Helping Your Body Release Deep Tension and Trauma Naturally

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Your Body Holds What Your Mind Has Moved Past

You may understand what you have lived through. The high demand years, the loss, the accident, the constant pace. You have made sense of it mentally, yet your body is still holding the memory.

It can show up as tension in the jaw, shoulders, hips, or lower back. Headaches that persist. Sleep that does not restore. A nervous system that struggles to settle even when you are safe and resting.

Your body is not stuck. It is responding as it learned to respond. Often, it is simply waiting for the right conditions to complete what was interrupted.

TRE® offers a way to work directly with what the body is holding, at a pace your nervous system can trust.

Do Any Of These Sound Familiar?

  • You carry chronic tension in your jaw, shoulders, back, hips, or legs that won't release no matter what you try.

  • You feel constantly on edge. Your nervous system won't turn off even when you're safe and trying to rest.

  • Sleep is difficult. You wake unrested, depleted even after periods of rest.

    You notice patterns of emotional overwhelm or shutdown that talk therapy helped you understand but didn't fully shift.

  • You know something is still held in your body, and you're ready to work with what's there.

  • You're becoming interested in body-based practices and want to explore what your body has been holding.

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How TRE® Supports You

Your nervous system is doing exactly what it was designed to do: protect. Sometimes it continues protecting long after the original stress has passed. TRE® supports the release of patterns your system no longer needs to hold.

TRE® uses gentle movements to activate the body’s natural tremor response. This neurogenic tremoring allows stored tension, stress, and incomplete protective responses to discharge safely through the body.

Stress is not stored primarily as story or memory. It is stored as unfinished survival responses: bracing, mobilization, and held activation that never had the chance to resolve. These responses live in the tissues, waiting for safety.

TRE® creates the conditions for that completion without forcing or reactivating trauma. The body leads, and you remain in control throughout the process.

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TRE® as Part of a Larger Support System

TRE® works well alongside other therapeutic and bodywork approaches. Many people practice TRE® while working with a therapist, physical therapist, massage therapist, or other provider.

The body based release often supports deeper integration of insight from talk therapy and physical shifts from other modalities. Together, this work helps create more capacity, ease, and responsiveness across systems.

How Sessions Move:

The initial session is usually ninety to one hundred twenty minutes, with follow up sessions offered at shorter lengths based on your needs.

We begin with conversation and education so you understand what to expect and feel oriented and supported. We then move through the TRE® exercises together, adapting them to your body and nervous system.

When tremoring begins, you remain fully in control. The shaking may be subtle or more pronounced, and we can slow down or stop at any time. My role is to support safety, pacing, and awareness throughout.

We close by integrating the experience and discussing next steps, whether that includes additional sessions or learning to practice TRE® independently at home.

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What Becomes Possible

With a consistent TRE® practice, your nervous system discovers its capacity to release what it's been holding. You may notice:

  • Chronic tension in your shoulders, jaw, chest, and back begins to ease without having to retell your story

  • Your nervous system settles more readily, reflected in improved heart rate variability and greater heart-brain coherence

  • Sleep deepens and you wake more rested

  • Greater presence in your body and less reactivity when stress arises

  • Decision-making becomes clearer and rest becomes more accessible

  • Chronic patterns of tension, thought, and emotion that kept you stuck begin to shift

  • Relationships feel easier and daily activities require less effort

  • Your fascia softens, creating more flexibility and ease in your body

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Getting Started

Your body knows what to do. TRE® sessions help you explore that capacity and are available in-person in Austin, Texas and online worldwide.

If you're ready to begin, schedule your free 15-minute consultation to explore and have your questions answered.

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