The Total Release Experience®
and Our Connection with Animals
What is our connection to animals?
How is your animal instinct? The Psoas muscle is a key connection with animal.. Animals activate it humans do not. As David Attenborough once put it – we are all animals in clothing! We would be wise, therefore, to learn from them. For example, how do they survive trauma – simply by allowing their body to tremor to release their adrenalin and cortisol at the time of the event. We, too, can do the same, but sadly don’t because we have forgotten and suppressed our ability to release from the Psoas muscle our fight/flight centre.
Animals Release
Understanding the fundamentals
Whether repel water or let go of tension, animals shake off spontaneously! Wild animals naturally and instinctively release adrenalin and cortisol after the chase. Then they can carry on and do what animals do.
The Psoas Muscle
Your fight/flight centre
See the muscle highlighted in the image? Imagine the animal on two legs. We are really no different! The Psoas is attached to the diaphragm and runs down the back body, behind the organs to the top of the legs. Just like ours. It is the fight/flight centre.
Our Domestic Pets
Have you felt them shiver and shake?
We have had dogs for years. Like so many others, I used to think they were nervous when shaking. Now they and I know differently. Many things can distress a dog, such as fireworks, visiting the vets, or travelling. However, the tremoring to release adrenalin and cortisol keeps them calm. Dogs tremor for a variety of reasons, and it is natural.
We Learn From Animals
The natural, somatic response to over-excitement or fear is to tremor. Studies on animal behaviour show how tremoring protects them from psychological and physical damage after a frightening experience. Well, here’s the thing – we are all animals. We all have this built-in mechanism to tremor by activating the Psoas muscle. Release in this way is necessary to return homeostasis (balance) to the body and mind after a shock or stress. Animals and humans cannot prevent trauma, nor can trauma be prevented. But whatever one goes through in life, the body has the mechanism to release it.
Have you ever had the experience of being unable to control overwhelming emotions? Maybe your lips quivered, and your legs or hands shook involuntarily. This tremor sensation is the body’s most organic method of releasing tension that has become charged within the system. Unfortunately, such tremoring or shaking has been seen as a pathological weakness. Consequently, we freeze or suppress the response, maybe resorting to medication, drinking or drugs instead.
‘Psychogenic tremors in humans, much the same as the instinctual tremors in animals, is the natural response of a shocked or disrupted nervous system attempting to restore the Neuro-physiologic homeostasis of the body’Feldman, 2004; van der Kolk, & van der Hart, 1991)
Like so many others, you can empower yourself to return to homeostasis by reconnecting with what nature gave us all – just like animals! The Total Release Experience® Programme empowers you to start healing from the past and build resilience immediately.
You, too, can connect with your ‘animal’! You can access The TRE from London to New York, and from the USA to Australia.
About The Total Release Experience®
The Total Release Experience® is a 5-Step programme that empowers you to heal the physical, mental, and emotional symptoms of your past stress, overwhelm, and trauma. We learn from animals, and just like animals, you need to release tension from your Psoas muscle which lies deep in your body. It is your ‘fight/flight’ centre.
The Psoas is where you hold your emotions and fears. When you learn to release tension from this muscle, you too can enjoy a new freedom.
Are you ready to take back control of your wellbeing?
The Psoas Muscle
Meet Emily!
Emily is our dog – a lovable cockerpoo. In fairness, she belongs to my husband, Mr T. He is amazing with dogs, and we have had a few in the past. All spaniels – they are rather special. What a treasure she is. She used to belong to Mandy, a dear friend we used to stay with her as we travelled around delivering Workshops.
I always say careful what you wish for. I remember having Emily on my lap and saying, ‘I am not that into dogs, but I could take this one home!’
A few weeks later, Mandy called and said that because of the family’s work life, Emily was not getting her walks and was being left home and alone; she felt she was getting depressed. So we said that on our next visit, we would take her. When we visited, it seemed the promises and pleading of the 14-year-old son to walk the dog were enough for her to change her mind.
It never worked out, and on our visit to a Workshop in Hereford, Mandy bought Emily down to us with all her worldly goods – basket, leads, toys, food, bowls, and anything special to her. So on June 8th 2017, which happened to be Fathers Day, she joined our family. What better gift could Mr T have and Emily with her new master?
They sat together all day in a quiet place. When we packed up and left, Emily slept in the back of the car for the 5-hour drive to her new home. When we arrived, she followed Mr T into the garden. I think she must have felt she had died and gone to heaven to have such a lot of space to run around in. She is a special part of our life and goes everywhere with us. She is a great therapy dog, too, as those who met her at our Workshops would testify. She has recovered from her anxiety and is one happy doggie. Find out more about dogs’ behaviour and signs to look out for to understand their communication when things are going well or not so well.