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Bioenergetics: The Revolutionary Therapy That Uses the Language of the Body to Heal the Problems of the Mind
Bioenergetics is the revolutionary new therapy that uses the language of the body to heal the problems of the mind. This exciting body-mind approach to personality has a liberating and positive effect on emotional, physical, and psychic distress. Dr. Alexander Lowen, founder and prime mover of this fast-growing therapy, writes that increased joy and pleasure are possible in every day life through an understanding of how your body functions energetically: how it determines what you feel, think, and do. Dr. Lowen points out that lack of energy is the result of chronic muscular tensions, a condition caused by the suppression of feelings. These tensions can be dissolved through the direct body work in bioenergetic exercise, which restores the potential for living a rich, full life. Dr. Lowen analyzes common physical ailments like headaches and lower back pain and shows how they too can be overcome by releasing the muscular tenstion that create them. Generously illustrated with line drawings of bioenergetic exercises, this book is sure to bring freedom, confidence, and pleasure to thousands of men and women. "In this highly interesting and valuable attempt to restore the body to the mind, Dr. Alexander Lowen sets out in a practically useful way the principles of his new form of psychotherapy. Bioenergetics is destined to become widely influential."
—Ashley Montagu
—Ashley Montagu
368 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1975
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About the author
Alexander Lowen
104 books320 followersAlexander Lowen (1910–2008) was an American physician and psychotherapist. The story of his life is a story of how he honored the body and healed his mind-body split. It is also the story of how, along the way, he helped mankind.
During his lifetime, Lowen earned four college degrees: his Bachelor of Science; his Bachelor of Law (L.L.B); his Doctor of Sciences of Law (J.S.D.); and his medical Degree (M.D.). He developed Wilhelm Reich's beliefs into Bioenergetic Analysis and created a large and viable organization, the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis (IIBA) to sustain and promote his therapeutic approach. The IIBA now has over 1500 members and 54 training institutes worldwide. Bioenergetic Analysis is now practiced not only in the United States, but also in Canada, Europe, Latin America, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, Japan and other countries.
Dr. Lowen has authored 14 books (translated to as many as eight different languages, collectively) as well as numerous articles and other professional publications. He also has presented his ideas in untold numbers of interviews, on video and audio tapes, and lectures worldwide. The establishment of the Journal for Bioenergetic Analysis gave him much satisfaction since it provides an ongoing forum for examining and furthering the ideas he pioneered. When asked during an interview in 2004 what has given him the most meaning in life, he responds without hesitation, feeling the pleasure and life of the body.
During his lifetime, Lowen earned four college degrees: his Bachelor of Science; his Bachelor of Law (L.L.B); his Doctor of Sciences of Law (J.S.D.); and his medical Degree (M.D.). He developed Wilhelm Reich's beliefs into Bioenergetic Analysis and created a large and viable organization, the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis (IIBA) to sustain and promote his therapeutic approach. The IIBA now has over 1500 members and 54 training institutes worldwide. Bioenergetic Analysis is now practiced not only in the United States, but also in Canada, Europe, Latin America, Israel, New Zealand, Australia, Japan and other countries.
Dr. Lowen has authored 14 books (translated to as many as eight different languages, collectively) as well as numerous articles and other professional publications. He also has presented his ideas in untold numbers of interviews, on video and audio tapes, and lectures worldwide. The establishment of the Journal for Bioenergetic Analysis gave him much satisfaction since it provides an ongoing forum for examining and furthering the ideas he pioneered. When asked during an interview in 2004 what has given him the most meaning in life, he responds without hesitation, feeling the pleasure and life of the body.
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June 27, 2019
It's very tempting to dismiss this book and Lowen/ "Bioenergetics" in general and there are many sound reasons to do so.
First of all, he is not very likeable as a person. He comes through as narcissistic, ego driven (he even admits that his main motivation to become a psychologist was "to become famous"), dismissive and highly uneducated at times - or at least not at all well read. His dismissing attitude and his laying aside the whole tradition of Yoga in merely two sentences, his claim of having improved upon and adapted it to the west is pretty preposterous and laughable and this is a motife you'll find all throughout the book.
Secondly, the authors he quotes (which is mostly himself) are either very obscure or completely irrelevant to psychology today. He also doesn't quote many studies and he is in general very unscientific and unsystematic. His "theories" are mere metaphors, his observations remain superficial and in general he often reads like a new-age spiritual quack.
So why do I think reading him might still be time well spent?
I encourage you to look at current somatic approaches to psychopathology and trauma. What you will find is that there are many parallels to this early, in some ways pioneering work of Reich and Lowen, who, if I am not mistaken here, were among the first to take psychoanalysis and bringing in into the realm of the body.
