Trauma can be defined as an emotional response to an event or an experience that is deeply distressing or disturbing.

Trauma not only affects our emotions, but can affect our physical health as well. According to Ann Frederick, (who co-authored “Waking the Tiger” with Peter Levine), “Trauma can make a person blind, mute, or deaf; it can cause paralysis in legs, arms, or both; it can bring about chronic neck and back pain, chronic fatigue syndrome, bronchitis, asthma, gastrointestinal problems, severe PMS, migraines, and a whole host of so-called psychosomatic conditions.”

When the trapped energy of trauma is released, our body can heal itself.