I thought this was an accessible and easy to read book and I liked the layout on the page, but it wasn't for me. Basically I get tired of books that tell me that it's ok to have anxiety/depression, it doesn't mean you're broken. I'm sorry but when my anxiety disorder was at its worst, I was not a functional human. I was 100% broken and it was definitely not okay and personally I don't think it is in any way helpful to pretend otherwise, particularly in a book that is designed to help you to manage the symptoms. Self-love is all well and good but it's not medically helpful.

My husband suffers from long covid and we learned that vagus nerve exercises can help with that as well. So to learn more about this we read this book. It's easy to read, very informative and even aesthetically pleasing.

This book is accessible and informative. It is laid out well in educating about the vagus nerve before moving on to practical steps you can take to help regulate yours. I like the clean layout and drawings that illustrate the author's point (and that they include people of different ages and races!).

Thank you Quarto Publishing Group – Fair Winds, Fair Winds Press, and NetGalley for the advanced electronic review copy of this amazing book. This well-researched book provides detailed instructions on how to heal oneself through the vagus nerve. It was a wonderful review and a reminder for me, and I highly recommend it to anyone and everyone who would like to take their health into their own hands and help themselves feel better.

With my anxiety and depression issues, I like to read different books on how to help my condition. I have read a few books about the vagus nerve so I was looking forward to reading this book. It was an in-depth look into the anatomy of the body and how the vagus nerve works and the complexity of it. It is full of exercises and advice on how to improve your mental health. A solid read.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC.

Before reading this book, I knew very little about vagus nerve. I didn’t realise it made such an impact and such not well-known part of our bodies was so important. I’m glad I read that book - it helped me understand my body better.

This is a good introduction to the vagus nerve and the role that it plays in managing our physical wellbeing. The book does a good job of explaining the critical importance of this element of our nervous system and how it all works.

It will take some time to absorb all the material included therein, but I liked the summaries at the end of each chapter. They provided an easy set of points to take away from that part/chapter of the book. And I also liked the practical strategies offered to improve vagal tone and functionality.

Very informative, easy to follow instructions and calm inducing illustrations! I enjoyed going through this book and cannot wait to put its contents into practice. Thank you NetGalley, author and publisher for the opportunity to read this ARC. I plan on buying a physical copy of this for quick reference and will most definitely recommend for people with anxiety and stress or for people who want to improve their general mindfulness and overal well-being.

This was an easy to follow and understand guide to the science behind the vagus nerve and the strategies to start healing. The illustrations were great as well. As a therapist, I will definitely use this with my clients!

As a psychotherapist, I'm often looking for thorough, but simple resources for people to learn about their nervous systems and how they get activated, the role of the vagus nerve and ways to engage in soothing when activated as well as maintain a healthy system. This is going to be a frequently recommended one - I love the clarity and simplicity, and the examples are so helpful. The layout is pleasing and makes the text easy to digest. There were recommendations that I often use as go-to's but some new ones, as well - like the visual exercises and the self massage. I'm excited to use these myself!

I absolutely loved this book! As someone who has suffered with vagus nerve issue over the course of many years I cannot say enough how much I wish I had this as a resource back then. It provided a lot of information, tips, and tricks to help people dealing with this vital nerve and hopefully help them on the path to a better more Geist and fulfilling life.

Healing through the Vagus Nerve by Amanda Armstrong.

Wow such an interesting read of a body part ( probably ) very little is known about by the average person.
Wrote in a way that makes it very easy to understand and also why we should all be made,aware of its very existence .

This book was a reasonable and well-written view of the self-propelled healing process utilizing the Vagus Nerve, however, the way this book presents itself is slightly misleading. This was categorized under "science" alone and seems to take a more medical marketing approach with the cover art, and yet has more of a holistic healing or CAM feel to the actual content. This is not to say CAMs and holistic options are not valid, I just would not be able to use this in a medical library setting as often as I hoped based on the marketing.

I felt like it was a little heavy on the anatomy lesson and needed more of the actual exercises to help. Which, I am an anatomy instructor, so I guess it would be different for someone who isn't familiar with anatomy and wants to learn how the vagus nerve works. I was only in it for the tips. One ear massage and 3-4 very generic yoga poses were not all that helpful. I feel like you can get essentially all of this information and more in a simple Google search about vagus nerve exercises. Not sure I'd recommend anyone to waste their money on this book for that reason alone.

This is a fantastic, down-to-Earth summary of neurobiology and the basics of the nervous system. As a clinical counselor, I would personally feel uncomfortable recommending some of these exercises or interventions to my clients because they seem more medical than I am qualified to attempt, but at the same time these things are so needed and so useful. I do wonder if it might be a little much for a layperson; but someone who is deeply committed to healing would be able to digest this. The illustrations are beautiful, the information is presented in a cohesive manner, and it could certainly be helpful for a person who has the tools to digest the comprehensive material.