 90 degree angle here. By the sides of your body you're going to bring your shoulders up and then push your shoulders down and for even more how can I say tension let's call it you're going to push your elbows down into the ground beneath you. From here you should start to see that your spine becomes even straighter. Once you feel that your spine has become straighter you're going to bring your chin closer to your chest and you're going to look down at the ground. At this point you should be feeling a lot of tension in your body. Now you're going to engage your core, tighten your core, engage your core muscles. If you'd like you can close your eyes and feel this tension that we are purposely creating inside of your body. Pushing your shoulders down by pushing your elbows closer and closer and closer to the ground beneath you like you're trying to touch your elbows to the ground. Not possible but you get the point. Push, push, push. Naturally your chest comes up. As your chest comes up you're pushing your chin closer towards your chest. For ten, nine, eight, start to feel heat in your body, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one. Release your arms, bring your palms down on your knees. Breathe in, breathe out. Drop your left ear to your left shoulder. Now you're going to take your left arm, bring your left arm, left fingertips onto the ground. You're going to walk your fingertips out away from your body as you bring your ear closer and closer and closer to your shoulder. Keep walking your fingers away from your body for ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. Hold here, breathe in, exhale, breathe out. Let's come back to center and shake your head like you're shaking your head. Great, let's do the other side. Your ear to your shoulder, taking your hand with a straight arm onto your fingertips, walking your fingers away from your body slowly as you bring your ear to your shoulder for ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one. Breathe in, let it go, breathe out. Let's come back to center, take your hands and place them, palms facing down on your knees. Now you're going to take your head and you're going to allow your head to fall back. Your chin is going to face towards the ceiling. At the same time, roll your shoulders up, back, and down. Push your chest forward. At the same time as you're pushing your chest forward, you're dropping your head back even more, even more, even more. Even you feel like there's no more to go, keep pushing your head backwards. You can start to feel your throat, your thyroid, maybe shorter shallow breaths here. This is all very normal. Breathe into that space, push your chest forward for ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one. Slowly engage your core, bring your head back to the center. Breathe in, exhale, drop your chin to your chest, breathe out. Great, you're going to keep your chin towards your chest, take your hands, interlace your fingers, and bring your palms to the base of your skull. Once your palms are at the base of your skull, you're going to bring your elbows in towards each other, and you're going to round your spine, pushing your chin closer and closer to your chest. Let the weight of your arms, of your hands, pull your head closer into your body. We are creating acute stress here. We are creating tension in your body to release the tension that's already existing. Breathing in through your nose, exhaling, bringing your elbows closer together. Breathing in through your nose, and exhale, rounding your spine a little bit more, with all the weight from your hands pressing against the base of your skull for ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one. From here, you're going to breathe in, separate your elbows from each other, keep your hands interlaced behind your head, and open your chest, pushing your elbows back behind your body, letting those fingers stay glued to each other, and opening your chest, feeling your shoulder blades kissing each other for ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one. Coming back to the center, and releasing your arms down. Good, shake it out. You're going to bring your shoulders back up and down. We're rotating for 20 times backwards. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. One, two, three, four, five, breathe out, six, seven, eight, nine, twenty. Now forward, one, two, breathe out, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Backwards, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Forward, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Backwards. Now we're going to keep this going just for another minute or so, but I want you, most important, to focus on your breath. You don't need to match your breath with the movement of your shoulders. What's most important is you gradually take longer inhales and longer exhales. Your exhalation, I want you to think about it as releasing the stagnant energy that's existing inside of your body. Your breath, especially releasing your breath, is helping you open up those parts of your body that is holding on to tension. It's extremely powerful and very simple, but extremely beneficial for your body. We have another ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, and one. Back to center, breathe in, breathe out. Now we're just going to end with some neck rolls. Just rotate. You can move at the speed that you'd like to move at. Just making sure that your mouth stays open as you breathe out. Let's rotate opposite direction. Energy is releasing from your neck. Energy is releasing from your shoulders. Energy is releasing from your chest. As energy releases, you are creating more space. As you create more space, you are creating more room, more capacity. Switch one more time, other direction, and bringing your head back to center. I hope this short routine was helpful and you can feel lighter inside of your body. The key here is use the tension to open up the tension that's already existing inside of your body. Simple enough to understand and to feel the benefits right away. If you'd like to go deeper, we do have a free online community space. You can find all that information in the description below. We go live, we have workshops, we have master classes, and we have a full library of videos readily available for you. All you need to do is leave your email, create a password, and you are in. 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