TRE is a stress and trauma-releasing modality that works by means of activating a shaking or vibrating mechanism that releases muscular tension, calming down the nervous system … (Article by Vanessa Rogers) According to Trauma Release Exercises (TRE) founder, Dr David Berceli , most other modalities used to treat and release trauma fall down in that they are employed by guiding you to do something consciously. With TRE, however, an autonomic response is evoked in the body i.e. the nervous system takes over in order to generate the mechanism by which you will tremor. Also, adds Dr Berceli, “When the body is shaking, it is inducing pleasure thereby making pleasure hormones available.” The difference between shaking the body on purpose and allowing the autonomic nervous system to take over, is that in the latter case the shaking happens from deep within the core. But when we make ourselves shake, it is usually the muscles in the limbs that are controlling the movement, wh...