Nature's Lessons in Healing Trauma...
Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopef
ul vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with a
n instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question: why are anim
als in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understandi
ng the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, t
he mystery of human trauma is revealed.
Waking the Tiger normalizes the sympt
oms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them. People are often traumatized by
seemingly ordinary experiences. The reader is taken on a guided tour of the sub
tle, 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 sens
ations. Through heightened awareness of these sensations trauma can be healed.
