{"product_id":"waking-the-tiger-healing-trauma-isbn-9781556432330","title":"Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe classic, life-changing guide to trauma recovery—tap into your body’s innate ability to heal, from the creator of Somatic Experiencing® (SE)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor anyone seeking body-based tools to heal from trauma—like complex PTSD, developmental trauma, nervous system dysregulation, and more\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eFor nearly three decades, \u003ci\u003eWaking the Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e has reshaped how we think about—and heal from—trauma. Dr. Peter A. Levine, the visionary behind Somatic Experiencing® (SE), introduced a revolutionary concept: \u003ci\u003etrauma is not a flaw, but a natural process that, when properly supported, can help us self-regulate and lead to profound healing.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. 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:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e• How to regulate our nervous systems and transform personal trauma\u003cbr\u003e• Practical, embodied exercises to help trauma move through our bodies before it takes root\u003cbr\u003e• How early life experiences can rewire our fight-or-flight responses later in life\u003cbr\u003e• The ways that trauma lives in the body, even when we think our minds and memories are “supposed to” move on\u003cbr\u003e• Indigenous approaches for processing traumatic events\u003cbr\u003e• Trauma-informed and trauma-sensitive parenting techniques\u003cbr\u003e• How to administer “emotional first-aid” after an accident\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen we don’t have the tools or the psychological safety to complete our natural, hardwired responses to traumatic events, we can unintentionally perpetuate patterns like avoidance, hypervigilance, mood issues, substance abuse, helplessness, or dysregulation. By learning to rewire our body's own healing capabilities, we can honor ourselves as “living, feeling, knowing” beings—and restore our holistic balance and body-mind wellness.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGiving the Body Its Due \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinding a Method • Body and Mind • The Body As Healer • How To Use This \u003cbr\u003eBook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection I: The Body As Healer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Shadows from a Forgotten Past\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNature’s Plan • Why Look to the Wild? • Trauma is Physiological • It’s About Energy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Mystery of Trauma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat is Trauma? • Chowchilla, California • Waking the Tiger: A First Glimmering\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Wounds That Can Heal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrauma Is Not a Disease But a Dis-Ease\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. A Strange New Land\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrauma is Not a Life Sentence • The Strange New Land • Trauma! • What We Don’t Know Can Hurt Us • A Traumatized Person’s Reality • Get On with Your Life • Who Is Traumatized? • Causes of Trauma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Healing and Community\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShamanic Approaches to Healing • Somatic Experiencing® • Acknowledging the Need to Heal • Let Us Begin—Calling the Spirit Back to the Body\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. In Trauma’s Reflection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMedusa • The Felt Sense • Let the Body Speak Its Mind • Using The Felt Sense to Listen to the Organism • How the Organism Communicates • Sensation and the Felt Sense • Rhythm: All God’s Children Got It\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. The Animal Experience\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Animals Do It Too • When the Reptilian Brain Speaks, Listen! • One with Nature • Attunement • The Orienting Response • Flee, Fight...or Freeze • The Return to Normal Activity • Animals as Teachers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. How Biology Becomes Pathology: Freezing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Stage is Set • Blame It on the Neo-cortex • Fear and Immobility • “As They Go In, So They Come Out” • Like Death Itself • It’s a Cumulative Effect • How Biology Becomes Pathology \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. How Pathology Becomes Biology: Thawing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNancy Re-examined: A First Step • It’s All Energy • Marius: A Next Step • Renegotiation • Somatic Experiencing—Gradated Renegotiation • Elements of Renegotiation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection II: Symptoms of Trauma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. The Core of the Traumatic Reaction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArousal—What Goes Up Must Come Down • Trauma is Trauma, No Matter What Caused It\/ Exercises • The Core of the Traumatic Reaction • Hyperarousal • Constriction • Dissociation\/ Exercises • Helplessness • And Then There Was Trauma\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Symptoms of Trauma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSymptoms of Trauma • And Around and Around We Go • Out of the Loop\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. A Traumatized Person’s Reality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Threat That Can’t Be Found • Mrs. Thayer • Can’t Synthesize New Information\/Can’t Learn • Chronic Helplessness • Traumatic Coupling • Traumatic Anxiety • Psychosomatic Symptoms • Denial • Gladys • What Trauma Survivors Expect • The Last Turn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III: Transformation and Renegotiation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. Blueprint for Repetition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRe-enactment • July 5th, 6:30 in the Morning • The Vital Role of Awareness • Jack • Patterns of Shock • Without Awareness We Have No Choice • Re-enactment Versus Renegotiation • In the Theater of the body • Post Script:  How Far in Time and Space?