2025 LIFEFIT WORKSHOP
TRE for Stress and Anxiety
Sunday, March 9, 2025, 2:30pm - 4pm
About
Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises, TRE®, is an innovative series of exercises that assist the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress, tension and trauma. The exercises safely activate a natural reflex mechanism of shaking or vibrating that releases muscular tension, calming down the nervous system. When this muscular shaking/vibrating mechanism is activated in a safe and controlled environment, the body is encouraged to return back to a state of balance. TRE® is based on the fundamental idea, backed by research, that stress, tension and trauma are both psychological and physical. The reflexive muscle vibrations generally feel pleasant and soothing. After doing TRE®, many people report feelings of peace and well-being. TRE® has helped many thousands of people globally.
TRE® is designed to be a self-help tool that, once learned, can be used independently as needed throughout one’s life, thereby continuously supporting and promoting personal health and wellness.
This class is for anyone who is interested to learn more about how to use this accessible mind-body tool, for an effective personal practice. A brief lecture will cover the history and mechanisms of action, followed by a group practice. Mind-body professionals welcome.
Props
Attendees please bring: Mat, blanket(s), and/or pillow.
About TRE
TRE is a simple technique that uses exercises to release stress or tension from the body that accumulates from everyday circumstances of life, from difficult situations, immediate or prolonged stressful situations, or traumatic life experiences (i.e., natural disasters, social or domestic violence).TRE is a set of seven exercises that help to release deep tension from the body by evoking a self-controlled muscular shaking process called neurogenic muscle tremors. The uniqueness of this technique is that this shaking originates deep in the core of the body, in the psoas muscles. These gentle tremors reverberate outwards along the spine releasing tension from the sacrum to the cranium.
The exercises are a simple form of stretching and are used to gently trigger these voluntary muscle tremors. Once the technique is learned and mastered after several sessions, the warm-up exercises can be accelerated or replaced with your normal exercise activity like walking or yoga, and the technique then becomes a quick and effective method for consistent relaxation. Eventually, these tremors will evoke themselves naturally in a rest position to reduce any stress or tension that was accumulated over the course of the day. TRE is being used by thousands of people around the world as an effective tool for releasing chronic traumatic stress, physical tension, and emotional trauma. It is also quickly becoming a popular way to release everyday stress, tension, and anxiety that evolves comes from the daily pressures of life.