Muito bom The Psoas Muscle After going through the set of exercises that are designed to evoke the neurogenic tremors everyone will have a first experience of tremoring. The tremors start in the legs and then move into the Psoas area of our body which is the lower back and pelvis. A healthy Psoas muscle is essential to our wellbeing and healthy means that these two mighty muscles needs to be flexible and strong at the same time. We cannot consciously tighten or relax our Psoas, it is under control of our Sympathetic Nervous System and there are reasons for this. A contraction of this muscle is triggered in traumatic/stressful situations. The Psoas Mayor is the most important muscular connection between the upper body and the legs thus ensuring our ability to walk and run, to keep balance. In moments of danger and fear it contracts to bring our extremities together so we curl up to protect our vulnerable body parts. This muscle bears the brunt of our physical trauma response. If tensions in this muscle remain unreleased over a period of time it can become chronically stiff, inflexible or even shortened. In this unrelaxed state it will permanently send ‘danger signals’ through the Vagus Nerve which is part of our Sympathetic Nervous System into our brain and cause chemical imbalances that affect our emotional wellbeing. Although the tremoring starts in the middle of our body it gradually spreads. Depending on our ability to ‘let go’ of control all areas of our body can shake. Session for session more muscles are being relaxed and joints realigned. The body regains strength because muscles that have – unbeknown to the conscious mind – been used for support and stability throughout the body are now free to move again and become flexible. Through the neurological connection between the Psoas and the Vagus Nerve comes a relief that is felt mentally. The relaxed and flexible muscles ‘signal’ the brain the absence of ‘danger’ and the brain gradually stops the release of substances that were triggered, sometimes a long time ago. During a four day workshop with David Berceli numerous testimonies were given from participants who were astounded by the fact that their body clearly and unmistakably ‘remembered’ traumatic experiences: After an accident involving the knee, tremoring will be most strongly felt in this area, an fall from the bicycle years ago that affected the shoulder will trigger tremors there. Dr. Berceli added to this from his own experience of working with PTSD diagnosed war veterans. A soldier who was severely traumatized in a fighting situation with his fingers on the trigger experienced a long period of tremoring in his hands. People who were traumatized a ,long time ago and had experienced freezing and/or curling up in self-protection experienced waves of tremors throughout their body that caused the extremities to stretch and open up. Tremoring can be described as a discharge of stored energy that is felt as tension. It effects a return to more flexibility, balance and grounding in the body with an increased mental sense of safety and energy. While Dr Berceli decided to bring his Trauma Release Exercises personally to those who need it most ( in war and desaster zones) he also trains TRE Practitioners all over the world. Every TRE Practitioner has to go though the process of experiencing the effect of tremoring regularly – in their own body and mind. I am greatful for this requirement and can testify to a release of trauma and stress in my body as a result of practicing these exercises several times a week. What exactly is Trauma ? Traumatic experience is common and natural, it cannot be avoided. It is a physiological experience that has repercussions on our mental state. Trauma is defined as a state of high arousal – being overwhelmed by sense perceptions, often combined with intense fear. It is a sad reality that the natural reactions to trauma are generally classified as disorders. Slowly but surely the perception and understanding of traumatic experience changes and one day we will all know and understand that All physical and emotional reactions to trauma are a natural response to an unnatural event We are physically and emotionally equipped to survive and heal from trauma Emotional symptoms are reactions to neurological and chemical changes in the body and not an illness in themselves The diagram shows a hierarchy of natural responses to challenges and stressors. You will note that fighting and fleeing are not traumatic in itself – these responses are within our natural capability to save our life Only if we can neither reconnect, fight or flee we enter the state of TRAUMA. Traumatic responses are generated through an energy – overload in our nervous system in connection with the automatic release of chemicals into the body. Three distinct reactions are known but it is possible to experience one, two or all of them by drifting from one state into another. 1) Freezing – ranging from a sensation of ‘stiffness’, ‘being unable to move’ to feeling ‘invisible’ and/or ‘immovable’. 