TRE Adjustment-Posture

The learning position for TRE is on the floor. After feeling comfortable with this and learning how to self-regulate, continue listening to your body’s impulses and the directions that it feels it needs to move in.

In time, you may feel the urge or impulse to change your position. You may get a feeling that you need to come to your knees to continue the tremoring and unwinding. Maybe it seems like being on your belly would be better. Perhaps, an impulse that you need to come to a standing position, or even a sitting position. What about on all fours? Maybe kneeling, with arms stretched forward, similar to child’s pose? There is not really a “right” or “wrong” position or posture to be in. Yes you can still tremor in these different positions. After some practice, you may even be able start the tremor reflex in any posture you would like.

Changing our position can allow the body to move in a new way, or allow us to put pressure and resistance in a different angle to a muscle or set of muscles. Sitting or lying against or near the wall allows us to push against the wall or feel our spine supported. On our knees or all fours can allow us to move our spine and give our shoulders and arms the ability to push down into the floor. Standing can allow us to kick our legs, jump, run, shake the arms out, and sway the body. Also, our neck has more free space to move while not on our back.

So, even if you have been tremoring for a long time, I encourage you to occasionally try a new posture. Here are some options for further exploration.

• On belly
• Sitting
• Sitting against a wall
• Lying with feet or arms near wall or solid object to push against
• Kneeling
• All Fours
• Child’s Pose or similar
• Standing
• Sitting or Standing in shower (Be careful!)
• Lying in bed (If you find TRE to be calming and makes you sleepy instead of energizing you.)

Enjoy your practice!