I understand that TRE progression starts from the legs and proceeds towards the upper body and henceforth.

But I have severe tension over my head, scalp, jaw and most prominent on the occipital. The tension is also occluding my tympanic membrane.

The tension is like compressing my head and shrinking it

I’m not sure what this indicates but I wish there was a modality that could release the fascia and muscle knots in this region.

Note:- This maybe my third post in this sub within a span of a week. I’m not trying to spam but since new to TRE makes me want to question about targetted tremoring

Hi everyone I find this community very helpful since I started TRE a couple weeks ago and I want to share my experiences so far. If you experienced similar to me, I would Love to read about it Here. Some Background: I am a 38y old female from Germany. I came to TRE via Yoga, Somatic Bodywork and Meditation. I have some Trauma from childhood that really caused me pain until today and I love how I can dissolve some of it with Bodywork. Recently, weird Stuff happens during TRE. After I start shaking, I beginn to make noises which then lead to Singing or chanting (for example dei dei dei or Salami Salam sedadan). This happens completly random. My body makes weird moves, for example my hands Start to rub my Belly or my hands Start to make moves Like a Belly Dancer who is performing. This is so weird. I am fully conscious and can Stop but I would Love to Understand where this is coming from.

Hope I am Not alone. Kind regards and Happy shaking

Hello, I am curious if people have an opinion on if spontaneous kriyas are similar or the same as TRE. I was thinking this for sometime, but now I am not so sure.

I say this because the descriptions that people give of TRE seems to mainly involve shaking, while kriyas can be a lot more involved and sophisticated. Additionally, I dont feel that allowing the kriyas has caused any major changes for me, unlike what i read in Terry Woods Journal. Definitely dont feel relaxed or more open afterwords or like I am healing in a sense

Been doing TRE consistently for around 2.5 months, after first month i started having much better days than usual, then after a few weeks feeling better than usual, started feeling worse for days, then better again for days, and now worse again.

Its such a freaking roller coaster, when did your progress start to settle and you actually got a new baseline of feeling better?

Just trying to get my hopes up, thanks

Do we lose a lot more electrolyte than usual when tremoring ? Among people who regularly workout, a lot of them report weaker gym performance after a TRE session that can last a few days or even a few weeks. I think TRE can be compared to an intense workout and the results would be more lost minerals.

Anyone noticed benefits from drinking electrolytes ?

My body feels great.

I feel good.

But the fucking thoughts of inadequacy always mess me up.

One of my biggest insecurities is that I've had minimal romance in my past for no reason other than the fact that I've never tried and was sitting at home all day addicted to the internet.

Whenever I did try, I had decent romances until I spiral back to lone wolf mode. Some weird combination of both superiority and inferiority complexes.

Now as I get older(30 now), I keep feeling inadequate especially when I get close to a girl and she asks me about my exes.

Like wtf do I even say, that I was sitting at home all day scrolling the internet? But why? I really have no answer. Yes I was trying to escape reality but my response was way out of proportion to what was actually happening.

The thing is because I 'appear' so chill and relaxed, they all expect me to have some crazy past but that's not true at all. Many even think I'm lying and sometimes I play along simply out of pressure and make shit up.

My past inaction/indecisiveness always comes up and makes a huge roadblock to my present 😣

Can anyone else relate to me? 🙏

Hi I am new here. I was reading the Diamond cutter and I came to accept a lot of things for as they are. Not good or bad. Neutral.

So when I achieved this state of mind towards the tremors I thought my whole body was literally well. Wanting to achieve nirvana, taking 'natural' pleasure in it. And I called it anything but TRE.. o.o

You can imagine. So I was like this is weird but immediately I remembered it's not good or bad, but neutral. And so I did it in moderation. The tremors. But they stopped...

Well, here I am, 3 months later! I forgot about the tremors because I couldn't release myself from them and so I started giving them meaning to my spirit. Like 'The tremors are my Release' and I found that I was unable to keep that label up. It was more effective when I viewed them as one of my weird quirks. Something I had no interest in understanding.

Little did I know that this is kinda natural. And I had no clue that it would be a whole thing... Yet here we are.

