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Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences

Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma: The Innate Capacity to Transform Overwhelming Experiences

Paperback

Death & DyingMental HealthSelf-Help

Publisher Price: $21.95

ISBN10: 155643233X
ISBN13: 9781556432330
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Published: Jul 7 1997
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
The classic, life-changing guide to trauma recovery--tap into your body's innate ability to heal, from the creator of Somatic Experiencing(R) (SE)

For anyone seeking body-based tools to heal from trauma--like complex PTSD, developmental trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and more

For nearly three decades, Waking the Tiger has reshaped how we think about--and heal from--trauma. Dr. Peter A. Levine, the visionary behind Somatic Experiencing(R) (SE), introduced a revolutionary concept: trauma is not a flaw, but a natural process that, when properly supported, can help us self-regulate and lead to profound healing.

Dr. Levine invites us back into the natural intelligence of our body, showing how we can use the model of animals in the wild to understand--and rediscover--our own innate ability to heal from trauma. Animals frequently experience events that threaten their lives, safety, and kin--yet they don't suffer from trauma in the same ways that we do. Instead, they instinctively respond to life-or-death situations by releasing survival energy. When we don't process our own fight-flight-or-freeze hormones, we can stay stuck, locked into a trauma response that can wreak havoc on our bodies, lives, decision-making, and relationships. But it doesn't have to be that way. Dr. Levine shows:

- How to regulate our nervous systems and transform personal trauma

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