The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process: Transcend Your Toughest Times
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By: David Berceli and PhD
Format: Paperback
From: Namaste Pub Inc
Pub. Date: 29th August 2008
From: Namaste Pub Inc
Pub. Date: 29th August 2008
Product Details:
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2008-08-29
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 232
Ean: 9781897238400
Isbn: 1897238401
Catalog: Book
Release Date: 2008-08-29
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 232
Ean: 9781897238400
Isbn: 1897238401
ABOUT THE BOOK
EDITORIAL REVIEW
When we experience stressful or traumatic events, the body records and stores this information with great accuracy. Each trauma leaves its mark, etched into both our psyche and our physical makeup. The chronic muscle tension patterns we accumulate affect how well we function, preventing us from accessing our most alive state.
In addition to explaining how stress, anxiety, and trauma affect our mental wellbeing and physical health, The Revolutionary Trauma Release Process draws on the body's amazingly precise record of our histories to provide a simple yet powerful way to access and release our tension. By reestablishing our equilibrium, stabilizing our lives, and returning us to emotional health, it allows us to enjoy a vibrant state of being.
The magic of David Berceli s revolutionary Trauma Release Process is, because it functions equally well as a stand-alone program or in conjunction with other modalities, that it can be used by individuals to heal their personal trauma, groups such as first responders in a situation like 9/11, and large populations in the wake of disasters on the scale of a tsunami or earthquake.
USER REVIEWS
"I have been aware of the flight/fight response in my body but didn't find any system that worked long to help me deal with it. I had read Peter A. Levine's book and tried his exercises, but as I am already very connected to my feelings and aware of my body's reaction to them, his book didn't help much. David's book gives you a physical way to release this reaction. I had gained weight over many years due to job stress and family trauma. I've also gone through menopause which I consider a stress on the body. Most women who have gone through menopause know that it is very hard to lose weight afterwards. I performed the exercises in this book one time, in which I was able to induce the tremors. I felt relaxed and sleepy afterwards, but I didn't expect to have any other particular benefit from the exercises. It was with great joy that within a week I found myself finally dropping below a weight threshold that I had not been able to get past for years- without doing anything new with regards to my diet or exercise routine. When I exercise regularly and eat less sugar/grains I start losing weight again. Winter weather makes it hard for me to motivate myself to get moving, but despite that my weight has remained stable. I haven't chunked back up despite occasional indulgence in cinnamon rolls and buttered bread. I think I have recovered somewhat my natural metabolism that I had prior to traumatic stresses in my life.
I did find that after successfully inducing the tremors that one time that I couldn't seem to exercise hard enough (that same week) to induce them again. Perhaps that one time was enough to release the energy in my body that had built up over years. Now that several months have passed, I plan to actually buy the book (originally borrowed from the library) and see if I can get some more benefit from performing the exercises again assuming that tension has had time built itself back up from the regular daily stressors of life. I highly recommend that everyone try the exercises in this book at least once. Perhaps you will be happily surprised like I was at the benefits that may result."
~ Written on 2010-01-28
I did find that after successfully inducing the tremors that one time that I couldn't seem to exercise hard enough (that same week) to induce them again. Perhaps that one time was enough to release the energy in my body that had built up over years. Now that several months have passed, I plan to actually buy the book (originally borrowed from the library) and see if I can get some more benefit from performing the exercises again assuming that tension has had time built itself back up from the regular daily stressors of life. I highly recommend that everyone try the exercises in this book at least once. Perhaps you will be happily surprised like I was at the benefits that may result."
~ Written on 2010-01-28
"Well done. Now you can take the initiative in healing trauma. A lot of stuff to give a background understanding, then on to the simple exercises.
It's easy, it's simple, it works.
In addition to the book's promise you will learn (through your own experience)
1) The role of your physical body in mental health. 2) how to engage and make your physical body a functional part of your-self. 3) That you can take charge of your own healing and once you do it feels really good!. 4) you don't need to get esoteric and fluffy to heal. 4) Trauma is not just from war, rape, etc. STRESS causes trauma and you can release it. 5) It is simple and worthwhile.
Thise exercise routine should be mandatory for all high-stress workers -especially for active military personnel. It would be even better to teach it to kids.
"
~ Written on 2010-01-26
It's easy, it's simple, it works.
In addition to the book's promise you will learn (through your own experience)
1) The role of your physical body in mental health. 2) how to engage and make your physical body a functional part of your-self. 3) That you can take charge of your own healing and once you do it feels really good!. 4) you don't need to get esoteric and fluffy to heal. 4) Trauma is not just from war, rape, etc. STRESS causes trauma and you can release it. 5) It is simple and worthwhile.
Thise exercise routine should be mandatory for all high-stress workers -especially for active military personnel. It would be even better to teach it to kids.
"
~ Written on 2010-01-26
"I participated in a four-day TRE training in Canada last February. I chose to take the training because I suspected that TRE might be uniquely helpful for clients who are traumatized war veterans. I also participated because I hoped that the training would help me in my own ongoing recovery. I not disappointed.
