Somatic Healing and Trauma — Waking the Tiger
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Somatic Healing and Trauma — Waking the Tiger
Author: Peter A. Levine, Ph.D.
⚠️ Trigger Consideration
This book explores trauma responses, freeze states, and body memory. If you notice activation, pause to move gently, breathe, or step outside for fresh air.
Recommended For
Survivors seeking to understand trauma as a natural bodily response, not a life sentence
Readers curious about the body’s innate healing capacity
Helpers and caregivers exploring body-based trauma approaches
Key Themes & Relevance to Trauma
The link between somatic healing and trauma recovery
How the body completes unfinished survival responses
The power of awareness, rhythm, and gentle movement to restore safety
Understanding Somatic Healing and Trauma
If you’re exploring somatic healing and trauma, Levine’s work offers a compassionate reframe: trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside when we cannot act.
Through careful observation of animal behavior, he discovered that humans often interrupt natural recovery cycles—freezing instead of releasing. Waking the Tiger teaches how subtle movement, sensing, and discharge allow the body to complete what was once stopped.
Releasing the Body’s Wisdom in Somatic Healing and Trauma
Levine invites readers to notice sensation rather than story—tremors, warmth, or breath returning as signs of completion.
Healing doesn’t demand reliving the past; it invites the body to finish what it began.
“Healing trauma depends on restoring the natural flow of life energy.”— Peter A. Levine
Reflection
Reading this helped me trust my body again. What once felt like breakdown—trembling, tears, exhaustion—was actually my body’s way of releasing what it had carried too long.
📚 For Additional Reading
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