Spine and Holistic Health · Module 12 · Stress and the autonomic nervous system

Stress and Autonomic Balance Walkthrough

Watch the two branches of the autonomic nervous system shift their balance, follow stress hormones from brain to adrenal gland, see a heartbeat speed up and slow down with each breath, and look at what research says about calming a stressed body. Go at your own pace. Nothing here is graded.

Speed

Think of it like this

Quick check

Wrong answers are fine here. Read why, then try again.

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Use the left and right arrow keys to move between steps. Heart rates, HRV values and cortisol curves are rounded teaching values; real people vary a lot. Practise next in the Stress and Autonomic Balance Lab.