You will find, reading Bessel van der Kolk for example, that indeed, f e e l i n g is for many people the crucial step to begin h e a l i n g, and you will find there the research, a plethora of studies, to back up the importance of the body in psychotherapy and in trauma treatment.
You will find that Lowens metaphorical concept of "falling anxiety" (falling asleep, falling in love) and his ideas about orgasm, maintaining erections, being able to digest and defecate, etc... are all linked to the modern view of trauma as a constant, involuntary activation of the sympathetic nervous system and an inability to get out of the fight/ flight/ freeze response - thus suppressing the PNS.
Finally I hope you will find, as I did many years ago, that some of the exercises are actually quite powerful and therapeutic. They have impacted my life quite dramatically at one point and I still practice some of them regularly.
There are youtube channels where you'll find the exercises - try and use them; for research, Bessel van der Kolk is a good starting point I think.
First of all, he is not very likeable as a person. He comes through as narcissistic, ego driven (he even admits that his main motivation to become a psychologist was "to become famous"), dismissive and highly uneducated at times - or at least not at all well read. His dismissing attitude and his laying aside the whole tradition of Yoga in merely two sentences, his claim of having improved upon and adapted it to the west is pretty preposterous and laughable and this is a motife you'll find all throughout the book.
Secondly, the authors he quotes (which is mostly himself) are either very obscure or completely irrelevant to psychology today. He also doesn't quote many studies and he is in general very unscientific and unsystematic. His "theories" are mere metaphors, his observations remain superficial and in general he often reads like a new-age spiritual quack.
So why do I think reading him might still be time well spent?
I encourage you to look at current somatic approaches to psychopathology and trauma. What you will find is that there are many parallels to this early, in some ways pioneering work of Reich and Lowen, who, if I am not mistaken here, were among the first to take psychoanalysis and bringing in into the realm of the body.
You will find, reading Bessel van der Kolk for example, that indeed, f e e l i n g is for many people the crucial step to begin h e a l i n g, and you will find there the research, a plethora of studies, to back up the importance of the body in psychotherapy and in trauma treatment.
You will find that Lowens metaphorical concept of "falling anxiety" (falling asleep, falling in love) and his ideas about orgasm, maintaining erections, being able to digest and defecate, etc... are all linked to the modern view of trauma as a constant, involuntary activation of the sympathetic nervous system and an inability to get out of the fight/ flight/ freeze response - thus suppressing the PNS.
Finally I hope you will find, as I did many years ago, that some of the exercises are actually quite powerful and therapeutic. They have impacted my life quite dramatically at one point and I still practice some of them regularly.
There are youtube channels where you'll find the exercises - try and use them; for research, Bessel van der Kolk is a good starting point I think.
June 11, 2010
Forrest Yoga Certification Homework.
Lowen takes a different approach to the body and translates the language of the body. Doctors should be doing more of this, rather than just prescribing drugs.
Ever heard of "body language?" Explore your own, and see what it's actually telling you and others.
"Bioenergetics is a therapeutic technique to help a person get back together with his body and to help him enjoy to the fullest degree possible the life of the body. This emphasis on the body includes sexuality, whic is one of its basic functions. But it also includes the even more basic functions of breathing, moving, feeling and self-expressions. A person who doesn't breathe deeply reduces the life of his body. If he doesn't move freely, he restricts the life of his body. If he doesn't feel fully, he narrows the life of his body. And if his self-expression is constricted, he limits the life of his body." -Lowen, pg 43
Lowen takes a different approach to the body and translates the language of the body. Doctors should be doing more of this, rather than just prescribing drugs.
Ever heard of "body language?" Explore your own, and see what it's actually telling you and others.
"Bioenergetics is a therapeutic technique to help a person get back together with his body and to help him enjoy to the fullest degree possible the life of the body. This emphasis on the body includes sexuality, whic is one of its basic functions. But it also includes the even more basic functions of breathing, moving, feeling and self-expressions. A person who doesn't breathe deeply reduces the life of his body. If he doesn't move freely, he restricts the life of his body. If he doesn't feel fully, he narrows the life of his body. And if his self-expression is constricted, he limits the life of his body." -Lowen, pg 43
November 12, 2015
Initially very excited to read this book...but then discovered that it's full of the sort of neo-Freudian obsession with sex and parents that turns my stomach.
The edition I read was a few decades old, and it could just be that the book's information hasn't aged very well. But in my experience of books, when something is true, it's timeless, and this book just struck me as being 'forward thinking' 30 years' ago, but hopelessly outdated now.
The edition I read was a few decades old, and it could just be that the book's information hasn't aged very well. But in my experience of books, when something is true, it's timeless, and this book just struck me as being 'forward thinking' 30 years' ago, but hopelessly outdated now.
June 12, 2012
Bioenergetics helped me to set myself free.
