Waking the Tiger Healing Trauma Author:Peter A. Levine, Ann Frederick From therapist, author, and educator Peter A. Levine comes a new and hopeful vision of trauma. Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma shows the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. This book asks and answers an intriguing question: why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By underst... more »anding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed.People are often traumatized by seemingly ordinary experiences. The listener is taken on a guided tour of the subtle, yet powerful impulses that govern our responses to overwhelming life events. To do this, it employs a series of exercises that help us focus on bodily sensations. Through heightened awareness of these sensations, trauma can be healed. Thoroughly investigated, this work is based upon the author's years of work with numerous stress and trauma victims. Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them.« less