Trusting the body to release tension at its own pace
TRE works with the body’s natural tremor response to help release deep tension and stress.
Through a simple series of exercises, the body is guided to release what it’s been holding and allow the nervous system to return to baseline.
WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM TRE?
TRE crosses cultures and language barriers and is taught in very large groups for communities that have experienced mass trauma.
TRE is also used by health professionals as a body-based approach that does not require revisiting the story, and has been found helpful in working with stress, anxiety, and trauma.
Tension & Trauma Release Exercises was developed by Dr. David Berceli, Ph.D. who is an international traumatologist and worked around the world for over 25 years in many natural disaster areas, third world countries, with numerous veteran, police and nurse personnel.
He observed that all mammals naturally shake after a traumatic event. Humans, however, often suppress this response, holding that energy in the body instead of releasing it. Without a way to release it, that held tension can build into chronic pain, stress, and trauma.
“I felt like I was floating after my session with Diana. Like I had given myself a good cleansing of all the tension my body was holding onto, tensions that I wasn’t even aware of. Afterwards I felt lighter, more positive minded and energized."
-Gemma F.
"Diana is a sensitive, attentive practitioner with a solid working knowledge of anatomy as it relates to stored trauma in the muscles. My session left me with an increased awareness of my own patterns of holding and stuck places in my body, specifically in the hips and abductors. Her work is very worth exploring to those who suspect they may suffer from stored trauma and are looking for a physical, somatic way to deal with it."
-Sean F.
"TRE, under Diana's guidance, is such a release. I went into it open minded but pessimistic about the prospects of it helping me. 45 minutes late I was a believer. She did not push me too far on our first session, but allowed enough shaking in the lower extremities that the pain I had been feeling in my right leg dissipated. I signed up for my next session immediately, and the following week was witness to the magic of TRE starting to expand over my entire body. I can only give Diana the highest recommendations, and encourage you to work with her."
-Ezra H.
“Diana’s calm empathic manner and her sincere interest in helping people makes the session enjoyable. TRE is a very new experience for me. We are so used to controlling everything we do with our bodies, in TRE I can free my body and ‘listen’ to what it wants to tell me. It wasn’t easy to do at first - during the first sessions I still tried to keep parts of myself under control, but slowly learned to relax into the movement, step by step with each session. That is why I feel working with Diana one on one is more suitable for me - this way we can focus together on specific tension areas and how to open them up. Diana has a beautiful soul and I trust myself completely under her care.”
-Dagmar R.
“My first experience with TRE was very strange, the tremors felt like I wasn’t completely in control of my body, which was very unusual for me. There was a moment when I wanted to stop the shaking. Diana gently guided me to stretch out my legs and take a break. I then wanted to go back to the position I was in and feel the tremors once more and that is when I started to really like this sensation and the relaxed feeling it gave me after the session. Now I’ve been doing TRE regularly on my own. Working as a massage therapist can be very tiring, especially during a busy season, doing TRE on my breaks and after work, has really eased my chronic back pain and helped me to ‘reset’ and relax my physical body to become more resilient in my work and in my life in general.”
-Signe P.
Diana is a certified TRE provider based in New York City.
She was first introduced to TRE in Estonia and was drawn to how simple and direct the process is — the body releasing tension on its own, without being forced.
She later became certified under Dr. David Berceli and now works one-on-one with clients, guiding them through the process at their own pace.
No two sessions are the same. Each person comes in with a different body, history, and way of responding, and the work reflects that. There is no “right” or “wrong” way for the body to move or release — the focus is on allowing each person’s experience to unfold in its own way.
Sessions are offered in person and virtually.
