Now in 24 languages. Nature's Lessons in Healing Trauma... 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 reader 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.
