{"id":207,"date":"2013-09-29T00:58:59","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T04:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.new-synapse.com\/aps\/wordpress\/?p=207"},"modified":"2026-05-26T00:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T04:42:30","slug":"peter-levines-self-holding-exercises-for-sufferers-of-ptsd-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.new-synapse.com\/aps\/wordpress\/?p=207","title":{"rendered":"Peter Levine’s Self Holding Exercises for Sufferers of PTSD – PART 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I had the wonderful opportunity to watch the 2013 Trauma Therapy Webinar Series<\/a> produced by NICABM, National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine<\/span>.<\/p>\n

In the interview with Peter Levine that aired April 3, 2013, at 21:07 Levine introduces some basic but effective techniques one can do with oneself at home to anchor and calm the nervous system through body positioning. I have been struggling with PTSD for 6 years. By far some of the most effective therapeutic techniques I have discovered are these self-applied somatic therapy exercises, or what I call “Self Holding” exercises created by Peter Levine. Ever since watching the webinar I have been using these exercises on myself; there have been times where nothing else worked.<\/p>\n

I decided to include these exercises in the illustrated book I am working on. Following are the illustrations along with the text created for the book. Note that I created the titles for these exercises; Peter Levine did not offer specific names for them.<\/p>\n

Click here to read a Spanish translation of this article.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click here to read a Russian translation of this article.<\/a><\/p>\n

Exercise: Self Holding<\/strong><\/h2>\n
\"Peter