Dr. Berceli shared that he originally developed a vested interest in finding more effective ways to recover from trauma because, as a priest, he served in a number of countries - particularly in South Africa - where he experienced direct effects of war-related trauma. As a survivor, he became dissatisfied with the end results of his own experience with a variety of trauma therapy interventions. As he continued his search for more effective interventions, he gradually developed TRE. When used properly, TRE helps trauma survivors to access, and then express, frozen physical trauma responses in their bodies, via induced muscular tremoring that helps their bodies to literally shake out pent-up stress energy stored in deeper muscles - particularly in the torso. It's especially nice to teach to survivors because: 1) they can do it at home, 2) they end up being in control of the tremoring process, which increases their sense of empowerment, 3) TRE trains their brains to understand that when the body responds naturally to stress by tremoring, the body's reaction does NOT mean that they are in danger.
After completing eight TRE group sessions during the four-day training, I noticed that my body was starting to tremor quite naturally. Whereas I'd been embarrassed in the past to let my body shake, due to my fear of being perceived as vulnerable, I was now more comfortable with the physical sensation of shaking. This was, in part, because I'd learned, during the training, that tremoring is my body's way of naturally discharging stress energy. I also noticed that as I continued to honor my body's need to shake and tremor when stressed, the stress didn't seem to "stick" as it had in the past.
During our training, Dr. Berceli repeatedly expressed his concern that professionals need to be properly trained in TRE so that they not only recognize the trauma responses of flooding, freezing and dissociation in clients, but also that the professionals are able to recognize, and cope with, their own trauma responses.
If you want to learn more about TRE and future training sessions, go to Dr. Berceli's website at [...]
Kathleen Sullivan, LMSW
Chattanooga TN
[...]"
~ Written on 2009-11-19
Dr. Berceli shared that he originally developed a vested interest in finding more effective ways to recover from trauma because, as a priest, he served in a number of countries - particularly in South Africa - where he experienced direct effects of war-related trauma. As a survivor, he became dissatisfied with the end results of his own experience with a variety of trauma therapy interventions. As he continued his search for more effective interventions, he gradually developed TRE. When used properly, TRE helps trauma survivors to access, and then express, frozen physical trauma responses in their bodies, via induced muscular tremoring that helps their bodies to literally shake out pent-up stress energy stored in deeper muscles - particularly in the torso. It's especially nice to teach to survivors because: 1) they can do it at home, 2) they end up being in control of the tremoring process, which increases their sense of empowerment, 3) TRE trains their brains to understand that when the body responds naturally to stress by tremoring, the body's reaction does NOT mean that they are in danger.
After completing eight TRE group sessions during the four-day training, I noticed that my body was starting to tremor quite naturally. Whereas I'd been embarrassed in the past to let my body shake, due to my fear of being perceived as vulnerable, I was now more comfortable with the physical sensation of shaking. This was, in part, because I'd learned, during the training, that tremoring is my body's way of naturally discharging stress energy. I also noticed that as I continued to honor my body's need to shake and tremor when stressed, the stress didn't seem to "stick" as it had in the past.
During our training, Dr. Berceli repeatedly expressed his concern that professionals need to be properly trained in TRE so that they not only recognize the trauma responses of flooding, freezing and dissociation in clients, but also that the professionals are able to recognize, and cope with, their own trauma responses.
If you want to learn more about TRE and future training sessions, go to Dr. Berceli's website at [...]
Kathleen Sullivan, LMSW
Chattanooga TN
[...]"
~ Written on 2009-11-19
"Its amazing that something so simple can help in so many ways. Dr. Berceli has found something so rudimentary to our bodies, so simple in application and so incredibly profound. I have benefited from these exercises so much, and I have watched my clients improve physically and emotionally. Not only does the mind become calmer and happier, but I have personally seen amazing transformations that seem to come from the person integrating. It is amazing work, I would recommend it to anyone."
~ Written on 2009-10-28
~ Written on 2009-10-28
"I have read many books and tried for many years to understand the mechanics of trauma and its effect on us as a race, as families and as individuals. In a way that traces trauma to its roots and exposes why humans process it differently than other species, David Berceli shows us a new way to unlock the trauma that has been stored in our bodies and release it in the way it was naturally meant to be released.
Through an insightful overview of the history of trauma in our race along with the acknowledgement of the power of forgiveness, Berceli weaves together an insightful and radically new approach to trauma that involves an understanding of the historical, emotional and physical aspects of healing this condition that unknowingly grips so many.
An important thing to remember about this book is that when we think of trauma, many of us conjure up an image of sever trauma like war or natural disasters or other forms of violence. What I learned from reading this book and practicing its exercises is that trauma can actually take the form or more subtle stresses in our lives and when we experience these stresses over prolonged periods of time even these subtle stresses can immobilize us from living a more fulfilled and peaceful existence. I have found that when I go through times where I am practicing Berceli's exercises, my entire experience of the day, even stressful events, is more manageable and I am better equipped to move through life in a more grounded and peaceful way."
~ Written on 2009-09-03
Through an insightful overview of the history of trauma in our race along with the acknowledgement of the power of forgiveness, Berceli weaves together an insightful and radically new approach to trauma that involves an understanding of the historical, emotional and physical aspects of healing this condition that unknowingly grips so many.
An important thing to remember about this book is that when we think of trauma, many of us conjure up an image of sever trauma like war or natural disasters or other forms of violence. What I learned from reading this book and practicing its exercises is that trauma can actually take the form or more subtle stresses in our lives and when we experience these stresses over prolonged periods of time even these subtle stresses can immobilize us from living a more fulfilled and peaceful existence. I have found that when I go through times where I am practicing Berceli's exercises, my entire experience of the day, even stressful events, is more manageable and I am better equipped to move through life in a more grounded and peaceful way."
~ Written on 2009-09-03