Dr. Peter Levine, founder of Somatic Experiencing®, is one of the most renowned experts on trauma healing — and hearing him speak makes it easy to understand why.

In this brief clip, we get a glimpse into the depth of Dr. Levine’s understanding of trauma — and how it can be released through a process known as pendulation. He explains that the energy of trauma is a contraction which, with gentle guidance, can move into expansion. As he puts it, the opposite of trauma is this expanded state of being.

Join Our Upcoming Live Workshop + Q&A With Dr. Peter Levine!

We’re thrilled to be hosting a 90-minute interactive workshop on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 with Dr. Peter Levine — Moving Trauma Through the Body: The Art of Titration and Pendulation. Learn more and register here >>

Join Our Upcoming Live Workshop + Q&A With Dr. Peter Levine!

We’re thrilled to be hosting a 90-minute interactive workshop this month with
Dr. Peter Levine — Moving Trauma Through the Body: The Art of Titration and Pendulation

In this 90-minute workshop, Peter Levine — founder of Somatic Experiencing® — invites us to explore the body’s innate capacity to heal from trauma through the principles of titration and pendulation. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and research, Dr. Levine illuminates how trauma is not held in the event itself but in the body’s uncompleted survival responses — and how, with careful attention, these responses can be safely resolved.

Together, we will explore how to:

• Transform overwhelm into integration: Learn the art of titration — breaking traumatic experiences into small, manageable pieces — so the nervous system can process safely and sustainably.
• Experience pendulation in action: Explore how to gently move between sensations of distress and safety, allowing the body to naturally release stored survival energy and restore balance.
• Tune into the body’s language: Develop the ability to track subtle somatic markers — like warmth, vibration, or softening — that signal shifts between activation and regulation.
• Find and expand ‘islands of safety’: Learn to recognize and amplify sensations of calm, ease, or groundedness that become powerful anchors for healing.
• Plus: there will be time for a live Q&A!

Also included with registration:

• Verified mental health professionals will have the opportunity to attend a LIVE integration & practice lab hosted by Clarissan Cigrand, PhD on November 19th at 1pm PT/4pm ET
• Lifetime access to the workshop recording and typed transcript

The workshop will take place on Zoom on Wednesday November 12, at 4pm ET / 1pm PT.

A week later, mental health professionals will have the opportunity to deepen in a live, one-hour integration & practice lab led by Naropa University professor Clarissa Cigrand.

Learn more and register for the Live Workshop + Q&A >>