http://blog.thomsonsafaris.com/safari/lion-hunt-serengeti Thomson Safaris, Tanzania: Our Home. Your Adventure. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:24:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://blog.thomsonsafaris.com/safari/lion-hunt-serengeti/comment-page-1/#comment-3081 The Scent of a Lion: Trauma and the Brain | The Daily Headache Sun, 12 May 2013 02:15:14 +0000 http://blog.thomsonsafaris.com/?p=1236#comment-3081 [...] So, I call up some portion of the traumatic memories (obviously, there’s more there than just the chair), and then I proceed to alter the physical reactions to the trauma that I have some conscious control over (like breathing) and give myself mental images or real experiences of safety.  I imagine myself with a good friend, or I pet the cat, or I watch the birds outside through my beautiful, room-wide windows.  And then I do it again.  I’ve been doing this for several hours a week for about two years.  Essentially, what I’m teaching myself is how to interrupt the automatic traumatic response. Lion in pursuit of a gazelle. Courtesy Thomson Safaris. http://blog.thomsonsafaris.com/safari/lion-hunt-serengeti [...] [...] So, I call up some portion of the traumatic memories (obviously, there’s more there than just the chair), and then I proceed to alter the physical reactions to the trauma that I have some conscious control over (like breathing) and give myself mental images or real experiences of safety.  I imagine myself with a good friend, or I pet the cat, or I watch the birds outside through my beautiful, room-wide windows.  And then I do it again.  I’ve been doing this for several hours a week for about two years.  Essentially, what I’m teaching myself is how to interrupt the automatic traumatic response. Lion in pursuit of a gazelle. Courtesy Thomson Safaris. http://blog.thomsonsafaris.com/safari/lion-hunt-serengeti [...]

]]> http://blog.thomsonsafaris.com/safari/lion-hunt-serengeti/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Chris Gamel Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:44:05 +0000 http://blog.thomsonsafaris.com/?p=1236#comment-134 Wow! That is a great series of images. 8 trips to Africa and I have yet to have a kill happen right in front of me. Perhaps next year :). Congratulations on capturing this on film. Wow! That is a great series of images. 8 trips to Africa and I have yet to have a kill happen right in front of me. Perhaps next year . Congratulations on capturing this on film.

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