While it is often overshadowed by its high-alert counterpart, the sympathetic nervous system, the PSNS has a powerful role in managing how your body handles stress. Understanding ...

A chronically dysregulated nervous system can lead to both physical and mental symptoms. Here's what to look out for.

The sympathetic nervous system activity is always functioning in balance with the parasympathetic nervous system, and has effects on organs throughout your body that can potentially help you with ...

"For physical and mental balance, chakras must act in concert with one another," writes yoga educator Tony Sanchez.

One part, called your sympathetic nervous system, helps you fight or run away in an emergency (also known as your "fight-or-flight" response). The other part, called your parasympathetic nervous ...

At the core of this relationship is the autonomic nervous system, which consists of two primary branches: the sympathetic (responsible for “fight-or-flight” responses) and parasympathetic ...

Modern life moves fast, but nature invites us to slow down. Here are six surprising ways nature can soothe our weary nervous systems and bring us back to balance.

ANS exerts its functions through two branches, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems (SNS and PNS), which usually function oppositely. While SNS triggers a fight or flight response ...