Pulsetto Device and Vagus Nerve Stimulation

For years, vagus nerve stimulation was something only available through surgically implanted medical devices prescribed for conditions like epilepsy and treatment resistant depression. The research was compelling but the access was essentially zero for most people. That’s changed in a meaningful way, and it’s one of the tools I’m most excited to offer in my Lab.

Pulsetto is a wearable device you wear at the neck that delivers transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation. Transcutaneous simply means through the skin, so there’s nothing invasive about it. Two small electrodes make contact with the skin on either side of your neck, where the vagus nerve runs close to the surface, and a mild, carefully calibrated electrical signal travels directly to the nerve.

Your vagus nerve, when stimulated this way, sends signals up to your brainstem and into the systems that govern stress response and recovery. The result is a shift toward what nervous system researchers call parasympathetic dominance. Your body downshifts. Your heart rate slows. Muscle tension eases. The quality of your alertness changes from vigilant to settled.

If you’re working on nervous system regulation as part of trauma recovery, this matters because it gives you a direct, repeatable experience of regulation. Your body learns what settling down actually feels like. That learning accumulates.

Sessions are short, typically ten to twenty minutes, and most people find the sensation mild and pleasant. It pairs naturally with other Lab tools like BrainTap and red light therapy.

If you’ve struggled to find your way into a regulated state on your own, Pulsetto might be one of the most useful things you try.

If you want to try Pulsetto for yourself, you can find it here: https://pulsetto.sjv.io/L0ZPLY.

One client started using Pulsetto in the evenings after sessions here at the Lab, and she told me it became the thing that helped her actually wind down instead of lying awake replaying her day. It is not a replacement for the deeper work, but it gave her a tool she could use on her own between sessions.

If this sounds like where you are right now, reach out. I would love to help you find steady ground again. You can learn more about working with me at resiliencyco.net.