Explore a new and hopeful vision of trauma with Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine. This essential guide examines why animals in the wild are rarely traumatized despite routine threats, revealing the dynamics that can help unlock the mystery of human trauma and recovery.

This book normalizes the symptoms of trauma and outlines the necessary steps for healing. Readers are guided through subtle yet powerful impulses governing responses to overwhelming life events, utilizing exercises focused on bodily sensations to achieve heightened awareness and facilitate healing.

• Offers a new perspective on trauma based on instinctual capacity.
• Explains the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms.
• Normalizes trauma symptoms and provides steps for healing.
• Includes exercises focusing on bodily sensations for healing through heightened awareness.
• Available in 24 languages.

• Author: Peter A. Levine
• Binding: Paperback
• Format: Illustrated
• Edition: Illustrated
• Language: English
• Print Length: 288 pages
• Publication Date: July 7, 1997
• ISBN-10: 155643233X
• ISBN-13: 978-1556432330
• Dimensions: 15.5 x 1.9 x 22.7 cm
• Weight: 431 g

Engage with the guided tour of impulses and utilize the included exercises to focus on bodily sensations, increasing awareness as a pathway to healing overwhelming experiences.

Discover nature's lessons in healing trauma and begin your journey toward transformation with this insightful work by Peter A. Levine.