2) Flooding – ranging from crying and sobbing to shouting, hitting and blind rage. 3) Dissociation – ranging from consciously rejecting/ignoring emotions to literally disconnecting from the body What happens AFTER a traumatic event ? These reactions are supposed to be temporary and the body should be allowed to return to its natural relaxed state. That is what we expect and what seems to happen, anger calms down, fear is diminished, the broken bone is healed but still – something is not right. But what about the deep seated, subconscious things that our mind cannot reach? Many approaches have been tried and people have found their own way out of this dilemma – often without knowing how it happened. Some give up and become victims for life, some develop depression or live with constant stress, anger and resentment. Here is the catch: The mind alone cannot resolve it because the memory of the trauma also resides in the body. Our body has its own memory – every cell and membrane, nerve and muscle. The neurological system detects and transmits all of this to our subconscious mind in a constant stream of signals. Chronically clenched and unrelaxed muscles send a constant signal of ‘danger’ to the brain and trigger the release of chemicals. An unbalanced hip or a weak knee might just seem a nuisance but where the skeletal body and the joints are out of balance, muscles have to add to stability – they become rigid and finally too short to do the work they were designed to do – enable a flow of energy – through flexibility and movement – throughout the body. Only of the emotion reaches a certain – indiviudally different – threshhold the conscious mind becomes aware of it and begins to interpret, judge, dismiss or react And the conscious mind is sometimes not helping but hindering the body in his self-healing capacity – it all depends on the quality of the mind-body connection – how both communicate their needs and ‘understand’ each other. There are many ways of engaging the body and restoring the mind-body connection. It is true that exercise and fitness play a great role. TRE is a scientific yet easy and truly holistic method. It does not require you to learn another set of rules or embrace certain spiritual beliefs although I do teach and believe we are made of body, soul and spirit and there is only one way to become totally whole and healthy. TRE is a proven and effective organic method that ‘works’ for everyone, regardless of culture, language and belief system. TRE can be learned and once you know your own ‘process’ and feel comfortable with it you can use TRE on your own whenever you need to release tension and stress. Please visit THE BERCELI FOUNDATION , a Non-Profit Organisation helping people all over the world to recover from trauma. WHAT TRE CAN DO FOR YOU… TRE is based on the body’s natural, inborn ability to release repressed and stored energy via ‘neurogenic tremors’. While it is especially effective in reducing stress related symptoms, people from all over the world and diverse circumstances have reported and testified that tremoring has restored their unique individual range of problems and symptoms. If you have experienced emotional or physical trauma or both and you know that your life would be easier and more balanced without this experience, you have found a way to get well again. If you have tried to talk about your trauma and found that it aggravates your symptoms, you have now found a way to get well again. If you know that you suffer from chronic stress, anxiety, worry, looped thinking, if you struggle to be quiet and relaxed and wish you could stop the treadmill of thoughts, you have found a way to get well again. If you suffer from pain related to old injuries, lower back pain or stress related headaches you have found a way to get well again. If you want to strengthen your mind-body connection, learn to feel your emotions without judging, practice inner body awareness and become more grounded you have found a way to do that. Browse through the testmonies of people from all over the world (follow the links below) to read and hear what TRE has done for them. Hypertension (Allison) Recovery from Trauma after natural disaster/loss (China) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (War Veteran) Depression in young people at risk (My Life) Helps recover and strengthen creativity and gounding in artistic people Depression – releasing old traumatic experiences Insomnia, sleeping problems,general stress and tension Bi-Polar, anxiety and panic attacks (Jim) Fibromyalgia (Dan) Healing Dissociation – reconnecting mind and body (Stacey) Helping victims who experienced trauma through war and devastation (Sudan) Lower back pain (very effective with this ! ) Pain related to past injuries and operations Pain and depression /PTSD as a result of physical and emotional trauma (Sedja) Headache and cramps related to chronic tension/ stress Listen to an interview with David Berceli on ‘Conscious Media Network’ Listen and watch a group of people giving feedback after tremoring at one of the TRE Workshops Susan De Toledo Hulley
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