In TRE the psoas is where we initiate the tremors in people's first experience of connecting to their instinctual ability to tremor and release stress and tension. The muscle runs from the T12 and L1 vertebrae on the spine down through the…
Maria gives us a brief insight into the TRE trainings that she has been involved in with Palestinians from the West Bank. She is developing a TRE community there that will one day be able to sustain their own TRE program. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG_-0It1ndA&fbclid=IwAR3OAS_nawM4NtwEfFI4Rz5RwVIQulR4C0UU591hhK7zRK7CegH1gEKVQng
(With thanks to the Australian Childhood Foundation for the opportunity to present this at their 2018 International Trauma Conference in Melbourne) This 22-min presentation covers my take (at the time) on topics including: – trauma as a verb – trauma symptoms as signs of ‘active activation’ of ANS defensive responses
Trauma is also severely stigmatized and marginalized; as if we don't want to look at it and be confronted with it. It is the silent epidemic running havoc in our lives and affecting our health on all levels; mentally, emotionally and physically. We seem to want to recognize trauma, and only to some degree, for those who have gone to war or are in high-risk professions but the bulk of occurring trauma happens much closer to us. What Trauma is also severely stigmatized and marginalized; as if we don't want to look at it and be confronted with it.
Researchers have recently discovered a dangerous biological syndrome caused by abuse and neglect during childhood. As the new documentary Resilience
How is it that a single celled organism with no nervous system, no nucleus, and no membrane-bound organelles – called a prokaryote – is able to navigate environments, avoid predation, and move toward sources of energy?