#81 – Keen on Yoga Podcast with Stephen Porges

Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. is the author of The Polyvagal Theory:
Neurophysiological foundations of Emotions, Attachment,
Communication, and Self-regulation (Norton, 2011).

In 1994 he proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the
evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social
behavior.  This emphasizes the importance of physiological
state in the expression of behavioral problems and psychiatric
disorders.


The theory is leading to innovative treatments based on insights
into the mechanisms mediating symptoms observed in several
behavioral, psychiatric, and physical disorders.


Stephen is the creator of a music-based intervention, the Safe
and Sound Protocol , which currently is used by more than 1400
therapists to improve spontaneous social engagement, to reduce
hearing sensitivities, to improve language processing and state
regulation.


Also written by Stephen: The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal
Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe, (Norton, 2017)
and co-editor of Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory:
The Emergence of Polyvagal-Informed Therapies (Norton,
2018). 


Stephen is Distinguished University Scientist at Indiana
University where he is the founding director of the Traumatic
Stress Research Consortium.


In addition, he is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of
North Carolina, and Professor Emeritus at both the University of
Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. 


He served as president of the Society for Psychophysiological
Research and the Federation of Associations in Behavioral &
Brain Sciences and is a former recipient of a National Institute
of Mental Health Research Scientist Development Award.


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