Trauma Releasing Exercises (TRE): A revolutionary new method for stress/trauma recovery.

i like the exercises offered in the book. i already tried some and they served me a lot. it helrped me to relieve the stress and diminish its fisical effects. I've been having back pain.And certainly, the excersises helped me to restore my emotional balance. I feel myself being more positive and doptimistic. I would recommend it to anybody who has any psychological trauma to work with or just good way to release stress in everyday life

It's not often you find a book on such a subject easy to access and also practical. David Berceli's book is both with short pertinent chapters and a series of exercises at the end of the book to practice for yourself.Just get pas the first few pages where Berceli seems to be coming from a world of psychotherapy which may not be yours [as it isn't mine] and you'll be away.It really is worth getting hold of!

I have read several books about healing post traumatic stress disorder, and this is by far the most helpful. Other books, such as Judith Herman's excellent Trauma and Recovery, explain what PTSD is and what its symptoms are, and how a therapist can help her client heal, but this book is a self-help book, in the best sense of the word. It enables a person suffering from PTSD to heal herself.The first part of the book explains how the brain responds to traumatic experiences, and why humans have a hard time shrugging off trauma, unlike wild animals. ( For more on this subject, see Waking the Tiger, by Levine.) It discusses the various responses to a traumatic experience, including freezing, in addition to the better-known fight or flight response. It demonstrates how a history of trauma in communities leads to cycles of war and violence.The last part of the book is the most valuable part: the chapter on how to do the trauma releasing exercises. These exercises stress the muscles of the lower body, inducing a shaking or tremor that mimics an animal's natural response to trauma. In the final exercise, you lie on the floor and shake, literally, for up to fifteen minutes. Suffice it to say, you feel better afterwards. A lot better.I found that I sometimes had some sad feelings about the traumatic events in my life after doing these exercises, but the overwhelming fear and rage were gone. And I felt more like being with other people. This parallels Herman's model of the three stages of recovery: safety, then mourning, then reintegration into one's community. The trauma releasing exercises accelerate the first stage, by a great deal.This is not to say that you don't have to make sure you're safe. You do. Patriarchy is a dangerous system to live in, and it hurts both women and men. Once you are over your trauma, find ways to stay safe, but keep these exercises in your medicine cabinet.

Super disappointed in this book.. but I'll own that I didn't look at how many pages you get. The book is thin... about 1/4" thick and only 90 pages long, with 15 of those being ones you don't read (cover pages, table of contents and marketing stuff). Be warned. Not sure it's worth the better part of $30.

Die Methode an sich ist sehr interessant und scheint auch zu wirken. Ich hätte mir allerdings mehr detallierte Anweisungen/Photos über die einzelnen Übungen gewünscht. Der Autor aber erzählt mehr darüber was die Übungen alles bewirken können und weniger explizit wie die Übungen korrekt auszuführen sind. Ich vermisse Anweisungen z.B. über die richtige Atmung während der Übungen, etc. Deswegen von mir nur 4 Sternen.