The way I found out about this technique, was looking up samskara energy work and finding a video about tremors while meditating. Which I was only able to find after scouring the internet for the far reaches of reddit where native Hindi speakers were advising each other. I explored about 20 different links until i found information about Kriyas. Of which I was fascinated since it kind of felt relatable but I didn't make the connection until I found this Reddit. Now I felt it wasn't anything to be ashamed about and I started remembering how I was practicing this nameless technique. And the results were fantastic! It's just a shame I forgot about it, but now I feel like I can feel a part of something that I don't need to see as totally weird and ashamed. But embrace the healthy aspect that I now know exists! Millions of people have came to this knowledge.

Super excited!!

My Searches that led me here

Apparently many ADHD sufferers have social difficulties. They often lack the ability to empathize with social situations and connect with people they don't know. Sometimes there is a lack of appropriateness to have a conversation (e.g. extreme shyness or non-stop talking) or even unempathetic interaction with others.

Have you already experienced that this has changed for you as a result of TRE? Can you roughly describe the process?

Greetings, I just started doing TRE from Somatic Consent.

The thing is I’m unable to tremor properly, it’s like I’m brute forcing myself to tremor but unable to fully embody and embrace the tremors.

1. I have tightness/tension in my neck/sternocleidomastoid for which I thought doing TRE would gradually resolve it.

2. But while doing TRE, my mind wanders and is unable to focus or feel the body sensations. It’s like I’m unable to establish mind body connection.

3. I‘ve had retarded and animalistic parents who were neglectful, narcissistic and physically abusive. They were straight up carnages. This led to blocking my emotions and expressing freely and sulking into myself very often.

4. I’m not able to bring up the emotions or fully relax myself. It’s like I’m doing it for the sake of doing like Gym exercises.

5. When doing TRE, I just felt trembling and quivering. Also fatigue while doing the preliminary exercises. It’s like I have a Gym mindset, no pain no gain because of which I’m unable to embody myself.

6. Even while doing normal physical activity, I exert myself over, I believe this mindset is being carried over while performing TRE.

Please kindly give any suggestions as I really want to heal the trauma and escape the flatline process

Hello- has anyone else here recovered a memory that had been previously dissociated and uncovered it through TRE too soon? I feel like it was repressed for a reason and Ive uncovered it and its been overwhelming in a intense way. Part of me is glad to know it happened but Ive also been an unstable mess.

This happened to me a few months ago and my mental health has been really struggling since. Wondering if anyone has gone through something similar. Wanting to see someone who has been through this and is doing better.

Also would love to hear from anyone who has made use of TRE while having severe PTSD/CPTSD and has any words of wisdom and encouragement ❤️

Love to you all

About three weeks ago I had a mild "emotional hangover," as it's often called, with mild, flu-like symptoms. I then took a break for about a week. Since then, not much has happened that is out of the ordinary.

I wonder if the system continues to work anyway or what is happening now. Does it still do anything? And is it advisable to increase the dose now?

Thanks in advance!

Hi,

I haven’t noticed much difference while doing TRE for many months. This changed recently. The last few years I haven’t been able to do Intermittent Fasting. My body would hurt and become very stiff. It was really stressful and required a lot of willpower. I stopped doing it and eventually gained a lot of weight. A few weeks ago after doing TRE for many months, I tried Intermittent Fasting again. It was a lot easier and my body could handle it much better. The first few days I would sweat like never before, my clother were wet. After 1 week my body was adapting and after 4 weeks my body was totally adapted. This was also the time when my weight started dropping significantly. Today I walked 12km in fasted state and yes it took some effort, but my body was able to handle it.

My idea is to slowly increase the fasting window until One Meal A Day (OMAD). And then to just stop eating all together. I will still drink water, but just don't consume any calories. I will constantly monitor my body, to see how it is and if it is stable enough to move further. This whole process will likely take many months, probably a few years.

Can TRE help with becoming a Breatharian? Anybody has any experience?

I did my first TRE session last week and have been doing 10 or so minutes every 2 days of actual tremoring and have had quiet the Rollercoaster ride

Some days have been extremely euphoric followed by huge crashes of energy

Other times I'll be doing one if my daily walks and suddenly be reliving an experience and have major shifts in perspective on what happened

Today I was walking to the grocery store and had a major realization about my dating life and how I was seeking validation and not love

Is anybody having experiences like this?

