Yeah I slept super deep last night… Tomorrow I´ll start KB and AoH, so lets see how these beauties work with TRE. I had 2 more sessions booked and then I will keep the practice on my own… In a couple of months I will decide whether or not I want to invest in becoming a TRE Trainer.
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How long shoudl I stay tremoring?
10 minutes? 15 minutes? Is there a proper duration for this?
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As long as you feel comfortable doing it, don´t go to the point in which you get tired. If you get an intuition, body feeling to stop, then stop, even if you are far from being tired.
10 to 15 minutes should be fine.
Any course or videos on this?
Sure, @Akephalos
I think this is a good, layman level explanation if you can spare an hour - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vujdX82_dAI&t=1166s
For a five-minute summary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuSgrrj2beQ
Both of these creators have a number of free, follow-along workouts on their YouTube channels. I really like this one for general tension release, embodiment, groundedness. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=supymV8uFV0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWCyJYm-0wY&t=1621s - A bit more challenging, and longer, but definitely shifts some crap.
They also both have more indepth, paid courses (In the region of $30-50/month) which really dig deep into the process over the course of like 4-12 months. I joined Arnold/Healing Houses course a few weeks ago and it’s pretty cool so far - gradual introduction. (No affiliate or anything here just sharing my experience)
If you would like to study closer to the roots of the system I’d recommend the book ‘Bioenergetics’ by Alexander Lowen
They both have a TON of free info on their channels. Devaraj is great, I met him on a Bioenergetics retreat in England a few years back and he’s the real deal also.
Daily Bow and Arch (just search on Dev’s channel) is a great practice, would compliment TRE very well imo.
Hope this helps.
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I had my 3rd TRE session today out of a total of 4. Then I will practice on my own.
At the end of the practice I was elevated and expanded to a level I do not normally reach by any other practice. I was ready to dissolve into atoms and become one with the infinite cosmos.
Super relaxed and with my mind at complete silence.
Now for the more technical aspects… I learned that you can just let your body intelligence lead the whole practice and do whats best for you at the moment, or you can decide to focus your attention into a specific part of your body… The simple yet powerful act of shifting your attention changes what your body is doing and how its doing it, leading the experience to a different place.
Also you can use you attention to identify micro movements, little vibrations, subtle things that are not flashy and when you do that you can go deeper into the process, seems like you can navigate into other dimensions of your nervous system and the emotional and physical memories stored in the body.
At the end of the session while resting and integrating the experience if you focus on the part of the body that feels best, you are rewiring your nervous system to sort for pleasure and well being, instead of pain and tension.
Its the same framework as the style of NLP and Hypnosis that I use, but using the body as the main instrument, instead of the mind, of course both practices compliment each other synergistically.
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So today I had my 4th and last TRE session, now Ive been suggested to keep it as a regular practice on my own, at my own rhythm and only go back after a while if I feel I need it.
This time at the end of the session I was equally relaxed and with a silent mind, the difference was that instead of feeling expanded into the cosmos, I was (still do) very grounded into my body.
When I was walking to my session I realized that for the first time in god knows how long, my joint was pain free and relaxed, I only had some muscular pain and tension around it, but in the more superficial muscles.
Im developing a very acute awareness that allows me to notice when I put tension on that zone and Im able to release it. Thats the main job Ive been assigned now, to modulate that and continue to teach my body and nervous system that its ok to relax… The more the pain is gone, the safest it is to continue to relax.
This time it was pretty obvious that the tremors are getting incredibly pleasurable, filled with tingling sensations and waves of relaxed joy traveling around the body. Kind of an orgasmic feeling reaching from one place to another, from the core through the spine, then the shoulders, the arms and finally reaching the hands. It feels like the whole pleasure centers are being triggered ON, on the nervous system.
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All of those sessions were 1 hour long?
Maybe I should try such long sessions too? I’ve been doing around 15-20 minutes but my tremors are very intense and I’m often exhausted after the session and go to sleep immediately
I have no negative physical or emotional symptoms during the session though. Do you think I should try to tremor for longer but consciously decrease the intensity of the tremors?
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The session is 1 hour long yes, but theres the pre talk, the tremors, some rest in between, more tremors, integration and rest and finally a post talk.
The actual tremors are about 20 minutes, maybe 30 tops. Its always the body who decides.
Sounds to me that you are doing ok. You can experiment with pauses in between, avoid reaching exhaustion, notice whats different in the effects.
Thats normal, sometimes it will happen.
My personal lesson has been in decreasing any kind of conscious intervention, just let your body do its thing. Sometimes in the rest the body will start with micro tremors and you go with it, sometimes you feel satisfied and end the session.
What helps is to direct attention to a specific area of the body, without trying to command anything, without trying to start anything, just to curiously observe what happens, what changes, if any.
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I see, so I mostly have been doing everything right
It’s an interesting idea to integrate breaks between tremors though. How long were the breaks?
Also, do you know if there’s a way to gauge where you are in the TRE journey?
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Yes, I think you will be pleased by the results, remember to not reach exhaustion, its not about how hard you can go, but about how much you allow your body to reach deeper levels of relaxation, to get rid of all built up tensions and pains, stored in the muscles.
The breaks are not necessarily measured by time, but the desire of the body to tremor again. They were short I guess… I was with my eyes closed and no clock nearby.
That I dont know, to me the goal is to learn to enjoy being in my body as much as possible… So Im gauging on how much more flexible I feel, how much more relaxed I feel and how much more my body works for what it was designed for. Any Energetic/Spiritual improvement as a consequence of a better functioning nervous system and a relaxed, pain free body, are more than welcome.
I dont know if you started TRE because you have pain or a condition you wanna get rid of as I did, or if you are in a different situation. Establishing a clear goal will help you gauge more clearly.
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I’m starting to get extremely powerful full body tremors now just by lying in my bed with the intention to do tre. No preliminary exercise needed.
They are extremely strong and if an outsider saw it, they prob would think I’m possessed lol.
Either way it’s working and I should probably increase my session length to an hour or so from the ten mins that I’m currently doing
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I heard that maintaining 20-30 mins is good but to keep doing it every day.
I’m also getting proper tremors even without doing anything, almost at will. I always feel good after my sessions
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I started this course a few days ago. What kind of releases did you get? I got slammed with fatigue after starting these but it definitely feels like it’s loosening up emotions. I still notice myself trying to hold back and tighten up when this happens instead of going with it.
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I had this fatigue problem which was solved by surrendering more and having absolutely no intention to guide tremors in any way. Just trusting the body and stopping whenever I want to stop (not timing my sessions)
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Yeah it’s tough because I need to get stuff done but my body is saying no. I know ultimately I’ll feel better but it’s hard to rest sometimes.
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try doing sessions before sleep if it makes you tired
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That’s actually what I’m doing. It seems to carry over into the next day. I think I’m just going to keep going because the benefits are outweighing the minor inconvenience of needing more rest.
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Same, fatigue but freedom tok
For me it goes away after a week or so.
I think it’s just an indication of things being worked on
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@Joa23 hey, which sub do you think would be better for aiding TRE?
AOH vs. Love Bomb?
Everyone else can chime in as well!
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