The word trauma...it holds a lot of stigma. When you hear it you might think major injury, assault, catastrophic event, abuse, suffering but underlying all of these is a sense of victim-hood. I used to think (and maybe you did too)that only soldiers experienced trauma. It never occurred to me that as a human being I’m exposed to trauma all the time.

Like a good watchdog, your autonomic nervous system alerts you to danger and can save your life. But just like the watchdog that cries wolf, barking at everything and nothing, soon people stop paying attention. 

How your body reacts to stress isn’t something you can rationally control. It lives completely in the body and is always trying to communicate with you.  When we refuse to acknowledge the depth of stress we are under the only language the body  has to get our attention is sensation, dysfunction or eventually pain. 

What the world is experiencing now in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic is a perfect example of how the reality of trauma increases the risk and potential consequences of long term chronic stress injuries. You might know it as PTSD.

Trauma,tension & stress Releasing Exercise. No frills, no story, just a simple exercise sequence and the healing power of the body.

There are consequences to bottling up all of that emotional, mental and physical energy. If you ignore it long enough, at some point it will start to scream. Eventually you find a breaking point and all that suppressed stress starts to overwhelm your system.