Interesting fact about Chintamani ( Hypothalamus) and vagus nerves

 At the center of our bodies resides a long, sinewy nerve that extends all the way from our medullas down through our chests to beyond our stomachs. This nerve, known as the Vagus Nerve, happens to be at a most fascinating intersection, not only between our two physical nervous systems (our central and autonomic nervous systems) but also between our conscious minds and subconscious minds. As such, it also acts as a bridge between our gross bodies and our subtle bodies

The Vagus nerve regulates several mechanisms like anxiety and the fight or flight response, immune system defense and digestion. When the Vagus nerve is not functioning at 100% it can be causing poor health such as digestive issues, hormone imbalances and chronic diseases.

The vagus nerve is critical for regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis responses to acute stress..

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Ways to Stimulate the Vagus Nerve: 1. Yoga and Meditation - tone the vagus nerve 2. Deep breathing - Sudarshan Kriya, Nadi Shodhana 3. Mantra Chanting and Singing singing produces slow, regular and deep respiration 4. Laughter is the best medicine - reduce sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activity and relax parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) activity 5. Cold bath or splashing cold water on face - lowers sympathetic activation 6. Intermittent fasting - increases parasympathetic activity and vagal tone 7. Probiotic and Omega -3 rich diet"

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Q: 

Gurudev, can you please talk about the chintamani in the center of the brain, and the tip of the nose, where the subtle body is connected to the physical body?

Sri Sri :

Scientists say that the tip of the nose has a lot of information; we have not yet been able to process all of it. Any knowledge that you get, should pass through the test of scientific methodology, and that includes spirituality too. Scientific methodology simply means going through a logical, sequential understanding, and then coming to a conclusion. Once you get to the conclusion, you still have to keep an open mind because there are many possibilities.

Where is chintamani? The ancient scriptures have said that there is a point in the center of the skull, perhaps, just below the hypothalamus. Hypothalamus is a point that controls the entire body; all the voluntary and involuntary activities in our system. This is what they meant by chintamani, the spot which scientists have called hypothalamus in the skull. You can draw parallels because there is such a huge gap of time and language, which has almost made it impossible to say this is it. For e.g., all the chakras that have been described in the Yogic texts somewhere correspond to our endocrine system. Hence, you can say it is very similar.

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The pituitary gland has a connection to the hypothalamus gland which is the seat of your consciousness, your mind...

Thousands of years ago people had written about this. They had not known anything about pituitary glands but they said, “Here in this place in the body is a center where just a little focus can affect the whole nervous system in a very positive way.”

Jai gurudev 🙏🏻

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