"I choose to inhabit my days
To allow my living to open me,
To make me less afraid, more accessible,
To loosen my heart
Until it becomes a wing,
A torch, a promise."
— Dawn Markova, from "Untitled"
RESOURCES
WEBSITES
Somatic Experiencing: www.traumahealing.com
David Baldwin’s Trauma Information Pages is a very comprehensive site, particularly for developmental trauma: www.trauma-pages.com
Rick Hansen’s website, many resources for well-being: www.rickhanson.net
Continuum classes around the world: www.continuumteachers.com
Rosen Method Bodywork: www.rosenmethod.com
BOOKS
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma, Peter Levine, North Atlantic Books, 1997.
In an Unspoken Voice: How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness, Peter Levine, North Atlantic Books, 2010.
Trauma Through a Child’s Eyes, Maggie Kline and Peter Levine, North Atlantic Books, 2007.
Trauma and the Body, Pat Ogden, WW Norton, 2006.
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk, M.D.,Viking, 2014.
ARTICLES
Birth by Linda Chrisman, article from Being Bodies, edited by Lenore Friedman & Susan Moon, ©1997 by Lenore Friedman & Susan Moon. Reprinted by arrangement with Shambhala Publication s Inc., Boston, MA. www.shambhala.com
Body-mind methods for autonomic nervous system regulation, article from Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, ©June 2011.