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Section 1 : Background

0. Introduction.
1. Beginnings of Life.
2. Biological resilience.
3. Wellness and gesture.
   1. Boundaries and proxemic space.
   2. Nuntaq the runner (and audio file).
4. Journey through the senses.
5. Meaning.
6. Philosophical interlude.
   
   1. Partial transcript of a talk by David Bohm.
   2. The blind men and the elephant.

Section 2 : Dissociation and Embodiment

8. PolyVagal Theory and the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
   
   1. A selective overview of the ANS. (currently subject to major review)
   2. PolyVagal Theory [removed : needs major revision]
   3. Thermoregulation [removed : needs major revision]
   4. Hibernation [removed : needs major revision]
9. Consciousness (front page).
   
   1. Consciousness : Solitons.
   2. Consciousness : Physical Models of multiplicity.
   3. Consciousness : Models of organisation.
   4. Consciousness : Spiritual Models of multiplicity.
   5. Consciousness : a summary.
10. Trauma, Dis-association and Fragmentation
    
    9. [removed : needs major revision]
    1. Resilience.
    2. ... writing in progress...

Relevant videos and other links

• Masaru Enmoto : The Rice experiment. You are what you think.
• The Animal Communicator : Anna Breytenbach (Full documentary).
• Leopard, Impala, Baboon : Dissociation and deep vagal states as a way of survival (it's NOT "playing dead"!)
• Stephen Porges on the importance of relationships
• Henri Bortoft on Perception
• John Arden talks about neural networks and feedback loops. The mind and emotions, senses, physical body, physiology, immune system, and genetic (cellular) expression are all connected in a series of feedback loops.