Waking the Tiger

Waking the Tiger (1997) offers an enlightening perspective on trauma by exploring the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms. Using this knowledge, it then provides a pathway to healing through exercises that focus on bodily sensations.

• Trauma survivors looking to understand and heal their symptoms
• Readers fascinated by animal behavior and human nature
• Anyone drawn to explore how awareness, instinct, and resilience can transform suffering

Peter Levine is the originator of Somatic Experiencing, an approach to healing trauma. He holds doctorates in Medical Biophysics and Psychology, and has published extensively on stress and trauma over his 30-year career. Peter Levine has consulted for NASA and taught trauma healing techniques at hospitals and pain clinics, and in indigenous communities in Europe and the United States.