Neurology is the actual autonomic systems that are available to us.

There are three of them: a Connection System, a Movement System, and a Grounding System.

The illustration at right is a simplification (it is missing things) but it shows the Connection System (face, voice, heart, hands), the Movement System (Central Pattern Generators up and down the spine that govern limb movements), and the Grounding System (primarily in the deep belly, the source of gut feelings, and down through the legs.)

When you feel safe enough, all three of these systems contribute their gifts to your awareness.

As you move into danger, these systems begin to shut down. Absent the coordinating pulse of safety, they fall away.

These systems combine with neurochemistry to create Autonomic state.