Combining skills with deep knowledge, Erin Sprong helps clients reach a balanced state of wellness. In her work of using yoga therapeutically she focuses on individual need, creating tailored programmes that use postures, breath work and movements to provide relief from symptoms or health conditions, be it injury, pain, anxiety or restricted movement.
In her work of using yoga therapeutically, Erin focusses on people's individual specific needs rather than focusing on yoga methods and practices. The postures, breath, and movements are used to help give relief from physical and mental health conditions that they are struggling with, be it injury or pain, anxiety, restrictions movement.
TRE is a stand alone modality. “It involves doing a series of exercises that assists the body in releasing deep muscular patterns of stress and tension. The exercises safely activate a natural and instinctual reflex mechanism of shaking or vibrating that releases muscular tension and stored emotion and calms down the nervous system. When this muscular shaking/vibrating mechanism is activated in a safe and controlled environment, the body is encouraged to return back to a state of balance.
After practicing TRE® people describe feeling ‘grounded’, ‘relaxed’ and ‘calmer’
- Trauma prevention international.
TRE principles will be used where and when it is seen as appropriate or desired by clients. This is another tool that is used to help clients release tension patterns and stored emotions and can help achieve an overall balance, by releasing deep tension and facilitating the activation of parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system.
Reported benefits
Increased energy
Reduced Post Trauma symptoms
Better quality of sleep
Improved emotional resilience
Increased resilience to stress
Increased sense of calm
Reduced tension and physical pain
Improved concentration
General feeling of well-being
Why might you want to do a TRE session?
TRE® can be beneficial for anyone who is feeling stressed or anxious. It is a tool of self awareness that once learned can be used regulate and settle our nervous systems and make us more able to deal with what life presents us with. It helps those who suffer from pain, inflammation or tightness in their body. If you have been involved in any overwhelming or traumatic experience it can help to overcome the stress and trauma that accompanies such an incident. TRE® can help anyone who is experiencing stress, overwhelm, anxiety and pain which are compromising their health and wellbeing.
TRE is not currently recommended for pregnant women. Research is underway to ascertain that it is safe but currently, unless working with someone who is specialised in working with pregnancy, it is not advised.
Yoga and Therapeutic Yoga
Private yoga session 60 mins • R700
Semi private classes of 2-3 people • R850
These sessions will be adjusted to suit whatever is required by your current physical and mental state. We will look at ways to alleviate tensions, limitations and pain, as well as ways to strengthen areas that are identified as compromised or lacking strength. You will be guided to move in a way that facilitates mobility, strength as well as flexibility.
We will work with breath and mindfulness as a way to bring a state or calm and balance to your nervous system. We will also move more vigorously to promote blood-flow, lengthening and strengthening the body to invigorate and enliven where appropriate.
Tension & Trauma Release Exercises (TRE)
Initial consultation & 90min session • R900
Subsequent 60min session • R650
The introductory TRE session is 90 minutes long. Before the session you will be asked to full out an intake form which gives me some background information about you and your past experiences as well as current physical and mental state.
We will discuss some of the things shared in the intake form in this first session. After this I will share and teach you about self regulation and then take you through a series of simple exercises that will be modified to suit your body.
We will then move to the floor where I will guide you through a gentle tremoring session of between 5 and 15 minutes. We will be guided by your body as to how long you will tremor for.
After the session it is important to pay careful attention to what your body needs and thus practice self care. You may feel slightly tired or even sensitive. You may also feel energised and invigorated.
Once you have done an introductory TRE session, yoga and TRE can be combined but the initial session will be purely TRE.
Available at our Tamboerskloof studio or at your home throughout Cape Town including City Bowl, Atlantic Seaboard, and Southern Suburbs. Initial TRE and therapeutic yoga sessions preferred in person, with online sessions available for follow-ups.
Sessions are payable in advance. If a cancellation of less than 24 hours is necessary, the full fee will be charged.
Erin facilitates retreats and courses through Yogaway studio in Cape Town, with Melissa Brake.
This course is always popular with our newer clients just beginning their Yoga journey and also for those of you wanting to strenghten your current practice. It is a great way to learn the basic principals of Asana, as you will have the visual and vocal guidance from one teacher and ‘hands on’ adjustments and quiet instruction with the other.
Find out when the next course is
Erin Sprong lives and works in Cape Town. She has been teaching yoga since 2009 when she completed her teacher training with well known and respected, life long yogi and teacher, Jim Harrington. Since then, she has done several courses with bodywork practitioners in line with her interest in using yoga and movement therapeutically to help people dealing with physical and mental ailments. She completed a yoga therapeutics course in 2018 with Physiotherapist Simon Borg Oliver and more recently certified as a TRE (Tension/Trauma Releasing Exercises) practitioner. Combining skills with deep knowledge, she helps clients reach a balanced state of wellness.
TRE is a series of exercises that helps the body release deep muscular patterns of stress and tension. It safely activates a natural reflex mechanism of shaking or vibrating that releases muscular tension, stored emotions, and calms the nervous system, helping the body return to a balanced state.
TRE helps with stress release by activating the body's natural tremoring mechanism in a controlled environment. This process releases stored tension and facilitates activation of the parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system, resulting in reduced stress, improved sleep, and increased sense of calm.
Certified TRE practitioner Erin Sprong offers sessions in Tamboerskloof, Cape Town, with home visits available throughout City Bowl, Atlantic Seaboard, and Southern Suburbs.
TRE works with the body's natural tremoring mechanism to release stored tension and trauma, while traditional therapy focuses on talking through experiences. TRE is somatic (body-based) and activates the parasympathetic nervous system for natural stress release.
Yes, TRE is highly effective for anxiety and chronic stress. It helps regulate the nervous system, releases stored tension, and promotes a natural relaxation response. Many clients report feeling more grounded, calm, and resilient to stress after TRE sessions.
Yes, home visits are available throughout Cape Town including City Bowl, Atlantic Seaboard, and Southern Suburbs. Initial TRE and therapeutic yoga sessions are preferred in person, with online sessions available for follow-ups.
