Polyvagal Card Deck: 58 Practices for Calm and Change

didn't find these cards much use complicated and very vague hard to put into practice

Found these cards to be a little boring, missed opportunity for engaging illustrations

Would like to give these 5 stars because the cards are pretty with calming colors. The exercises are interesting and can be expanded upon if you use a little imagination. My chief complaint is the lack of an index of some kind, so I've provided one below. The cards aren't numbered and a couple of mine got out of order before I thought of typing the list.POLYVAGAL CARD DECK INDEXPOLYVAGAL CARD DECK cover card (1)INTRODUCTORY cards (5)• Overview• Important Concepts• Three States• Deb Dana• Stephen W. PorgesVENTRAL (13)• Glimmers• Savoring• Sifting• Anchoring in Ventral• Touchstones• A Ventral Space• Exploring My Ventral Landscape• Nourished in Nature• Signs of Welcome• Reaching Out• Loving Kindness Meditation• Connecting with Spirit• Awe InspiringSYMPATHETIC (13)• Heading into the Storm• Flavors of Sympathetic• What If?• Assessing the Situation• Honoring the Survival Response• Notice the Difference• My Sympathetic Survival Story• Exploring My Regulated Sympathetic Landscape• Exploring My Sympathetic Survival Landscape• Calm Up• Change the Equation• Reach for Regulation• Rant to ReleaseDORSAL (13)• Flavors of Dorsal• Down to Dorsal• Exploring My Regulated Dorsal Landscape• Exploring My Dorsal Survival Landscape• In Service of Survival• Meeting the Moment• Dorsal Danger• What If?• Reach Out• Coming Back to Life• Widen the Lens – Adjust the Focus• Touch a Dorsal Moment• Finding a LifelineRELATIONAL (13)• Story of Three States• Flavor of the Day• Moving with States• The Shape of States• Playlists• Soundscapes• Under the Umbrella• Autonomic Haiku• Three Objects• Notice, Name, Turn Toward, Tune In• Daily Reflection• An Illustrated Hierarchy• The Power of a SighBONUS (5)• Pathways to Play• Playful Moments• Stories of Stillness• Practicing Stillness• Consider Change• Let Go and Take a Leap

I am counsellor and have really enjoyed using the cards as a tool to prompt self-reflection. I anticipate utilising these cards with clients in my own practice. Beautifully presented as a way to help all of us better understand and work witj the state of our nervous systems

This flip chart is so good for learning basics, and so practical for using with clients in session.