Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (821 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 155643233X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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During his thirty year study of stress and trauma, Dr. Vrain River. He lives near Lyons, Colorado, on the banks of the St. . Peter Levine, Ph.D. He holds doctorate degrees in both Medical Biophysics and Psychology. is the originator and developer of Somatic Experiencing® and the Director of the Foundation for Human Enrichment. His book, Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma is in its fifth printing and receiving wide international attention. Peter was a consultant for
Through heightened awareness of these sensations trauma can be healed.. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question: why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed.Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them. To do this, it employs a series of exercises that help us focus on bodily sensations. People are often traumatized by seemingly ordinary experiences. Nature's Lessons in Healing TraumaWaking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. The reader is taken on a guided tour of the subtle, yet powerful impulses that govern our responses to overwhelming life events
Read, learn, and be prepared for life and healing."—Bernard S. Porges, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Psychology, University of Maryland "A vital contribution to the exciting emerging science of mind/body interaction in the treatment of disease."—Robert C. Scaer, M.D., Neurology, Medical Director, Rehabilitation Services, Boulder Community Hospital"Peter Levine’s work is visionary common sense, pure and simple."—Laura Huxley, lifetime partner and collaborator of Aldous Huxley “Waking the Tiger is an excellent resource for those who have been traumatized or know someone who suffers from trauma, like a soldier returning from war. Quite possibly a work of genius." —Ron Kurtz, Author of Body Reveals and Body-Ce
"best treatment for trauma I have done" according to Melody. After reading Peter Levine's book I found a practioner of "Somatic Experiencing" from his web site in my city. From the first day I saw her I have been releasing trauma in the gentlest way I have ever experienced. This method has helped me release trauma that no other method has ever done and releases from the deepest layers I thought I would just have to live with forever. I ha. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma This exciting, insightful book reinforces the wholeness of the human vehicle, that our body and triune brain of instinct, emotion and rationality are totally connected to the human experience and to our connection with all of life. The book explains why humans are often frozen in trauma, unlike animals who daily cope with the unpredictability of nature and man. For humans, as is. An excellent book about dealing with trauma Samuel Rafael Peter Levine in "Waking the Tiger," postulates that trauma exists not in the event or in the story of the event, but is stored within the nervous system. Many common physical ailments are actually residues of thwarted trauma reactions incurred during such events as surgical procedures, falls, pre or perinatal stress and/or childhood accidents and traumas. The body has a natural,