September 3, 2017
Molto interessante per chi è a sé stesso interessato, non avevo finito di leggerlo che già avevo ordinato il libro degli esercizi, sempre di Lowen. Pensatore affascinante, morto quasi centenario - cosa che mi fa ben pensare circa la validità delle sue teorie! - in questo testo decisamente introduttivo (ma riassuntivo) espone il corpus intellettuale che sostiene il concetto di bioenergetica.
I primi 2/3 del saggio mi sono sembrati molto intriganti, con i dovuti distinguo su alcune semplificazioni teoriche che, seppur probabilmente vere, non mi hanno illuminato piu' di tanto. Gli ultimi capitoli sono meno centrati per quello che mi interessava: magari sono invece il non plus ultra per altri lettori.
Come spesso accade, prendere quello che c'è di buono e via andare.
I primi 2/3 del saggio mi sono sembrati molto intriganti, con i dovuti distinguo su alcune semplificazioni teoriche che, seppur probabilmente vere, non mi hanno illuminato piu' di tanto. Gli ultimi capitoli sono meno centrati per quello che mi interessava: magari sono invece il non plus ultra per altri lettori.
Come spesso accade, prendere quello che c'è di buono e via andare.
August 13, 2022
Libro molto interessante, consigliatissimo!!!
December 3, 2024
An excellent exploration of the mind body connection from the perspective of a pioneering therapist that helped me better understand some of where my own challenges spring from. I'll admit I almost stopped reading during the insufferable first few chapters where he describes his personal journey with his mentor (Reich) with almost fawning praise, but fortunately stuck with it long enough to get to the meat of his theory in the chapters that followed. I have dozens of pages dog-eared and now need to go back and take careful notes.
September 28, 2023
не дивлячись на цю нью-ейджеву, трохи відштовхуючу назву «біоенергетика», Лоувен, по суті (разом з досвідом Рейха) заклав фундамент соматичної психотерапії і це відчувається як щось ДУЖЕ доречне (я виписала багато цитат)
*затиснуті емоції, що стають структурою тіла, секс, мігрені, затиснутий голос, еволюційний страх падіння і страх fell in love.
*затиснуті емоції, що стають структурою тіла, секс, мігрені, затиснутий голос, еволюційний страх падіння і страх fell in love.
January 13, 2013
Incredible understanding of how body and mind are linked together. Helpful for anyone from the working PhD to the stay at home mom.
May 30, 2020
DNF — Lowen is wonderful and I wanted to learn more about his work, but this book was too slow and didn’t really feel like it was capturing the depth of insight I believe can be found in bioenergetics.
April 8, 2022
Lettura esperienziale, piacevole e meno complicata del previsto.
Mi sono sentita meglio e più ancorata in me stessa leggendo queste pagine.
Già immagino cosa ricorderò ma mi domando se questa sensazione durerà anche a posteriori o se l'effetto svanirà come nella terapia orgonica di Reich.
Nota negativa sulla versione Feltrinelli nuova: nonostante le copertine della collezione Lowen siano fotoniche, non riesco a capire per quale ragione il font sia così piccolo.
Sprecatevi in pagine, non sprecatemi gli occhi.
Mi sono sentita meglio e più ancorata in me stessa leggendo queste pagine.
Già immagino cosa ricorderò ma mi domando se questa sensazione durerà anche a posteriori o se l'effetto svanirà come nella terapia orgonica di Reich.
Nota negativa sulla versione Feltrinelli nuova: nonostante le copertine della collezione Lowen siano fotoniche, non riesco a capire per quale ragione il font sia così piccolo.
Sprecatevi in pagine, non sprecatemi gli occhi.
