BONUS: Healing Power of Touch: Exploring Sensory Methods for Health with Dr. Dave Rabin

I am delighted to reconnect with Dr. Dave Rabin today. He last joined me for Episode 91 in April of 2020.

Dr. Rabin is a board-certified psychiatrist and neuroscientist. He is the Co-founder and CMO at Apollo Neuroscience, the first scientifically validated wearable system to improve heart rate variability, focus, and relaxation, and helps attain meditative states. He is also Co-founder and Executive Director of the Board of Medicine and a psychedelic clinical researcher, currently evaluating the mechanism of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy and treatment-resistant illness.

Today, we examine the value of touch and sensory techniques, discussing the distinctions between sympathetic and parasympathetic vagal tone in the autonomic nervous system, changes in sex hormones during perimenopause and menopause, and how that impacts sympathetic dominance, the development of stress responses, and the concept of stress leading to personal growth. We explore the influence of the vagus nerve on systemic health, explaining what HRV is and how it can demonstrate bodily coherence, and we also dive into wearable technologies like Apollo, the disruption of psychedelic interventions, and the impact of trauma on physical and mental well-being. 

I am confident that you will find today’s engaging discussion with Dr. Dave Rabin eye-opening and enlightening.

IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN:

How touch helps us connect, bond, and support our autonomic nervous system

How finding balance between the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems can help us manage stress and anxiety

Techniques for quickly restoring balance to the nervous system

Why women experience more anxiety, depression, and heart arrhythmias during perimenopause

How breathing techniques can improve heart rate variability 

The significance of HRV metrics for understanding physical and mental health

How the Apollo device activates a healing response within the body

The potential of MDMA and other psychedelics hold for trauma healing

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Previous Episode Mentioned

⁠Ep. 91 – How To Listen To Your Body and DE-STRESS During COVID-19 – with Dr. David Rabin