7. Facilitating the emotional flow: shake therapy

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Shake therapy

tre: trauma release exercises

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INTRODUCTION

TRE (Trauma Releasing Exercises) is a body technique that helps the body to release deep patterns of tension, stress and trauma allowing it to regain its state of balance and well-being. Throughout our lives, our muscles contract to protect us from what our mind-body feels is a threat. But when this tension is not released, it becomes chronic and affects our vitality. All people suffer or have suffered, at some point in their lives and to a greater or lesser degree, episodes of stress. These can be physical: a fall on a bicycle, an excessive effort, an accident; or they can be psychological: a shock, an anger, a separation, a loss, conflicts in relationships, the sight of a shocking event, etc. To a greater degree, it could be living through a natural disaster or an armed conflict. Any of these episodes of stress leave their mark on the body and become a muscular pattern of tension.

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Video: How to release trauma from your body

Video: TRE: a condensed explanation

Article: Can TRE therapy help you shake off stress?

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What is the default mode of the nervous system according to the polyvagal theory?

Fight-or-flight response

Safety-and-connection state

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Which body-based treatment involves activities like shaking, dancing, and yoga to release tension?

Perceived safety exercises

Paced breathing

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Which hormone is released during activities like eye contact and hugs, signaling safety to the nervous system?

Oxytocin

Cortisol

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What is the main goal when transitioning the nervous system from fight-or-flight to a calm state?

To restore safety and connection

To suppress the fight-or-flight response

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76% of people feel low levels of work-related stress.

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TRE (tension releasing exercises) is a guided shaking exercise designed to combat the physical tension triggered by stress, anxiety, and trauma.

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Sylvia Tillmann states that as adults, we often embrace our innate ability to shake when stressed.

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Dr. David Berceli developed the TRE technique after observing that shaking helped loosen the psoas muscle, leading to both mental and physical release.

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TRE therapy cured chronic back pain after 10 weeks.

TRE therapy improved quality of life among caregivers after 10 weeks.

TRE therapy eliminated anxiety in all participants after 10 weeks.

What did Dr. Berceli's small study find about the effectiveness of TRE?

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Pregnant women and people with epilepsy.

People who have asthma.

Children under the age of 10.

Who should avoid practicing TRE according to Tillmann?

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A short warm-up of yoga-based stretches.

Jumping jacks.

Deep breathing exercises.

What is the first step in a TRE session?

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Lying on the back with soles of the feet together and knees out wide in a butterfly pose.

Sitting cross-legged on the floor.

Lying flat on the back with arms at the sides.

What position is recommended for starting the tremoring process in TRE?

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Which muscle is considered integral to the tension and trauma releasing exercises?

Psoas muscle

Quadricep muscle

Central pattern generators are networks of neurons located inside the gray matter in the center of the spinal column.

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It determines whether information should be sent to the central executive network or the default mode network.

It processes sensory information.

It activates muscle contractions.

What does the salience network in the cortex do?

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The transcortical loop only sends information from the brain to the body, not the other way around.

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