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The body needs to shake y’all…

TRE baby

Ooo what’s that ?

It's this! traumaprevention.com I tried a series of classes at a yoga studio... I found that the shaking was not as deep and resonant as I've sometimes had with psychedelics or meditation, but still worth exploring

I met the dude who invented this and imo there's something real here but I've also personally seen him and his practitioners irresponsibly fuck ppl up/retruamatize them

Hormeze

@hormeze

Dec 12, 2021

If anyone is to get into this my main advice would be to titrate and ground a lot and to limit the time they spend doing this. It can get away from u fast

Hormeze

@hormeze

Dec 12, 2021

The aim is to have a relationship with the tremors, not just let them loose and see where it goes and I don't think they do a good enough job of ensuring this, and ppl get hurt

Sarah McManus

@SarahAMcManus

Dec 12, 2021

Hrm! Glad to have that context from you... can you say more about what happens when it gets away from someone / retraumatizes them?

Sarah McManus

@SarahAMcManus

Dec 12, 2021

Is it like... ok, there's been some tension stored up in muscular holding patterns, let's shake that loose aaaand... whoop, traumatic memories! No context to process or metabolize the meaning, no other grounding methods?

Hormeze

@hormeze

Dec 12, 2021

Yes, that and also just teaching people this technique and then sending them off on their own to practise can end up with someone unlocking this vast reservoir of energy with no regulation skills. They can end up perpetually shaking for example

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It can def be corrected but it takes time and can be very exhausting

Hormeze

@hormeze

Dec 12, 2021

I still think shaking is good tho! It's an amazing natural process that has probably helped people more than its hurt them. But it's missing some harm reduction stuff