Polyvagal Theory and the FREEZE response in Meditation

How Polyvagal Theory explains two common meditation instructions, sitting still and non-attachment. Stillness draws the nervous system into the dorsal vagal freeze response, likened to a conscious sleep paralysis with pleasurable skin tingling. Non-attachment is framed as healthy disassociation, part of that freeze, which resets the reticular activating system and leaves the world feeling new.