The vagus nerve is one of the most important communication pathways in your body. It acts as a two-way link between your brain and your organs, influencing digestion, recovery, immune function, heart rhythm, and emotional regulation.

Most importantly, the vagus nerve helps your body shift out of stress and into rest, repair, and regulation.

Simple breathwork is one of the most natural, accessible, and effective ways to influence vagal response.

In this article, we’ll explore how breathing stimulates the vagus nerve, why breathing patterns matter more than most people realize, and why methods like the Buteyko Method are especially powerful for long-term nervous system health.

The answer is an unequivocal, YES. In fact, athletes are some of the BEST candidates for hypnosis, because they already know what it feels like to be hypnotized!