11 Vagus Nerve Hacks: Simple Ways to Calm Your Body's Stress Superhighway

Have you ever noticed how a nagging sense of stress can leave you feeling drained, unsettled, or even a little out of sync with yourself? While it’s natural to assume these ripples of tension start in the mind, much of our experience of calm (or chaos) actually gets routed through a powerful communication pathway in the body: the vagus nerve. Sometimes called the “stress superhighway,” the vagus nerve runs from your brainstem all the way down to your gut, weaving subtle connections with your heart, lungs, and digestive system.