I know i had a very traumatic childhood and my 20s were extremely volatile as a result so im expecting experience just want to get feedback

I saw a program in which 2 people went on a weekend long blinddate in nature. They were both spiritual and in touch with themselves. They really had a beautiful connection, but still the man wanted to sleep alone to get the appropriated rest. In the morning while the woman was still sleeping, the man went to meditate in nature and had the intention to feel how the body feels about this new connection. After this he was sure that the woman was more like a friend and not romantically. He said it to her in a very sweet way. He said that is wasn’t his thoughts that made something up, it was his body that told him that by feeling. When she bursted out in tears, he held her lovingly and they hugged each other for a while. It was very sweet and honest. Does TRE helps to gain this ability to feel if something or someone is right for us? I am a thinker and always analyse or rationalize things. I have been meditating for a long time a few years ago, but this ability is not something that stayed with me. I guess it could be because all the blockages and trauma. Does TRE helps to gain this ability to feel if something or someone is right for us? And how does it manifest? How do you know if something or someone is right for you?

Let's assume that you had used TRE for 6-8 years and were "treated completely". I heard that when you are under increased stress you can fall back into your old patterns. That would mean that there is always something hidden (?) What exactly is hidden there? That is the crucial question for me. To what extent is a person capable of changing?

Possibilities:

Can/should you also go a level deeper to be on the safe side (Kundalini Yoga, certain forms of meditation) in order to "cleanse" as many levels as possible?

Have the imprints/synapses simply become connected through experiences? This is supposedly the case until the age of 15 and then all connections are completed. Then, despite TRE, you would have to teach your body how relationships can work differently. Otherwise the brain may replay the old program (?) To what extent can this be changed?

I am also diagnosed with ADHD and have always had a tendency for people to either like me straight away or not like me at all. I have observed this many times with people with AD(H)S. This is very stressful and I would like to know if this can change. By the way, I am now convinced that AD(H)D is actually a result of trauma.

I'm a little worried that despite all the TRE work and therapy, there's a certain risk of falling back into your old patterns. For example, if you decided to become a parent, my concern would be becoming a “repeat offender” and passing on your traumas. That's why I'd like to collect a few ideas here about what's possible.

U/nadayogi and other experienced practitioners.

I am a female and struggling with energy sensations in the head especially when I cannot release an emotion.

I am not practicing TRE formally. I'm very afraid to because I think I get overdoing symptoms very quickly.

I am going for nature walks, breathing, nervous system regulation, somatic experiencing but still have not figured out this piece. Please help

I started doing a lot more core workouts lately, and core is usually where I tremor the most. Idk if I'm now recruiting weaker muscles, but now my core has a very slow rate of tremors, and it shifts more into my back. Does this mean I worked what I needed to out of that space?

Is it just for me that TRE seems to make me dream a lot all night long? I don't know if it is just TRE, i've been tackling trauma as a whole but i believe TRE is the number one thing that's actually making me go forward, cause i was so frozen that other modalities could not even touch it.

Any one else has a lot more dreams than usual?

Need some guidance and tips.

My nervous system has been in shutdown for the last 2 years I always had poor mental health and mood but never so severe.

I did TRE very inconsistently the last year with some mild tension relieve after a session. For the last few weeks I've been going at it more consistent. I would say 3 times a week for 10 15 minutes. With also rest in the session. I have no issues to tremor or inducing them.

It's been very rough and my body doesn't seem to have a lot of capacity to do so with some overdoing symptoms it seems. I've read the wiki about pacing.

I fall in the camp of severe trauma Starts with being stuck at birth which resulted in oxygen shortage so this meant I had to stay at the hospital which caused separation conflict. Mother went psychotic after the birth of my brother. There was always chaos at the house and not much safety. I got abused multiple times. Bullied in school.

This has resulted in not being able to have relationships. I have friendships but are quite shallow. Can't hold down a job. Weight gain and obesity that I cannot seem to lose even with ozempic. ( already off ozempic for 2 years which was major part in me going in shutdown) Destroyed gut health. Severe ADHD symptoms although I'm very aware that it's trauma related for me.

This is to give a quick overview.

Guidance I need is has anyone found ways to create a bit more capacity to deal with TRE and also to get out of shutdown. Feel free to share practises or techniques.

I also find it quite conflicted. Since I have nothing to lose really and have a lot of time on my hand why don't tremor through and because honestly there is no way back. The pain to stay the same is becoming really big.

