TRE® & Embodied Healing Workshop

Even though we tend to feel stuck in our head when feeling stressed or overwhelmed, it is our body that is creating our experience of stress. Stress and trauma can be seen as a physical experience as it is the nervous system that interprets the situation we are in, which can be ‘normal daily life’ as dangerous. This triggers a cascade of uncomfortable sensations in the body.

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Current day life offers us endless options to distract ourselves from these sensations like social media, Netflix, (over) working, and not in the least over-thinking! Unfortunately, none of these distractions offer an actual solution. Instead, they disconnect us from our body and the solutions it holds.  For the long-term solution, we need to revisit the body so we can listen to, and release what it is holding for us. That might sound easier said than done, but with the right tools, we can all (re)connect to our body and access the healing potential and resilience that is naturally part of us.

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This workshop aims to facilitate this connection for you, give you practical tools, and help you remember how to create your health and healing through your body.

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In this 4-hour workshop, Suze will offer you a combination of theory and practices that will offer you a new understanding and practical tools that you can apply in your daily life.

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To start the day you will be guided through a grounding and embodying yoga practice (accessible for all levels of practitioners) that focuses on the breath and the felt sense of your body. Once fully settled, Suze shares the theory behind stress and trauma, how it affects the nervous system and the body, and how you can apply this knowledge.

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Then we will bring this into practice in a complete TRE® session (Tension/Trauma Release Exercises).

To close the day, you are guided through a yoga nidra that brings you into a deep, embodied state of rest. The day will leave you feeling grounded and safe in your own body and allow you to leave some old baggage behind!​

What is TRE®?

TRE® is a body-oriented practice developed by Dr. David Bercelli. The body’s tremor mechanism, which we share with all mammals, is activated through a set series of exercises. Through these tremors, the body releases tension and tension patterns stored in the nervous system as a result of stressful or traumatizing experiences in the past. 

What is Yoga Nidra?
Yoga Nidra is a form of deep meditation and relaxation. While you lay down in a comfortable position, you are guided into a state of deep relaxation that gives access to the subconscious, so that healing can take place on a deep level. Through Yoga Nidra, you reach a trance state between being awake and sleeping. In this state, your brain creates theta waves, allowing your rational brain to sleep while your subconscious remains active and thus maintains a trace of connection with your surroundings. In this state experiences and fragments of memories are processed, muscle tension and stress in the body decrease, and blood pressure and heart rate lower. This has a very healing effect on the body and mind.

Workshop Schedule:

14:30        Welcome & Intro
14:45 – 15:30 Grounding yoga practice
15:30 – 16:15 Psycho-education
16:15 – 16:30 Tea break
16:30 – 17:45 TRE® practice
17:45 – 18:15 Yoga Nidra
18:15-18:30 Questions, sharing & wrap-up