Do you ever feel weighed down by stress, anxiety, depression, or pain? Your body has a built-in reset button called the vagus nerve. When this nerve is calm and strong, it tells your body and mind: You’re safe. It’s okay to relax.

At Radiant You, Reiki and Energy Healing clears your stress, anxiety, depression, and pain from the nervous system—your brain, spinal cord, and all of nerves that connect with every part of your body. You feel calmer, clearer, even happier.

“I’ve been dealing with anxiety since I was a kid, and after two Reiki healing sessions, I’m already noticing the positive impact it’s had on my nervous system. After each session, I’ve felt significantly lighter and relaxed. Wendy truly has a gift and she’s such a joy to work with. Highly recommend Radiant You if you’re looking for Reiki Healing and to live a happier, more peaceful life!” — Brenna G.

What Is the Vagus Nerve?

The vagus nerve is the largest nerve in your body and makes up about 75% of your parasympathetic nervous system—the part that slows down your heart, calms your breath, and brings you back to balance.

It connects your brain to almost every organ: heart, lungs, stomach, intestines, and more. It’s like a superhighway carrying messages of safety and calm throughout your body. (Cleveland Clinic)

When your vagus nerve is working well, you can:

• Lower your heart rate and blood pressure
• Digest food with ease
• Sleep more deeply
• Calm inflammation
• Feel emotionally balanced

When vagus nerve function (called vagal tone) is low, you may notice:

• Digestive challenges or gut pain
• Racing heart or blood pressure swings
• Anxiety, depression, or mood imbalance
• Trouble sleeping
• Headaches or tension

✨ How Reiki and Energy Healing Support the Vagus Nerve

Reiki Healing and Energy Healing resets the nervous system and brain chemistry, releasing trauma, stress, and stuck emotions. Divine energy and intention combine so the release isn’t just mechanical—it’s spiritual, emotional, and deeply holistic. You are channeling Universal Life Force balances chakras, clears negative or stuck energy, and expands your spiritual connection. Energy Clearing and Sound Healing are forms of Energy Healing.

1. Energy Flow & the Vagus Nerve
   • Reiki energy calms the nervous system and helps the vagus nerve release stress signals.
   • Healing flows through your chakras and meridians, balancing your emotions, hormones, and brain chemistry.
2. Eye Movements & Chakra Balance
   • Looking right and left helps balance both sides of your brain.
   • This also aligns Ida and Pingala (energy channels in yoga) and the Third Eye Chakra—your inner vision.
3. Hands as Healing Conduits
   • Reiki flows through your palms to your vagus nerve in the neck and Throat Chakra.
   • This clears blockages and supports communication, self-expression, and nervous system calm.
4. Somatic + Subtle Body Release
   • Yawning, sighing, or deep breaths show your vagus nerve is activating.
   • Reiki often brings the same cues: warmth, chills, or a wave of relaxation.
5. Amplification by Intention
   • Polyvagal exercises soothe the body. Reiki adds Divine energy, intention, and spiritual alignment for deeper release.

Reiki, Sound, and Energy Healing for Stress Relief

Reiki Healing, Energy Clearing, and Sound Healing, your nervous system can finally let go of stress. Clients often notice anxiety and pain fade. Sleep improves. Their mood brightens. Most importantly, a deep sense of safety and peace takes over.

Heal Your Vagus Nerve:

1. Give yourself or receive a Reiki and Energy Healing. (National Institutes of Health)
2. Sound Healing. External Sound waves entrain the body’s energy field, calming the vagus nerve naturally (National Institutes of Health)
3. Move your energy up and down your Core from way above your head through your body to below your feet. Now focus on moving energy front-to-back through your Throat Chakra. Command your Throat Chakra to open, clear, and rotate.
4. ‍♀️ Meditation: Mindfulness and breath-focused practices have been proven to improve heart rate and decrease stress. (PMCFrontiers) Learn to Meditate here.
   1. Alternate Nostril Breathing Meditation (NIH)
   2. Vocal Chanting, Mantra or Humming Meditation, especially chanting “Om”. (PMC+1PubMed)
   3. Heart-focus Gratitude (2 min): Breathe through the heart area, recall one specific appreciation. PMC
   4. Quiet Sit (1–2 min): Notice S-I-F-T (Sensations, Images, Feelings, Thoughts). Let the body integrate.

Simple Ways to Stimulate the Vagus Nerve

Try these gentle practices, especially when combined with Reiki or Energy Healing:

• Deep belly breathing – 5 seconds in, 5 seconds out through your nose (Cedars Sinai)
• Chanting or humming “Om” – vibration activates the throat and vagus nerve.
• Polyvagal Eye Movements – Rub your hands together to activate your Reiki energy (for Reiki Masters and Energy Healers). Place your hands around the back and sides of your neck. Without moving your head, gaze right as far your eyes can see until you yawn or release tension. Then left. Repeat 2 times.

Takeaway

Your vagus nerve is the key link between your brain, body, and emotions. Reiki and Energy Healing help it work better by releasing stress and balancing your nervous system. With a strong vagus nerve, you feel calmer, lighter, and more resilient—ready to face life with peace and clarity.

About Wendy Wisner: Your Reiki Master & Intuitive Energy Healer

Wendy Wisner is an Intuitive, Spiritual Healer, Jin Kei Do and Usui Reiki Master, and educator. She runs Radiant You, a holistic wellness center, that offers Reiki and other types of energy healing as well as Reiki Master, Intuitive Energy Healer, and Energy Clearing certification programs. Wendy blends energy healing with Divine insights to guide your release of limiting beliefs to heal your body and emotional wounds from trauma. With Wendy, you reignite your passion for life as you rediscover the radiant you within—healing your emotions and relationships.

With expertise in Reiki, Chakra Healing, Intuitive Energy Healing, Sound Healing, Energy Clearing, Psychic Spiritual Readings, Dowsing, and Access Bars, Wendy empowers clients to heal themselves and others.

Restore your belief that, “I’ve got this” with Wendy Wisner or Rodrigo Ortiz as your Reiki Master, Intuitive Energy Healer, or teacher to heal yourself and others. Rodrigo provides healing in Spanish. If you first language was Spanish, consider this to unlock those childhood traumas in the language they were created. Both Rodrigo Ortiz and Wendy Wisner are Reiki Masters in the Usui Shiri Hyoo and Reiki Jin Kei Do traditions.

All services complement allopathic medical and psychological care provided by traditional healthcare practitioners.

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All services complement allopathic medical and psychological care provided by traditional healthcare practitioners.