Peter A. Levine

This text set up a framework for me to think about trauma. Humming is one tool I picked up from what I read - and it's worked. Can't argue with that!

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 to heal as well as an intellectual spirit to harness this innate 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.

Read section 1, chapter 3, "Wounds that can heal: Trauma is not a disease but a dis-ease"

This is a mix of science, psychology and mindfulness that seems very compassionate and wise. I haven't put everything into place that they recommend, but it's easy to follow and I look forward to trying. I especially found some of the information about anger and pain to be illuminating.