“When we respond to a life-threatening situation, hyperarousal is initially accompanied by constriction in our bodies and a narrowing of perceptions. Our nervous system acts to ensure that all our efforts can be maximally focused on the threat ...” — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
The second noble truth states that we must discover why we are suffering. We must cultivate the courage to look deeply, with clarity and… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
If you bring forth that which is within you, Then that which is within you Will be your salvation. If you do not bring… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“The third noble truth holds that suffering can be transformed and healed.” — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
Now, what happens whenever there's a loud sound is that it startles us, right? And we arrest what we're doing, and we try to… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
The paradox of trauma is that it has both the power to destroy and the power to transform and resurrect. — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion that human beings are born with an innate capacity to triumph over trauma. I believe not only that… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“...who have been traumatized, this can be a monumental leap of faith, but we can recover from trauma; indeed, my experience assisting others to… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“For this reason, I sincerely believe that just about everyone can benefit from doing the Twelve-Phase Healing Trauma Program that you’ll find in this… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
The effects of unresolved trauma can be devastating. It can affect our habits and outlook on life, leading to addictions and poor decision-making. It… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
While studying the effects of accumulated stress on the nervous system, I began to suspect that most organisms have an innate capacity to rebound… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“He then made the connection between Jim’s death and the compulsion he felt to commit the robberies. Once he became aware of his feelings… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“Feelings of helplessness, immobility, and freezing. If hyperarousal is the nervous system’s accelerator, a sense of overwhelming helplessness is its brake. The helplessness that… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
In top-down processing, which is normally what we do in psychotherapy, we talk about our problems, our symptoms, or our relationships. And then the… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“One of the paradoxical and transformative aspects of implicit traumatic memory is that once it is accessed in a resourced way (through the felt… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
“Highly traumatized and chronically neglected or abused individuals are dominated by the immobilization/shutdown system. On the other hand, acutely traumatized people (often by a… — Peter A. Levine Copy Share Image
