We come into the world wired to connect. With our first breath, we embark on a lifelong quest to feel safe in our bodies, in our environments, and in our relationships with others. The autonomic nervous system is our personal surveillance system, always on guard, asking the question “Is this safe?” Its goal is to protect us by sensing safety and risk, listening moment by moment to what is happening in and around our bodies and in the connections we have to others. This listening happens far below awareness and far away from our conscious control.

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 Yoga therapy is a newly emerging, self-regulating complementary and integrative
 healthcare (CIH) practice. It is growing in its professionalization, recognition and
 utilization with a demonstrated commitment to setting practice standards, educational
 and accreditation standards, and promoting research to support its efficacy for
 various populations and conditions.

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We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us. —HERMAN MELVILLE

Connection is a biological imperative, vital to our survival (Porges, 2015a). Through our biology, we are wired for connection. Our autonomic nervous system longs for connection with another system and sends signals out into the world, searching for signals in return. By means of co-regulation, the third organizing principle of Polyvagal Theory, we connect with others and create a shared sense of safety.

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