The premise of this book is that a specific self-induced body tremor can potentially be the brain’s deliberate activation of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) to down-regulate an over excited system. Therefore the tremor mechanism is not seen as part of the pathology of human neurophysiology but rather the brain’s attempt to correct the pathology

this book proposes that the human body possesses the neurophysiological ability to generate its own healing vibration and chooses to activate this mechanism (when it is free & safe to do so), after highly stimulating events of over-arousal of the ANS or over-constriction of myofascial patterns.

in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, body tremors have been used as diagnostic features for a variety of disorders such as: “panic attacks”, “social phobia”, “generalized anxiety disorder”, or “Post Traumatic Stress Disorder” (PTSD).

He observed that the human body often tremors or shakes before, during or after stressful or dangerous situations. He recognized this shaking mechanism as inherent in the human body and was not part of the pathological expression of stress or trauma but was the response of the autonomic nervous system to down-regulate itself. It appeared as though

Many different people and fields of study differ on how to best describe this physiological sensation: shaking, vibrating, tremoring, pulsating, moving, rocking or quivering.

this shaking mechanism seems to be a healthy and useful neurophysiological mechanism that appears to down regulate the nervous system, restore a sense of calmness and reduce the myofascial tensions that were created during the experience of high arousal created by either happy, frightening or traumatic experiences.

Dr. Berceli postulated that these specific muscles must carry a great deal of excess tension simply because they are activated very often during stressful events. He began to explore the possibility of releasing the tension in this specific muscle pattern. However, since it was deeply imbedded in the core of the structure and activated through

Neurogenic tremors therefore appear to be providing the environment for the extinction of negative, and the formation of positive neural nets. Neurogenic tremors therefore, seem to be able to inhibit, or down regulate the amygdala. All effective therapy works through this mechanism.

In any threatening experience, the neck muscles will pull the neck forward, the shoulder muscles will raise the shoulders and draw them inward, and the hip girdle muscles will flex the hip toward the abdomen and curve the spine, pulling the pelvis up toward the abdomen. All of these movements are hard-wired in the brains of all creatures for the