What is TRE®?
TRE® stands for Tension or Trauma Releasing Exercises, a practical self-help method that allows you to reduce physical tension and stress. It helps you to relax physically, emotionally and mentally. You can use it to reduce chronic stress, but also after exercising or after a busy day of sedentary work.
How does it work?
When your body experiences a threat, it responds with a fight or flight response. When that no longer works, the body freezes like in a computer crash. Like mammals, we are made to deal with stress and traumatic events. We have only forgotten how, and TRE® teaches you to restart that mechanism. In sports or yoga, muscles release their tension superficially. With TRE®, the stress release works on a deeper level in the body. After 3 to 5 sessions you are usually able to regulate the discharge process yourself, whereby you are capable to apply TRE® safely at home.
Who is Nicolien?
With my background as an Arabist, I work as a facilitator | trainer | coach. A growing part of my work is stress management and trauma prevention with TRE®. Many of the groups I work with live in conflict areas, in an unsafe environment, function under high pressure or work with themes such as sexual and domestic violence. The importance of physical and mental fitness is often underestimated. People learn and function better when the tension is out of the body. My background as a Critical Alignment Yoga teacher and certified TRE® Provider naturally blends in with my work as a trainer and facilitator.
I teach practical stress management courses with TRE® and restorative exercises. I also teach TRE® through online tools. This is what people say about the lessons:
"I sleep deeper and I wake up more rested in the morning." "I sense my limitations more easily." "I am happier. I am more in control and less responding to outside stressors and demands." "I am more comfortable in my skin. TRE is very practical compared to other methods." "The restorative exercises are effective for me."
More information: www.nicolien.com. Questions: info@nicolien.com. About Stress Management: http://nicolien.com/workshops/stress-management.