TRE® — Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises

TRE® (Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises) is a series of simple movements that safely activate the body's natural tremor mechanism — the same shaking you see in animals after a stressful moment. This tremoring helps the nervous system discharge stored tension it never had the chance to release.

The practice is self-regulating: your body decides how much to release, and you learn to slow down or stop at any time.

• A short conversation about how your body has been carrying stress.
• Guidance through the gentle warm-up exercises that invite the tremor response.
• A supported tremoring period while you rest comfortably, with me alongside to help you regulate the pace.
• Time to rest, integrate, and notice what has shifted.

• Releasing chronic muscular tension and tightness
• Settling an overactive stress response
• Feeling more at home and at ease in your body
• Complementing talk-based work with a body-based pathway

TRE® works bottom-up: instead of understanding your stress, you give your body a direct way to complete and release it — often without needing to talk about the story at all.

• TRE® is a self-help, personal-development practice and is not a medical or psychiatric treatment.
• If you are pregnant, have a recent injury or surgery, or live with a serious medical condition, please mention it before we begin so exercises can be adapted.
• You are always in charge of the intensity — tremoring can be slowed or stopped at any moment.

Will the shaking feel out of control?

No. The tremor is gentle and self-regulating, and you learn from the first session how to dial it up, down, or off.

Do I have to talk about difficult experiences?

No. TRE® works through the body; nothing needs to be retold for the release to happen.

Can I practice at home afterward?

Yes — once you are comfortable self-regulating, TRE® becomes a practice you can use on your own between sessions.