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gatheringbones · 7 months

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[“While studying footage of wild prey animals, I noticed that most animals have a similar physiological process for returning to normal after a narrow escape from death. This process was uncannily reminiscent of the shaking, trembling, and spontaneous breathing that I had watched Nancy move through. (You’ll recall that you met Nancy in the introduction to this book.) I had also observed this process in many shamanic healing rituals performed throughout the world.

You can watch an example of this process from beginning to end on the National Geographic video “Polar Bear Alert,” available at many video stores. In this video, a frightened bear is chased down by an airplane, shot with a tranquilizer dart, surrounded by wildlife biologists, and then tagged. As the massive animal comes out of its state of shock, it begins to tremble lightly. The trembling intensifies steadily, then peaks into a nearconvulsive shaking — its limbs flail seemingly at random. After the shaking stops, the animal takes deep, organic breaths that spread throughout its body. The biologist narrator of the film comments that the behavior of the bear is necessary because it “blows off stress” accumulated during the chase and capture.

Now here’s the interesting part: When the bear’s response is viewed in slow motion, it becomes obvious that the seemingly random leg gyrations are actually coordinated running movements. It is as though the animal completes its escape by actively finishing the running movements that were interrupted at the moment when it was tranquilized. Then, the bear shakes off the “frozen energy” as it surrenders in spontaneous, full-bodied breaths — just as I had observed with Nancy in her recovery from being overwhelmed as a young child.

As the evidence mounted, I grew increasingly convinced that the healing of trauma — whether it is called “re-association” or, as shamans refer to it, “soul retrieval” — is primarily a biological process or bodily process often accompanied by psychological effects. This is especially true when the trauma involved betrayal by those who were supposed to protect us. Additionally, I surmised that successful healing methods inevitably involve establishing a connection to the body. Those methods that do not enable people to reconnect with their bodies invariably have limited success.”]

peter levine, from healing trauma, 2008

#peter levine #brainspace #terra preta #currently reading

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gilligould · 1 year

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The cast / crew of ‘Better Call Saul’ on the picket lines in Los Angeles, California — June 6, 2023.

#THEY!!!!!#bcs #bob odenkirk #bcs cast #peter gould #ariel levine #gordon smith #alison tatlock #200

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eliphante123 · 6 months

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IM GOING INSANE

#cupid parasite #cupid parasite -sweet & spicy darling-#cupipara #gill lovecraft #shelby snail #raul aconite #ryuki f keisaiin #allan melvine #peter flage #merenice levin #look at these mf parasite 7 #Gill’s drip tho I’m in love #Ryuki my sweet boi I like him #and Allan— excuse me how r u this fine #I love everyone’s outfit it’s so cool!#otome game #fandisc #wish I have enough cash to get this TwT

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romancemedia · 1 year

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Almost Kiss + Interruptions (1)

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adreciclarte4 · 3 months

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Peter Gabriel, 1980 by Tony Levin

#Peter Gabriel #Tony Levin

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thislovintime · 7 months

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Photos by Michael Ventura/Alamy Stock Photo

“Peter was just — you know, he always played the goofy guy in the show, but in real life, although he had a goofy side, he was incredibly intelligent, enormously articulate, kindhearted, always nervous and on the edge of, you know, catastrophe. You know, somebody who had dealt with a fair amount of childhood trauma, the specifics of which I don’t even really know. He sort of got his life together in his thirties, but it really took him kind of the rest of his life to find some [peace]. [...] [He was] a magnetic personality, a truly special soul.” - Michael Levine, Monkee Mania Radio interview show, April 2023

“[Peter] never stopped doing that [counseling people after sobriety]. I remember sometimes… if anybody ever was in trouble, anybody in his — he always went to meetings, whether we were on the road or not, at home, in Connecticut, in Venice, always meetings. And always available to anybody who was in trouble. Sometimes even in the car, he would get a call, or call somebody, and talk to them for an hour, you know, just to try and help them alleviate the stress of dealing with addiction, you know. He was enormously generous with his time. He always was available for that, always. I’ve never known anybody more generous, and I’ve never known anybody more loyal, you know? And you know what? He was an honest dude. As a matter of fact, he was almost [laughs], he was almost too honest, because he didn’t filter. I think that’s why a lot of people misinterpreted him early on, because he would say what he thought. Or, if you asked him a question, he’d tell you, you know, the truth as he saw it. And in America, we tend to be more involved in, you know, glad-handing and bullshitting people rather than saying, ‘Hey, you know, that wasn’t…,’ whatever. A lot of people don’t do that. And Peter did that. He was a straight shooter, you know, he always said what he thought, and he tried to live by the code that he embraced, you know, which is pretty rare, I think. You know, so he was generous, and loyal, and he just knew how to be a friend. [...] I miss him every day. Every day.” - James Lee Stanley, The Monkees Pad Show

