Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) are a breakthrough in stress management and trauma recovery. It is a body centred process that releases deep chronic tension created during traumatic or stressful events by deliberately invoking the bodies innate shaking/tremoring mechanism to rebalance after being in a defensive state.
While originally named and developed specifically in relation to trauma, they have a significant impact on reducing general stress, anxiety, tension and pain, (especially in the low back and pelvis,) making them ideal not only for survivors of extreme trauma, but anyone with chronic stress and tension seeking greater peace, calm and wellbeing in their lives. To understand how chronic stress and emotional triggers effect us in a similar way to trauma please see ‘stress v’s trauma’ here
TRE is easily learned, immediately effective and self empowering as the TRE process consists of a series of simple exercises to initiate the body’s innate tremor (shaking) mechanism (see neurogenic tremors) to release stress, tension and trauma from the body itself without the need to talk about or remember specific events.
As neurogenic tremors are a deeply body based process, most people will have no emotional experience while tremoring, while the small percentage of people who may begin to feel unwanted emotions learn how to self regulate their response by gently stopping and starting the tremors to regain a sense of control over their body physiology and return to a calmer homeostasis over time.
Please see upcoming workshops for information about 1 day public workshops and 3 day Level 1 and level 2 training around Australia & New Zealand in the coming months including workshops by TRE founder Dr David Berceli in November and December 2011.
This 6 miute video below provides an efficient overview of TRE from a South African Medical TV show – there is more written explanation and information on TRE below the video as well.
TRE overview from South African TV with Dr Berceli:
“Much in my attitude to life has changed since doing TRE. Before I would wake most mornings with awful anxiety -now hardly ever! Over the past 20 years I have experienced many processes/counseling including Hypnotherapy, NLP, psychology sessions (EMDR, TFT, TAT, etc.) counseling, Rebirthing, Polarity therapy, Past Life regression, Crystal healing, Reiki, Bowen therapy, NET…..phew! However, the TRE sessions have been the most profound” Sue, Central Coast, NSW
TRE invokes these innate tremors in a controlled and sustained manner to release deep chronic muscular tension from the core of the body where the protective pattern of muscle contraction is created, returning the body to a more calm, relaxed and balanced state.
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- “As a psychologist, I am so excited to have discovered Trauma Release Exercises. In my experience, sometimes the talking therapies do not go deep enough. TRE is a pathway into releasing stress and trauma in a simple and private way. Don’t be fooled by the simplicity of this process. It is deep and profound work. I intend to continue with TRE for my own wellbeing. I am also recommending it to my clients as a process that beautifully compliments other forms of treatment.”
Karin Hannigan, Psychologist, Brisbane
An explanation of TRE by Dr David Berceli
