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Shaking Medicine Foundation: Mission, Purpose & Global Healing

Dr Keith R. Motes · 2025-09-12 · 5 min read

How the Australian not-for-profit Shaking Medicine Foundation awakens the innate tremor mechanism worldwide — so people can heal trauma, make the practice second nature, and return to homeostasis.

A living web of gold connecting people around the Earth.

Shaking Medicine Foundation: Awakening the Tremor for Global Healing and Vibrant Living

A Shaking Medicine gathering on the land — the work alive in people.

The Shaking Medicine Foundation, a non-profit based in Australia, exists to awaken the innate therapeutic tremoring mechanism in people worldwide.

From that awakening, people become empowered — able to heal trauma, leave the chronic condition of stored trauma, and return to homeostasis.

Serving wellness seekers worldwide, we blend ancient wisdom, modern science, and creative practices so Shaking Medicine can become second nature again.

This article explores our purpose, the power of therapeutic tremoring, and how you can join our global community.

Introducing the Shaking Medicine Foundation

The Shaking Medicine community practising together.

The Shaking Medicine Foundation is dedicated to awakening the innate mechanism of therapeutic tremoring around the globe. From that awakening, people become able to self-regulate, heal trauma, and come out of the chronic condition of trauma.

We aim for Shaking Medicine to become second nature again, and for the nervous system to return to homeostasis.

By embodying Shaking Medicine, you can navigate stress, heal trauma, and live vibrantly, whether in bustling Western cities or serene Australian landscapes.

This somatic healing practice is simple to learn and adaptable for home or group settings, making it a powerful tool for global wellness. Do our Beginner’s Course to start healing and thriving in our SM Online Community.

To support this mission we provide:

Our Mission: Awakening the Tremor Into Homeostasis

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Therapeutic tremoring is a natural, accessible practice for the global epidemic of chronic stress, anxiety, and trauma.

The work is to awaken the mechanism. From there, people become able to cultivate a vibrant life and leave the chronic condition of trauma.

As stress-related disorders surge all over the globe, Shaking Medicine offers a path by:

  • Healing Stress and Anxiety: Releases cortisol and tension through instinctive tremors, calming the nervous system.
  • Releasing Trauma: Discharges stored survival energy so the system can come out of chronic trauma.
  • Returning to Homeostasis: Helps the nervous system bounce back to balance — then stay there.
  • Making It Second Nature: So the tremor becomes as natural again as it is for every other mammal.

Why Therapeutic Tremoring Matters

Dr Keith Motes doing Shaking Medicine in Bali

The Shaking Medicine Foundation integrates diverse wisdom to enrich Shaking Medicine, creating a global approach to somatic healing:

A living fire — one of the lineages that still hold shaking.

At Shaking Medicine we welcome all wisdom that supports us in doing the best we can possibly do. It is a value of ours to consistently be learning, growing, evolving, and creating to inspire!

Educating the world about this mechanism is a very important pillar of our values as understanding it to some degree with our logical mind is an important step for someone to decide to try it out in the first place.

Our SM blog serves a big part of this role as well as our teachers who are sharing this in their community.

Shaking Medicine is a very potent healing tool as Nature optimised our nervous system over a millenia to self-regulate and bounce back into homeostasis quickly, efficiently, and quite effortlessly with this mechanism.

Unfortunately, this phenomenon has been heavily suppressed in our culture and mostly forgotten. People often report that it's more like waking something up from deep within rather than learning something new and report profound shifts in their life even after just a single class or a few.

Personalized, Creative Journeys

A Shaking Medicine class — each journey unique to the people in the room.

Each Shaking Medicine session is a unique, intuitive experience guided by your nervous system’s needs. Our teachers craft personalized and creative journeys tailored to the unique needs and goals of their group or 1:1 client—whether healing pain, trauma release, stress relief, or for spiritual growth. This approach ensures sessions are:

A path through the trees — the practice becoming second nature.
  • Intuitive: Tremors and movements arise naturally, guided by your body, naturally increasing your capacity to let go of control, allow, and learn to deeply surrender into trust.
  • Supportive: Teachers adapt to your emotional and physical needs holding space for you to have the journey you need with where you are in the moment.
  • Engaging: Infused with instructors’ unique passions and skills, from meditation to movement, the SM journey aims to be unique, curious, fun, and playful.

No two Shaking Medicine classes or experiences are ever the same as the beauty of our tremor mechanism is that it moves us uniquely how we need to be moved each time we tune into it!

Key Takeaways

Hands holding wrists in a circle — joining the work together.
  • The Shaking Medicine Foundation, based in Australia, promotes therapeutic tremoring globally.
  • Our purpose is to awaken the instinctive tremor mechanism worldwide so people can heal trauma, make the practice second nature, and return to homeostasis.
  • Therapeutic tremoring heals chronic stress, anxiety, and trauma, fostering vibrant living.
  • Shaking Medicine moves us uniquely how we need to be moved each time we tune into it!
  • We welcome all wisdom that compliments therapeutic tremoring for somatic healing.
  • You can join our Shaking Medicine Skool Community to start your journey. It is recommended to start with our Beginner’s Course in SM Online and then if you love it stay for much more inspiring-guided content to advance your practice.

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Voices from the community

What people are noticing

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An Australian non-profit foundation teaching therapeutic tremoring for somatic healing worldwide.
It uses neurogenic therapeutic tremoring at its focus to release tension and promote emotional resilience.
Yes, with guidance it is safe for the majority of people. Start with our Beginner’s Course and read our precautions blog.

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Experience therapeutic tremoring for yourself, get personal support, or find a teacher near you. You can contact us here →

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