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Waking the Tiger

Healing Trauma

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Waking the Tiger

By: Peter A. Levine, Ann Frederick
Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
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Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question: Why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed. Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them. People are often traumatized by seemingly ordinary experiences. The listener is taken on a guided tour of the subtle, yet powerful impulses that govern our responses to overwhelming life events. To do this, it employs a series of exercises that help us focus on bodily sensations. Through heightened awareness of these sensations trauma can be healed.

©1997 Peter A. Levine (P)2016 Tantor Alternative & Complementary Medicine Personal Development Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Stress Management Health Mental Health Suspenseful Inspiring Physical Exercise Trauma Informed Care

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"Fascinating! Amazing! A revolutionary exploration of the effects and causes of trauma." (Mira Rothenberg, author of Children with Emerald Eyes)
Valuable Insights • Practical Exercises • Healing Techniques • Transformational Content • Comprehensive Information
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Incredible subject matter and quite possibly the poorest narration ever. The performance is slow and seemingly random syllables are drawn out and extended for no reason. I sped it up to 1.25x which made it at least a little listenable. I still wouldn't shy anyone away from this book, there are powerful illustrations of the author's points and the material is very alive... aside from having the human equivalent of bad 1990's AI reading it.

Great book, horrible narration

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There is a lot of helpful tools. But the narrator is so passionless and robotic it’s hard to listen to.

Really helpful. Terrible narrator.

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Incredible, healing book. Unfortunately, it is also one of the worst readings of an audiobook I've ever tried to sit through. Speeding up the playback a bit helps, but some listeners may still find the narrator's voice and reading style grating to the point of distraction.

Great Book, Awful Narration

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I really loved learning more about somatic experiencing and how it can help with trauma and chronic pain. I'm gonna get myself a somatic experiencing therapist now! I just wish the narration had been a little less affected. It helps to speed it up to 1.10 to lessen the overdrawn words.

content is great...narration not so much

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pretty good but not amazing. i preffer "body keeps the score". that one is way better

good but not great

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Should be required reading for all parents. It helped me identify 44 years of trauma and made me feel normal for the first time ever. Thank you!

Life changing!

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All things considered, I have had a productive life. But finally I understand how the childhood and military traumas have defined and shaped me. This book showed me truly what it means to reframe these tough areas. To be freed of what has haunted me for many years, seeing with new eyes.

LIFELONG TRAUMAS UNDERSTOOD

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This is a must read for those trying to navigate trauma. Good luck out there my friends.

great

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so much insight into why we are the way we are due to traumas big and small AND what to do about it!

outstanding

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I learned a lot, definable recommended, five stars. The the pace, and overall narration sounded so boring to me. The content was great the performance made it so difficult for me to finish this book.

Excellent information- 1 star for narration

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