Natureza Gabriel is the principal neural architect of Autonomics: a cutting-edge & ancestral update to our understanding of living autonomic physiology, which he has developed over 30 years of trans-disciplinary study and research with input from well over 5,000 wellness professionals, and 100 mentors and advisors from 25 lineages of healing in 24 cultures. His mind was trained at Yale and Stanford Universities, his heart has been educated in ceremonies and circles. He has spent 30 years studying connection through the lenses of neuroscience, mindful awareness, social justice, deep nature connection, non-cognitive ways of knowing, Indigenous Lifeways, and cultural linguistics. He is Founder and CEO of Hearth Science: a translation research firm pioneering the union of neurophysiology and ancestral awareness to turn on the deepest drivers of human wellbeing. He is the principal architect of the Autonomic Treatment Atlas, a proprietary diagnostics and treatment software platform that centralizes autonomic physiology in the diagnosis and treatment of stress-related disorders and the creation of enduring wellbeing. He is Host and Executive Producer of The Restorative Practices Film Series, The Connection Masterclass, Evoking Connection States, and Lectures on the New Foundation Model in Autonomics. In autumn 2023, after writing and art directing the Official Polyvagal Posters, and collaborating with Stephen W. Porges to develop intellectual property translating Polyvagal Theory to a broader audience, he was asked to lead the global Polyvagal Study Group on Facebook. He has been asked to teach Autonomics to people in 50 countries, executives in Fortune 500 companies, the faculty of medical schools, governments, international NGOs, and tribal leaders. He is the author of The Neurobiology of Connection, which Rick Hanson, PhD calls, ""A masterwork!"", and eleven others books. He lives in Northern California with his family, where he tends a forest.