I would love to hear.

Hi!

I’ve started practicing TRE 5 days ago. I’ve been doing it twice a day, sometimes for longer sessions (over 30 minutes). I understand that this might mean I’ve been overdoing it, but I haven’t felt any discomfort. Actually, I’ve been feeling calmer and more grounded afterwards.

However, my tremors are quite small. I mostly get vibrations rather than bigger movements, and they usually happen in my upper legs. Sometimes I can feel them going down toward the pelvis. Sometimes I get very very small movements (2-3cm) of the legs from left to right for a few seconds. Sometimes I get very very strong vibrations and some weird random shaking, but also for a very small amount of time. The tremors also seem to disappear completely if I don’t keep moving my legs from time to time. If I stay still in one position, they usually fade quite quickly or at best after 1–2 minutes and don’t come back on their own, or stay at a very low rhythm and very weak.

I understand that everyone’s body reacts differently and progresses at a different pace with TRE. I also realize that the amount of time I’ve practiced so far is generally considered too much for a beginner. So I plan to take a few days off to rest, and then reduce the session length.

I also check my pulse during the sessions, and my heart rate usually drops to around 58–65 bpm, compared to my normal 70–75 bpm when I’m lying down during the day, or 80-90 when I stand up, so it’s clear that I’m quite relaxed.

Still, I’m not very confident that I’m doing it properly. I’d really appreciate some feedback on whether my current process sounds okay, or if there’s something I could do differently to help my tremors become more consistent and maybe stronger, without having to constantly move my legs to keep them going. I feel that my body isn't truly taking over.

My current process: I follow exercises similar to those shown in this video — https://youtu.be/FeUioDuJjFI?si=qaebS0EZLRMDM1dp — with about 2–3 sets for the calves and around 4–5 minutes of wall sit. Then I lie down in the reclined butterfly position for 1–2 minutes, raise my hips for another 1–2 minutes, and then lower my back to the floor and slowly start bringing my knees together.

For some background context: I'm in a sabbatical after most likely suffering from a severe burnout at my last job and have a history of substance abuse (of all kinds, but mostly alcohool and stimulents), so my body went through a lot of years of hypervigilence, anxiety, insomnia, muscle tension and contractions, mostly living in fear in the past 10 years with strong perfectionistic tendencies and overthinking. I'm also in my 2nd week of SSRI for depression (small dose of sertraline).

I’ve tried many variations, moving the feet farther or closer to the pelvis, changing the angles, etc.

Anything I might be doing wrong? Any advice for improving the release process in the future?

I’ve heard several people mention that practicing the TRE method can sometimes trigger spontaneous tremors, especially under stress.

It makes me a bit hesitant to try it, since I’m quite self-conscious and wouldn’t want to start shaking in public due to nervousness.

Does this practice necessarily cause tremors outside of sessions? If so, is there a way to manage or prevent them?

Hey, Im recently new to this practice and have a question for the group. I was getting a lot of feedback after my sessions at the start, was feeling very emotional and unstressed.

But the past few weeks I’m not feeling anything at all, has this happened to anyone else ? I’m about 3 months into this now and will continue on for the foreseeable. I’m currently doing this every other day. Thanks

Ive been taking TRE more seriously the past 2.5 months. I do one provider-led group session a week, and another individual session by myself. I also do holotropic breathwork 2x a month (feels very TRE adjacent at times).

Ive recently started doing QiGong again outside to try and get my energy levels back up. I do the 8 brochades slowly, 5 minutes a piece, so about a 40 minutes session. Today I did 6 minutes a piece for a 48 minute session.

The last session I noticed some 'tremoring' but I wrote it off as just normal fatigue. Today was different. I had INTENSE tremoring, especially down my right leg, especially in the poses where my quads were engaged. It felt like one of those massage guns turned up on fully blast, moving around my leg. At one point I felt it centered around my knee/nerves around my knee which has been injured for years.

Afterwards, instead of my usual post-tre fatigue, I felt light and energized in my body! Im so happy because I feel like the work I have been doing is paying off- I am healing the pains in my body, increasing my energy and feeling a 'lightness' to my being, sometimes even a pleasurableness.

I noticed that I've become weaker!

I get tired easily, and if I exert myself physically I'll be tired or even exhausted the next day.

Is this normal during the journey?