MEMPHIS FIT By Shlomit Ovadia
Empowering People to Heal with TRE
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TRE® practitioner, yoga instructor, and John Barnes Myofascial Release therapist Kathleen S. Hall will teach an Intro to TRE® Series this August at The Transforming Wellness Studio in Germantown. This summer, learning to calm the nervous system through TRE® is the ultimate selfcare practice to add to your toolbox. In a series of exercises that start with body rolling and then tremoring, Hall helps people relax while increasing their flexibility and mobility. The best part is that once learned, you can do it independently.
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With TRE®, people learn to identify body cues and self-regulate their nervous
systems by activating the body’s natural mechanism of shaking or vibrating to release muscular tension to bring the body back into a state of balance. “Learning how to calm one's nervous system is the foundation of everything I do.” Kathleen utilizes a variety of balls of different sizes and densities that allow clients to explore their bodies and find places where tension is being held, setting them up for the TRE® exercises that stimulate the tremor response. TRE® Creator Dr. Berceli discovered that people instinctively shake when they feel threatened or under attack. He then realized that by activating this natural