#Peter Tork #Tork quotes #80s Tork #Michael Levine #Peter deserved better #<3 #40s Tork #50s Tork #60s Tork #70s Tork #90s Tork #00s Tork #10s Tork #James Lee Stanley #long read #<333 #(transcribing James Lee Stanley's comments had me in tears)#can you queue it

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infpisme · 1 year

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Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.

Peter A. Levine, In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness

#Peter A. Levine #life struggles #cptsd #trauma #fighting battles #traumatised #complex trauma #complex ptsd #please understand

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movie--posters · 1 year

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#the stepford wives #original #movie poster #movie posters #film #films #william goldman #paula prentiss #nanette newman #katharine ross #peter masterson #movies #poster #ira levin #movie #posters #1975

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jasontoddssuper · 6 months

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Percy Jackson may have given me a thing for autistic guys who cope with their trauma by being kind assholes but Marco Díaz gave me a thing for tgirls who're simulatously cool as all fuck and the biggest dorks in existence

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avoidantrecovery · 28 days

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In short, trauma is about loss of connection ⎼ to ourselves, to our bodies, to our families, to others, and to the world around us. This loss of connection is often hard to recognize, because it doesn't happen all at once. It can happen slowly, over time, and we adapt to these subtle changes sometimes without even noticing them.

⎼ Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine

#trauma #just inner child things #emotional trauma #avoidance #avoidant #peter a levine

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genevieveetguy · 1 year

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- What are you doing? - I'm looking at my wife.

Birth, Jonathan Glazer (2004)

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gatheringbones · 7 months

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[“When we are able to access our “body memories” through the felt sense, then we can begin to discharge the instinctive survival energy that we did not have a chance to use at the time of an event. Regardless of what your particular situation is, you can learn to discharge and transform this energy. The discharge can be dramatic and visible, or subtle and quiet. It can be an intense shivering or the slightest sense of inner trembling; or it may be a changing of temperature between hot and cold, between warmth and coolness. Afterwards, you might notice that things fall into place a little easier, or that you’re calmer and more relaxed. Perhaps things that once upset you won’t seem to bother you as much, and you are significantly less critical of yourself. Or, you might experience a subtle deepening of your sense of well-being. It’s also entirely possible that the change may be more profound. Chronic pain may disappear. You might be able to do things that you’ve never before attempted. Your relationships with loved ones and others might become freer and easier. You might experience a surge in your feelings of passion and personal power. When trauma is healed, shift happens.”]

peter levine, from healing trauma, 2008

#peter levine #horror! horror! horror!#currently reading #brainspace

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totallynotqueer · 1 year

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Now let’s all thank Ben Ten and Donald Glover for across the spiderverse.

#spiderverse #Ben Ten #Omniverse #Tennyson #Ben Tennyson #gwen tennyson #Gwen Stacy #Kevin Levin #Miles Morales #Peter Parker #Spider-Man #Hobie Brown

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punkeropercyjackson · 3 months

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The popular headcanons i'm forced to see all the time as a selfshipper who's mostly into male characters is so ludicrous it's becomes funny.'Obviously he'd [this] and [that],he's a guy!'Like what does that even MEAN😭😂

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romancemedia · 11 months

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Cartoon Love Triangles + Rivalries (3)

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gentle--man · 30 days

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Atunci când te afli într‐un ocean dezlănțuit de traume, anxietate, frică sau durere, poți găsi o mică insulă pe care să te retragi, fie și numai pentru o clipă de odihnă. O variantă este să găsești locul de odihnă din corpul tău.

Peter Levine - Eliberaţi de durere

#peter levine #eliberati de durere #citate #citate celebre #durere #trauma #anxietate #frica

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