🎶 Your Nervous System Playlist Library
Welcome.
This space is for your nervous system—no fixing, no pressure, sound and breath and small, safe shifts.
Every playlist below is built around polyvagal theory: a roadmap for how we move through states of shutdown, anxiety, and connection.
Pick the playlist that fits you right now, not where you should be.
Pause when you need to. Move when you’re ready.
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🌀 From Fog to Flow
Mixed Artist Playlist | Gentle movement from frozen to connected
Dorsal Vagal:
"Holocene" – Bon Iver
"Saturn" – Sleeping At Last
"To Build a Home" – Cinematic Orchestra
Sympathetic Activation:
"Shake It Out" – Florence + The Machine
"Freedom" – Jon Batiste
"Feel It Still" – Portugal. The Man
Ventral Vagal Connection:
"Better Together" – Jack Johnson
"Put Your Records On" – Corinne Bailey Rae
"Here Comes the Sun" – The Beatles
🌸 Soft Circuits
An Imogen Heap Journey | For sensory sensitivity, emotional depth, and quiet bravery
Dorsal Vagal:
"Propeller Seeds" – Imogen Heap
"Lifeline" – Imogen Heap
"You Know Where to Find Me" – Imogen Heap
Sympathetic Activation:
"The Walk" – Imogen Heap
"Canvas" – Imogen Heap
"Aha!" – Imogen Heap
Ventral Vagal Connection:
"Goodnight and Go" – Imogen Heap
"The Fire" – Imogen Heap
"Let Go" – Frou Frou
🌟 Regulation Era
Taylor Swift Polyvagal Playlist | Storytelling your way from collapse to connection
Dorsal Vagal:
"This Is Me Trying" – folklore
"The Archer" – Lover
"Tolerate It" – evermore
"You’re Losing Me" – Midnights (3am Edition)
Sympathetic Activation:
"Look What You Made Me Do" – reputation
"Out of the Woods" – 1989
"Haunted" – Speak Now
Ventral Vagal Connection:
"Invisible String" – folklore
"Lover" – Lover
"Begin Again" – Red (Taylor’s Version)
"Daylight" – Lover
🎻 From Still to Safe
Classical Music Polyvagal Playlist | Wordless resonance, emotional movement, embodied flow
Dorsal Vagal:
"Spiegel im Spiegel" – Arvo Pärt
"Clair de Lune" – Claude Debussy
"Gymnopédie No. 1" – Erik Satie
Sympathetic Activation:
"Infernal Dance" – Igor Stravinsky
"Symphony No. 5 (I)" – Ludwig van Beethoven
"Danse Macabre" – Camille Saint-Saëns
Ventral Vagal Connection:
"Piano Concerto No. 21 (II)" – Mozart
"Cello Suite No. 1, Prelude" – J.S. Bach
"The Lark Ascending" – Ralph Vaughan Williams
"Appalachian Spring" – Aaron Copland
🌿 Gentle Reminders
Start where you are, not where you want to be.
Your nervous system knows the way.
Sound is a co-regulator. Let it do some of the work.
There’s no rush, no wrong, and no need to push.