Improving your parasympathetic tone is essential for a healthy body. It directly impacts your autonomic nervous system, responsible for most of your bodily functions. Dr. Tim Jackson talks about how to improve your parasympathetic tone, why it’s important to reduce stress, and heart rate variability.   Build Your Parasympathetic Tone Use a Far-Infrared Sauna Deep Breathing Vagus Nerve Stimulation   About Dr. Tim Jackson Dr. Tim Jackson received his undergraduate degree in Health science and chemistry from Wake Forest University in 2003. He completed his Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) from the Medical University of SC in 2009. Realizing that manual therapy and orthopedic care helped only some of his patients, he began studying functional and environmental medicine, as well as digestive health, in an effort to help others achieve wellness.  Dr. Tim has an education in nutritional biochemistry, digestive health and its systemic effects, functional endocrinology, epigenetics, mold and Lyme disease, and auto-immune/neuro-immune disorders.  He completed the Spine portion of the Active Release Technique methodology, a system that addresses musculoskeletal trigger points and helps to expedite the healing process. Dr. Jackson trained with Dr. Kendal Stewart, M.D. to learn the far-reaching implications of methylation deficits and their role in Neuro-immune syndromes. Dr. Jackson features on The BulletProof Executive Podcast, Ben Greenfield’s Podcast, RobbWolf.com, The Huffington Post, as well as countless health and wellness summits.  He is on the advisory board for Your 2nd Half, a Program that helps collegiate and professional athletes transition from athletics into other careers, and The Medical Advisory Board for GreenSmoothieGirl.com, a site with several million visitors per year.  Dr. Jackson’s clinical expertise spans everything from brain rehabilitation, functional endocrinology, Lyme Disease and stealth pathogens, integrative gastroenterology, mold toxicity, epigenetics, and mitochondrial dysfunction.     In This Episode What the autonomic nervous system is [7:00] How to build your parasympathetic tone [10:45] What frequency you should use a far-infrared sauna [14:45] Some deep breathing exercises to practice [17:00] How to stimulate your Vagus Nerve [19:00] Where your stressors might come from [22:00] What you need to know about mitochondrial damage [24:45] Why heart rate variability is important [27:30]   Links & Resources Use Code CALM for 10% off Adrenal Calm Get Your Free Mold Checklist  Use code DRGRAY10 for 10% Off Your Initial Consult with Dr. Tim Jackson   Find Dr. Tim Jackson Online Follow Dr. Tim Jackson on Instagram | Facebook   Find Your Longevity Blueprint Online Follow Your Longevity Blueprint on Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube | LinkedIn Get your copy of the Your Longevity Blueprint book and claim your bonuses here Find Dr. Stephanie Gray and Your Longevity Blueprint online    Follow Dr. Stephanie Gray on Facebook | Instagram | Youtube | Twitter | LinkedIn Integrative Health and Hormone Clinic Podcast Production by the team at Counterweight Creative    Related Episodes  Episode 42: Benefits Of Sauna Therapy With Nicole Carlson Episode 21: How Trauma Affects Your Health With Dr. Keesha Ewers Episode 3: Food Is Medicine Pt. 1 W/ Dr. Terry Wahls Episode 4: Food Is Medicine Pt 2 W/ Dr. Terry Wahls