Reviews
"Every life contains difficulties we are not prepared for. Read, learn, and be prepared for life and healing." --Bernard S. Siegal, M.D., Author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and Peace, Love, and Healing "Fascinating! Amazing! A revolutionary exploration of the effects and causes of trauma." --Mira Rothenberg, Director Emeritus of Blueberry Treatment Centers for Disturbed Children, Author of Children With Emerald Eyes "It is a most important book. Quite possibly a work of genius." --Ron Kurtz, Author of Body Reveals and Body-Centered Psychotherapy "Levine effectively argues that the body is healer and that psychological scars of trauma are reversible--but only if we listen to the voices of our body." --Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Psychology, University of Maryland "A vital contribution to the exciting emerging science of mind/body interaction in the treatment of disease." --Robert C. Scaer, M.D., Neurology, Medical Director, Rehabilitation Services, Boulder Community Hospital "Peter Levine's work is visionary common sense, pure and simple." --Laura Huxley, lifetime partner and collaborator of Aldous Huxley "[ Waking the Tiger ] is an excellent resource for those who have been traumatized or know someone who suffers from trauma, like a soldier returning from war. Finally, there is help that doesn't ask us to relive what happened and re-experience the pain. Instead, it follows the body's wisdom in its search for renewal and healing." -- Soaring Again, "Every life contains difficulties we are not prepared for. Read, learn, and be prepared for life and healing." -Bernard S. Siegal, M.D., Author of Love, Medicine & Miracles and Peace, Love, and Healing "Fascinating! Amazing! A revolutionary exploration of the effects and causes of trauma." -Mira Rothenberg, Director Emeritus of Blueberry Treatment Centers for Disturbed Children, Author of Children With Emerald Eyes "It is a most important book. Quite possibly a work of genius." -Ron Kurtz, Author of Body Reveals and Body-Centered Psychotherapy "Levine effectively argues that the body is healer and that psychological scars of trauma are reversible-but only if we listen to the voices of our body." -Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Psychology, University of Maryland "A vital contribution to the exciting emerging science of mind/body interaction in the treatment of disease." -Robert C. Scaer, M.D., Neurology, Medical Director, Rehabilitation Services, Boulder Community Hospital "Peter Levine's work is visionary common sense, pure and simple." -Laura Huxley, lifetime partner and collaborator of Aldous Huxley "[ Waking the Tiger ] is an excellent resource for those who have been traumatized or know someone who suffers from trauma, like a soldier returning from war. Finally, there is help that doesn't ask us to relive what happened and re-experience the pain. Instead, it follows the body's wisdom in its search for renewal and healing." - Soaring Again, "Every life contains difficulties we are not prepared for. Read, learn, and be prepared for life and healing." - Bernard S. Siegal, M.D., Author ofLove, Medicine & MiraclesandPeace, Love, and Healing "Fascinating! Amazing! A revolutionary exploration of the effects and causes of trauma." -Mira Rothenberg, Director Emeritus of Blueberry Treatment Centers for Disturbed Children, Author ofChildren With Emerald Eyes "It is a most important book. Quite possibly a work of genius." -Ron Kurtz, Author ofBody Reveals and Body-Centered Psychotherapy "Levine effectively argues that the body is healer and that psychological scars of trauma are reversible -- but only if we listen to the voices of our body." -Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development and Psychology, University of Maryland "A vital contribution to the exciting emerging science of mind/body interaction in the treatment of disease." -Robert C. Scaer, M.D., Neurology, Medical Director, Rehabilitation Services, Boulder Community Hospital
Table of Content
Contents Introduction Prologue Giving the Body Its Due Finding a Method * Body and Mind * The Body As Healer * How To Use This Book Section I: The Body As Healer 1. Shadows from a Forgotten Past Nature''s Plan * Why Look to the Wild? * Trauma is Physiological * It''s About Energy 2. The Mystery of Trauma What is Trauma? * Chowchilla, California * Waking the Tiger: A First Glimmering 3. Wounds That Can Heal Trauma Is Not a Disease But a Dis-Ease 4. A Strange New Land Trauma is Not a Life Sentence * The Strange New Land * Trauma! * What We Don''t Know Can Hurt Us * A Traumatized Person''s Reality * Get On with Your Life * Who Is Traumatized? * Causes of Trauma 5. Healing and Community Shamanic Approaches to Healing * Somatic Experiencing® * Acknowledging the Need to Heal * Let Us Begin--Calling the Spirit Back to the Body 6. In Trauma''s Reflection Medusa * The Felt Sense * Let the Body Speak Its Mind * Using The Felt Sense to Listen to the Organism * How the Organism Communicates * Sensation and the Felt Sense * Rhythm: All God''s Children Got It 7. The Animal Experience The Animals Do It Too * When the Reptilian Brain Speaks, Listen! * One with Nature * Attunement * The Orienting Response * Flee, Fight...or Freeze * The Return to Normal Activity * Animals as Teachers 8. How Biology Becomes Pathology: Freezing The Stage is Set * Blame It on the Neo-cortex * Fear and Immobility * "As They Go In, So They Come Out" * Like Death Itself * It''s a Cumulative Effect * How Biology Becomes Pathology 9. How Pathology Becomes Biology: Thawing Nancy Re-examined: A First Step * It''s All Energy * Marius: A Next Step * Renegotiation * Somatic Experiencing--Gradated Renegotiation * Elements of Renegotiation Section II: Symptoms of Trauma 10. The Core of the Traumatic Reaction Arousal--What Goes Up Must Come Down * Trauma is Trauma, No Matter What Caused It/ Exercises * The Core of the Traumatic Reaction * Hyperarousal * Constriction * Dissociation/ Exercises * Helplessness * And Then There Was Trauma 11. Symptoms of Trauma Symptoms of Trauma * And Around and Around We Go * Out of the Loop 12. A Traumatized Person''s Reality The Threat That Can''t Be Found * Mrs. Thayer * Can''t Synthesize New Information/Can''t Learn * Chronic Helplessness * Traumatic Coupling * Traumatic Anxiety * Psychosomatic Symptoms * Denial * Gladys * What Trauma Survivors Expect * The Last Turn Section III: Transformation and Renegotiation 13. Blueprint for Repetition Re-enactment * July 5th, 6:30 in the Morning * The Vital Role of Awareness * Jack * Patterns of Shock * Without Awareness We Have No Choice * Re-enactment Versus Renegotiation * In the Theater of the body * Post Script: How Far in Time and Space? 14. Transformation Two Faces of Trauma * Heaven, Hell and Healing: A Middle Ground * Let it Flow--Renegotiation * Margaret * What Really Happened? * Renegotiation and Re-enactment * What is Memory? * Brain and Memory * But It Seems So Real! * But I''m Proud to Be a Survivor * The Courage to Feel * Desire and Healing * With a Little Help from Our Friends 15. The Eleventh Hour: Transforming Societal Trauma The Animal Approach to Aggression * Human Aggression * Why Do Humans Kill, Maim and Torture One Another? * Circle of Trauma, Circle of Grace, Transforming Cultural Trauma * Epilogue or Epitaph? * Nature Is No Fool Section IV: First Aid for Trauma 16. Administering (Emotional) First Aid After an Accident Following an Automobile Accident * Scenario of Healing 17. First Aid for Children Delayed Traumatic Reactions * First Aid for Accidents and Falls * Resolving a Traumatic Reaction * How Can I Tell If My Child Has Been Traumatized? * Sammy--A Case History * Traumatic Play, Re-enactment, and Renegotiation * Key Principles for Renegotiating Trauma with Children Epilogue: Three Brains, One Mind Index