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e14. Transformation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwo Faces of Trauma • Heaven, Hell and Healing: A Middle Ground • Let it Flow—Renegotiation • Margaret • What Really Happened? • Renegotiation and Re-enactment • What is Memory? • Brain and Memory • But It Seems So Real! • But I’m Proud to Be a Survivor • The Courage to Feel • Desire and Healing • With a Little Help from Our Friends\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e15. The Eleventh Hour: Transforming Societal Trauma \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Animal Approach to Aggression • Human Aggression • Why Do Humans Kill, Maim and Torture One Another? • Circle of Trauma, Circle of Grace, Transforming Cultural Trauma • Epilogue or Epitaph? • Nature Is No Fool\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV: First Aid for Trauma\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e16. Administering (Emotional) First Aid After an Accident\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing an Automobile Accident • Scenario of Healing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e17. First Aid for Children\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelayed Traumatic Reactions • First Aid for Accidents and Falls • Resolving a Traumatic Reaction • How Can I Tell If My Child Has Been Traumatized? • Sammy—A Case History • Traumatic Play, Re-enactment, and Renegotiation • Key Principles for Renegotiating Trauma with Children\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEpilogue: Three Brains, One Mind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\"Every life contains difficulties we are not prepared for. Read, learn, and be prepared for life and healing.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Bernard S. Siegal, M.D., Author of \u003ci\u003eLove, Medicine \u0026amp; Miracles\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeace, Love, and Healing\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascinating! Amazing! A revolutionary exploration of the effects and causes of trauma.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Mira Rothenberg, Director Emeritus of Blueberry Treatment Centers for Disturbed Children, Author of \u003ci\u003eChildren With Emerald Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It is a most important book. Quite possibly a work of genius.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Ron Kurtz, Author of \u003ci\u003eBody Reveals and Body-Centered Psychotherapy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Levine effectively argues that the body is healer and that  psychological scars of trauma are reversible—but only if we listen to  the voices of our body.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Psychology, University of Maryland\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"A vital contribution to the exciting emerging science of mind\/body interaction in the treatment of disease.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Robert C. Scaer, M.D., Neurology, Medical Director, Rehabilitation Services, Boulder Community Hospital\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Peter Levine’s work is visionary common sense, pure and simple.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Laura Huxley, lifetime partner and collaborator of Aldous Huxley\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eWaking the Tiger\u003c\/i\u003e] is an excellent resource for those who  have been traumatized or know someone who suffers from trauma, like a  soldier returning from war. Finally, there is help that doesn’t ask us  to relive what happened and re-experience the pain. Instead, it follows  the body’s wisdom in its search for renewal and healing.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eSoaring Again\u003c\/i\u003ePeter Levine, Ph.D. is the originator and developer of Somatic Experiencing® and the Director of the Foundation for Human Enrichment. He holds doctorate degrees in both Medical Biophysics and Psychology. During his thirty year study of stress and trauma, Dr. Levine has contributed to a variety of scientific, medical, and popular publications. His book, \u003ci\u003eWaking the Tiger: Healing Trauma\u003c\/i\u003e is in its fifth printing and receiving wide international attention. Peter was a consultant for NASA during the development of the Space Shuttle, and has taught at hospitals and pain clinics in both Europe and the U.S., as well as at the Hopi Guidance Center in Arizona. He lives near Lyons, Colorado, on the banks of the St. Vrain River.\u003cb\u003eFrom Chapter 3: Wounds That Can Heal\u003c\/b\u003eWhen a young tree is injured it grows around that injury. As the tree continues to develop, the wound becomes relatively small in proportion to the size of the tree. Gnarly burls and misshapen limbs speak of injuries and obstacles encountered through time and overcome. The way a tree grows around its past contributes to its exquisite individuality, character, and beauty. I certainly don’t advocate traumatization to build character, but since trauma is almost a given at some point in our lives, the image of the tree can be a valuable mirror.Although human beings have been experiencing trauma for thousands of years, it is only in the last ten years that it has begun to receive widespread professional and public attention...","brand":"North Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302175428837,"sku":"NP9781556432330","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781556432330.jpg?v=1767743554","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/waking-the-tiger-healing-trauma-isbn-9781556432330","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}