Learn how to release toxins in your body by doing TRE (Trauma Release Exercises) for good. Your body grips and tenses up when we are faced with traumatic and stressful events. That trauma is stored in our myofascia tissues deep inside our bodies. When you stretch, and perform TRE you release the trauma inside and detox much faster and deeper. You will learn how this free, easy and powerful exercise can transform your life and make you feel vibrant and healthy both mentally and physically.

What’s TRE? Have you ever noticed your body shaking in response to a stressful situation or seen a child shaking their legs back and forth when nervous? That shaking is called neurogenic tremoring — an innate release system that nearly all mammals are born with and that is an important component in how the body handles stress. Recognizing that shaking is a normal, healthy response to release tension, TRE mobilizes it through six yoga‐like exercise. The process is unique in that this shaking originates deep in the core of the body, with gentle waves of movement that reverberate outward along the spine, releasing tension from the sacrum to the cranium. The exercises are a simple form of stretching and are used to gently start these voluntary muscle releases. TRE can be done by anyone, in any setting, to release the stress or tension that accumulates from everyday life, difficult situations, immediate or prolonged stressful situations, or past traumatic life experiences (e.g., natural disasters, social or domestic violence). Currently being researched by the Veteran’s Administration, TRE is being used worldwide for individual health support and by therapists, counselors, and human service providers as a low-cost complement to cognitive and behavior-based therapies. They report that TRE decreases anxiety, emotional reactivity, physical pain and hypervigilance, and improves resilience to stress. TRE is particularly useful for teachers, counselors, clinicians, social service workers, parents, foster/adoptive parents, and anyone working with populations affected by stress and trauma. Learning to manage our stress and regulate our nervous system is fundamental to helping others develop their self-regulatory capacities, positive attachment and social/emotional competencies.

Lynea Gillen, LPC, RYT, Certified TRE Trainer, is a pioneer in the field of health and wellness education. Her heart-centered, creative and effective tools were developed directly from her 40+ years of as a school teacher, counselor and clinician. Lynea’s Yoga Calm program was developed in a behavior classroom in a rural Oregon elementary school 20 years ago and is now being used with tens of thousands of children around the world in diverse settings such as urban classrooms, clinics and psychiatric hospitals like the Mayo Clinic. Lynea has extensive experience with TRE having organized and assisted with dozens of certification trainings over the last 10 years with Dr David Berceli, including the development of TRE’s online global certification trainings. Lynea is also an adjunct professor at Portland State University, Lewis & Clark College and the University of the Pacific where she has created over a dozen courses in counseling and special education and has taught thousands of teachers, counselors and therapists. Lynea is a current Licensed Professional Counselor with the state of Oregon, holds an MS in Counseling in Education from PSU and is a registered yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance.

Topics discussed:

1. What is TRE (Trauma Release Exercises)
2. Who benefits from it?
3. What does it release?
4. How does it release?

Links mentioned in this episode:

• http://www.treforall.com
• http://www.wholeapproachhealing.com *