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The Manual Technique and Self-Care System: Non-Intrusive Touch, the Two-Hand Protocol, and the Descending Cascade

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A Preliminary Synthesis in Polyvagal Acupuncture® and Polyvagal Massage™ Dr. Jennifer Moffitt, DTCM, DNCCAOM, L.Ac. Certified Primitive Reflex Clinical Specialist (CPRCS) This document is a preliminary clinical synthesis. It draws on established neuroscience, clinical observation, and integrative reasoning across multiple disciplines. The mechanistic reasoning is grounded in established neuroanatomy, fascial biomechanics, and autonomic physiology. Practitioners Read More

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The Hidden Pulse and the Cervical Crush Mechanism: Autonomic Architecture, Vascular Compression, and the Otic Ganglion as Primary Juncture Point

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A Preliminary Synthesis in Polyvagal Acupuncture® and Polyvagal Massage™ Dr. Jennifer Moffitt, DTCM, DNCCAOM, L.Ac. Certified Primitive Reflex Clinical Specialist (CPRCS) This document is a preliminary clinical synthesis. It draws on established neuroscience, clinical observation, and integrative reasoning across multiple disciplines. The mechanistic reasoning is grounded in established neuroanatomy and autonomic physiology. Practitioners are encouraged

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A New Narrative for Trauma Care: A System-Wide, Bottom-Up Approach

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© 2025 J. Moffitt. Registered U.S. Copyright Office. Polyvagal Acupuncture®. A core limitation in many conventional “top-down” trauma therapies is that they target cognition and emotion while the underlying Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) remains locked in a state of high arousal. This narrative proposes that true, sustainable healing requires a “bottom-up” restoration of the ANS,

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Mindfulness, Autonomic Regulation, and Primitive Reflexes: A Neuro-Somatic Framework

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© 2025 J. Moffitt. Registered U.S. Copyright Office. Polyvagal Acupuncture®.  My first introduction to deep somatic work was over 30 years ago with a clinician who had abandoned her psychology license to integrate hands-on therapies. With three PhDs, she realized that dissociated trauma survivors were cognitively processing their pain without ever truly feeling it in their

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The Integration of TCM and Neurophysiology

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© 2026 J. Moffitt. Registered U.S. Copyright Office. Polyvagal Acupuncture®. Early TCM practitioners wrote from direct observation, using language shaped by the natural world of their era. Having studied for many years with great teachers like Miki Shima, Kiko Sensei, Masakazu Ikeda Sensei, and Edward Obaidey Sensei, I was taught a vital distinction: to read

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The Freeze Responses: Startle and FPR Intro

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Restoring the Precursors to Autonomic Balance The practitioner’s role is to facilitate the restoration of autonomic balance and remove neurological interference caused by a nervous system in a high state of arousal.  Once parasympathetic tone is restored, the necessary precursors for neuroplasticity are in place. What is beautiful is that as TCM and somatic therapists

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The Freeze Responses Part 2: Core Tendon Guard – The Full Body STOP – Intro

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© 2026 J. Moffitt. Registered U.S. Copyright Office. Polyvagal Acupuncture®. Core Tendon Guard Reflex (CTG) The idea of Tendon Guard Reflexes ties into how the body reflexively protects its musculoskeletal system during stress or trauma. The Core Tendon Guard (CTG) is often described as a full-body freeze response,  but we can also conceptualize distinct regional

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