NNRT is a technique that helps you process and heal from traumatic memories, emotions and feelings that you don’t want nor need. By facilitating your brain’s natural ability to reprocess and reduce the emotional charge associated with debilitating emotions and / or experiences. NNRT involves controlled bilateral movement stimulation, typically through eye movements, which assists in alleviating the distress caused by traumatic events.
“Our eyes naturally move from side to side as we go about our daily lives. It’s our way of seeing and observing our surroundings. This action is necessary from an evolutionary perspective for survival because it lets us scan the world for preditors and food. This in turn evokes the neurochemistry of courage because joining physical movement and bilaterial eye movement suppresses the amygdala’s role in initiating a fear response while, at the same time, releasing dopamine, which is the neurotransmitter that gives us a sense of pleasure and reward. Eye movements when utilised whilst feeling / facing a difficult memory help to reduce the fear response in the body and mind which then helps to distance you from the negative traumatic event. Bilaterial eye movements facilitate communication across the left and right hemispheres and this mimics REM sleep”
