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Vagus Nerve Reset to Release Trauma Stored in the Body

2020

This vagus nerve reset is designed to relieve stress and anxiety by restoring the social engagement state referenced in Polyvagal Theory developed by Stephen Porges. Vagus nerve exercises also turn off fight or flight in the sympathetic nervous system to release trauma stored in the body. See more...

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How Trauma Gets Stuck in the Body (and How to Work with It), with Peter Levine

In this video, Peter Levine will share how he helped uncover an incomplete traumatic response that was stuck in the body.

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Peter Levine on Working with Memory to Reframe a Traumatic Experience

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Trauma and Somatic Experiencing

Peter uses his famous "Slinky" presentation to demonstrate the effects of trauma on the nervous system, and his philosophy of treating trauma; which involves slowly releasing (or titrating) this compressed fight-or-flight energy a bit at time to give the individual the ability to reintegrate it...

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What About the Tiger?

Watch Dr. Levine talking about his breakthrough session with "Nancy." In this session he first saw the image of a tiger, which later inspired his bestselling book, "Waking the Tiger."

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What Is Pendulation in Somatic Experiencing® with Peter A. Levine, PhD

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Origin of Somatic Experiencing®

In this 5-minute video, founder of Somatic Experiencing, Dr. Peter Levine discusses how he came to create his powerful approach to trauma

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04:07

Somatic Experiencing Founder, Peter A. Levine, PhD, on Sexual Abuse Trauma

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04:24

When a Client Is Stuck in the Freeze Response with Peter Levine, PhD

What triggers the freeze response? We tend to think of traumatic events, but according to Peter Levine, PhD, that’s not always the case. Even a perceived threat can be enough for a client to get stuck in a frozen state.

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Peter A. Levine, PhD, on Shame—Interview by Caryn Scotto D’Luzia

This interview was done courtesy of Caryn Scotto D'Luzia, founder of the SOAR Method and Author of Alchemy of Shame Transformation.

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Somatic Experiencing® — Ray’s Story

This video tells the compassionate story of the healing process of Ray, a marine who had been injured by two explosive devices (IEDs) and diagnosed with both severe PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). He was brought to see Peter A.

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Polyvagal Theory