Trauma is perhaps the most avoided, ignored, belittled, denied, misunderstood and untreated cause of human suffering – Dr Peter Levine  Trauma is any overwhelming event that is “too much, too fast, too soon” for a particular human nervous system to handle. Trauma happens to all of us.   People sometimes get confused when I say that and the confusion …

To yawn is the simplest breathing exercise you can perform. Unfortunately, in our part of the world, we have defined yawning as something that is impolite, and given it associations it should not have – such as boredom and rudeness. Sometimes we yawn because we are tired. The body attempts to increase our energy by providing …

Two and a half years ago, I was diagnosed with cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, cancer. It was a rare type of lymphoma called Mycosis Fungoides/Sezary Syndrome, which only affected 5-6 people in Norway annually. It started with inflammations in the skin different places on the body, developing over several years, and finally a growth of swelling lymphnodes and several large tumours on the skin, some in the size of lemons. The prognosis …

Why do so many people live under a cloud of depression and anxiety? In my clinic in Oslo, AKI Akupunktur og Traumeklinikk, a lot of my work revolves around helping patiens who suffer from depression and anxiety. It is actually something I find truly interesting to work with, as our bodies very often tell us the truth. The truth …

“The sound that was playing was a direct reflection of how my brain was operating.” On a course in California in 2006 I had a profound experience. It was an intense 7-day course, 16 hours a day, where we sat in a sound proof chamber listening to our brain waves. I had a number of …