Name: The Vagus Pocket Coach - Neurosync Academy
Price: 199.50 ZAR
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A nervous system tool for therapists and their clients.

The Vagus Pocket Coach is a digital resource built on polyvagal theory, HeartMath research, and clinical-practice research. It includes eleven vagal activation protocols.

Each protocol targets a specific autonomic state and delivers a physiological shift through one of the well-established vagal entry points: breath, vibration, cold, sound, touch, or co-regulation.

Eight core vagal activation protocols addressing acute stress, cognitive dysregulation, overwhelm, dissociation, hypoarousal, rumination, and relational disconnection
Three targeted Vagus Switch Protocols for metabolic regulation, anxiety interruption, and sleep onset
Three entry points: by feeling, by body sensation, or browse all tools
A short rationale for every tool
Step-by-step guided protocols, including animated breath circles and countdown timers

The Vagus Pocket Coach can be used between sessions, before a difficult consultation, or after a hard day. Build vagal tone as you would build any other professional capacity.

Use the Metabolic Reset Breath after meals, the Sleep Descent Protocol when your nervous system will not switch off, or the Physiological Sigh before walking into a difficult consultation.

The Vagus Pocket Coach is designed to extend your therapeutic reach beyond the consulting room. Use it to:

Guide a client through a regulation exercise during a session using a tablet or phone
Recommend specific protocols between sessions
Provide psychoeducation
Equip clients with a tool they can continue using between sessions and after discharge

Important: This is psychoeducation and self-regulation support, not a clinical intervention in itself. It works best as an adjunct to professional care.

If you would like to make the Vagus Pocket Coach available to clients as part of your therapeutic offering—whether in private practice, group programmes, corporate wellness, or post-discharge care—we offer a practitioner arrangement.

This includes access to share the tool with clients under your own care. Please contact us to enquire.

The Vagus Pocket Coach draws on the published work and clinical frameworks of:

Porges, S.W. — Polyvagal Theory and the autonomic nervous system as a hierarchical regulator of behaviour, emotion, and social engagement
Dana, D. — The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy, including glimmers and the clinical application of polyvagal principles
Mayer, E.A. — The Mind-Gut Connection and bidirectional vagal communication between the enteric and central nervous systems
McCraty, R. and the HeartMath Institute — Heart-rate variability, cardiac coherence, and the heart-brain connection
Huberman, A.D. and Balban, M.Y. — Cyclic sighing and physiological-sigh research
Bolte Taylor, J. — The 90-second emotion cascade and the neurobiology of emotional duration
Felitti, V.J. — The Adverse Childhood Experiences study and the long-term impact of early adversity on autonomic functioning
Zaccaro, A. et al. (2018) — How Breath-Control Can Change Your Life, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Gerritsen, R.J.S. and Band, G.P.H. (2018) — Breath of Life, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Frangos, E., Ellrich, J. and Komisaruk, B.R. (2015) — Non-invasive access to vagus-nerve central projections via stimulation of the external ear, Brain Stimulation