Nervous System

Awaken Arousal

Arrest/ Startle

Season- Autumn

Element- Metal

Mobilize a Response

Specific Self-Protective Response

Season- Spring

Element- Wood

Digest the Gristle

Integration

Season- Late Summer

Element- Earth

Signal Threat

Defensive Orienting

Season- Winter

Element- Water

Restore Coherence

Completion

Season- Summer

Element- Fire

Tao of Trauma

Based on Dr. Peter Levine's Somatic Experiencing model and Alaine D.Duncan's "The Tao of Trauma", which examine the Autonomic Nervous System's self protective response as a cycle.