R.I.S.E. Resources

How Your Stress Patterns Shape the Way You Breathe Why Changing Your Nervous System — Not Just Your Breath — Changes the Way You Heal “If you want to change the way you feel, start by changing the way you breathe.”— Dr. Stephen Porges, Polyvagal Theory This is one of the most quoted lines in the world of trauma recovery and nervous system regulation. It’s also one of the most misunderstood. Taken out of context, the phrase “change the way you breathe” can sound like an instr

Restoring Safety to the Nervous System For many of us living with stress related trauma—whether acute, chronic, developmental, or...