If it is hard to feel, it is hard to heal. Our feeling states are often hidden, rarely simple, and sometimes scary. Embodiment tools can help us develop our capacity to feel, which is incredibly useful in resolving pain, anxiety and trauma. We’re all hardwired to...
Overview Connection to the body is the foundation of connection to self, connection to others, and connection to the natural world. Transference is when feelings, attitudes, associations originally experienced with important people from the past are transferred onto...
Finding Safety: Trauma and the Body What is trauma? When your physiology is stuck, you are stuck. Trauma can be defined as being stuck in protective reflexes. Dissociation is a protective reflex most people are unaware of. In my experience, most people dissociate most...
Can shaking exercises improve stress and PTSD? Great article on TRE on www.patient.infoSteve Haines is a leading TRE provider, teaching in locations worldwide. He says what makes TRE special is that it focuses on relieving stress and trauma by triggering a natural...
TRE, the new exercise craze born out of a war zone I’M lying on my back with my knees bent and slightly apart, and my legs are twitching uncontrollably. For some reason, rather than making me anxious this strikes me as utterly hilarious — I just have a mental picture...
This webinar was designed to explore how 'Relational Touch' supports embodiment and grounding to heal trauma. When our physiology is stuck, we are stuck. Understanding the protective reflexes of 'fight-or-flight' or 'freeze' is a key piece in working with trauma....
The new tension-release techniqueThe latest relaxation technique is perfect for people who can’t sit still 'If you have no patience for mindfulness and you’re too fidgety to meditate, a new approach to tackling stress has just reached the UK’s most...
The very nature of trauma is that it is overwhelming - it’s more than the organism can cope with. Trauma shatters our worldview and rules of fairness and justice no longer seem to apply. Trauma often leads to a spiritual crisis and a profound re-evaluation of meaning....
Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE) teach you how to relate to intense feelings in a grounded and self-regulated way by releasing tension and waking the body up. In the right context, the feelings generated by shaking can also be a powerful stimulus to come out of old,...
TRE in The Daily Mail - 21 Jan 2019 'Lying on the floor one morning, I watch as my legs begin to tremble. Then my tummy wobbles like a half-set jelly. A few minutes in, and my body is positively shuddering, even though I am doing nothing to make this happen. It’s as...
TRE in Evening Standard Magazine - 18 Jan 2019 Meet the Mind Healers: Steve Haines, Trauma Releasing Exercises 'A key feature of trauma is the shutdown, or freeze response. Haines literally shakes out the nervous system, relaxing tight muscles and...
TRE in Top Sante - 7th Jan 2019 Shake it off - Could making your muscles quiver and shake help release tension and anxiety from your life? Do a quick scan of your body now - are you clenching your jaw? Are your shoulders tensed up around your ears? If you...