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An Interview with Peter Levine

By Rich Simon — 2019

Back in the 60s, I started developing various kinds of mind–body methods with people who had high blood pressure. When I taught them how to relax certain muscles in their neck and jaw, their blood pressure would sometimes drop 20 or 30 points, well into the normal range. But my real breakthrough came in 1969, when I was asked to see a woman named Nancy. It was that experience that changed the course of my work, and my life.

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