Excerpted from Feel to Heal: Releasing Trauma Through Body Awareness and Breathwork Practice
By Giten Tonkov
©2019
In the fight-or-flight process, even if we triumph over a threat, we come face-to-face with danger. The danger can be real or imagined. It can be very sudden or long-term. Regardless, in the moment of activation, we survive thanks to our innate and learned strengths, our support systems, and our comforts. If we’re suffering with residual trauma, it might not feel like our strengths are strong enough—but they do exist. They are tools in the toolbox. They might be literal, figurative, emotional, mental, physical, physiological, or spiritual, and they are with us every day. Employed intentionally, these tools help us to structure both a trauma-release session and, with practice, a trauma-free life.