Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises, commonly known as TRE®, is a body-based practice designed to support relaxation and nervous system regulation through a series of gentle exercises that can evoke natural, involuntary tremoring.
Many people describe TRE® as calming, grounding, and deeply restorative.
But what is actually happening when the body begins to tremor? How does therapeutic tremoring work? And what does science currently tell us about this practice?
Trauma and the Nervous System
When we experience stress, fear, or perceived danger, the nervous system automatically mobilizes the body for protection.
We may move into patterns associated with:
fight
flight
freeze
shutdown or collapse
These responses are not failures. They are protective mechanisms designed to help us respond to what is happening around us.
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