September 15, 2023
“Ci avevo messo molto impegno ma era proprio questo sforzo che impediva il successo” (p. 18)
“Non credo che si abbia il diritto di pretendere da altri quelli che non si è disposti a chiedere a se stessi. E, d’altra parte, non credo che si possa fare per altri quelli che non si può fare per se stessi” (p. 31)
“Vivere la vita del corpo significa avere una vita mentale, spirituale e sentimentale piena. Se questi aspetti della nostra natura sono carenti è perché non viviamo interamente dentro o con il nostro corpo. Lo trattiamo come uno strumento o come una macchina. (..) Non ci identifichiamo con il nostro corpo, anzi lo tradiamo. Tutte le nostre difficoltà personali derivano da questo tradimento. (p. 34)
“Se la capacità di una persona di esprimere se stessa, le sue idee e sensazioni, è limitata da forze interne (inibizioni o tensioni muscolari croniche) la sua capacità di provare piacere è ridotta” (p.40)
“Non possiamo cambiarci mediante uno sforzo di volontà. Sarebbe come cercare di sollevarsi da terra tirandosi per le stringhe delle scarpe. Il cambiamento avviene quando il soggetto è pronto, disponibile e capace di cambiare.” (p. 100)
“Vulnerabili, tutti lo siamo. È la natura della vita, ma non ci “sentiamo” vulnerabili se non abbiamo paura di essere aggrediti” (p. 111)
“Non possiamo permetterci di vivere con la sensazione che se non siamo prudenti la vita ci spezzerà, perché allora ciò accadrà sicuramente” (p. 215)
“Nessuno può rispettare se stesso se non è capace di arrabbiarsi”
“Non è con le parole che si impara a lasciarsi andare senza paura: si impara facendolo”
“Chi non sa dire di no non sa neanche dire di sì” (p. 229)
“Non dobbiamo fare niente per esprimerci. Facciamo un’impressione sugli altri con il semplice esserci, e a volte li colpiamo di più non facendo niente che cercando di esprimerci” (p. 231)
“Il contatto degli occhi è una delle forme più forti e più intime di contatto fra due persone. È quasi un contatto fisico, un toccarsi” (p. 250)
“Stiamo diventando così mutilati, sia emotivamente sia fisicamente, che tendiamo a guardare la salute come uno stato anormale” (p. 255)
“La gente prova un bisogno disperato di immettere aria fresca nella mente e nei polmoni. La disperazione è la motivazione più potente al cambiamento, ma non la più affidabile.” (p. 271)
“Siamo ancora prigionieri della mistica delle parole, come se le cose si potessero cambiare parlandone.(..) Finché possiamo parlare di qualcosa ci sentiamo al sicuro, perché il parlare riduce il bisogno di sentire e di agire. Le parole sono un sostituto dell’azione (..). Quando le parole vengono impiegate come sostituti dei sentimenti diminuiscono la vita e la rendono astratta.” (p. 286)
“Diventa facile andare agli estremi, giustificare i mezzi con i fini e seguire il capriccio del momento. Si può arrivare alla posizione assurda secondo cui, dato qualsiasi sentimento, bisogna seguirlo e agire in base ad esso perché non si sa dove tracciare la linea di demarcazione; oppure alla posizione altrettanto assurda, secondo cui ogni comportamento deve essere controllato a livello razionale. Le persone con dei principi evitano questi estremi” (p. 303)
“Non è sempre consigliabile dire la verità. Ma se non puoi dire la verità non dire niente” (p. 305)
“Non credo che si abbia il diritto di pretendere da altri quelli che non si è disposti a chiedere a se stessi. E, d’altra parte, non credo che si possa fare per altri quelli che non si può fare per se stessi” (p. 31)
“Vivere la vita del corpo significa avere una vita mentale, spirituale e sentimentale piena. Se questi aspetti della nostra natura sono carenti è perché non viviamo interamente dentro o con il nostro corpo. Lo trattiamo come uno strumento o come una macchina. (..) Non ci identifichiamo con il nostro corpo, anzi lo tradiamo. Tutte le nostre difficoltà personali derivano da questo tradimento. (p. 34)
“Se la capacità di una persona di esprimere se stessa, le sue idee e sensazioni, è limitata da forze interne (inibizioni o tensioni muscolari croniche) la sua capacità di provare piacere è ridotta” (p.40)
“Non possiamo cambiarci mediante uno sforzo di volontà. Sarebbe come cercare di sollevarsi da terra tirandosi per le stringhe delle scarpe. Il cambiamento avviene quando il soggetto è pronto, disponibile e capace di cambiare.” (p. 100)
“Vulnerabili, tutti lo siamo. È la natura della vita, ma non ci “sentiamo” vulnerabili se non abbiamo paura di essere aggrediti” (p. 111)
“Non possiamo permetterci di vivere con la sensazione che se non siamo prudenti la vita ci spezzerà, perché allora ciò accadrà sicuramente” (p. 215)
“Nessuno può rispettare se stesso se non è capace di arrabbiarsi”
“Non è con le parole che si impara a lasciarsi andare senza paura: si impara facendolo”
“Chi non sa dire di no non sa neanche dire di sì” (p. 229)
“Non dobbiamo fare niente per esprimerci. Facciamo un’impressione sugli altri con il semplice esserci, e a volte li colpiamo di più non facendo niente che cercando di esprimerci” (p. 231)
“Il contatto degli occhi è una delle forme più forti e più intime di contatto fra due persone. È quasi un contatto fisico, un toccarsi” (p. 250)
“Stiamo diventando così mutilati, sia emotivamente sia fisicamente, che tendiamo a guardare la salute come uno stato anormale” (p. 255)
“La gente prova un bisogno disperato di immettere aria fresca nella mente e nei polmoni. La disperazione è la motivazione più potente al cambiamento, ma non la più affidabile.” (p. 271)
“Siamo ancora prigionieri della mistica delle parole, come se le cose si potessero cambiare parlandone.(..) Finché possiamo parlare di qualcosa ci sentiamo al sicuro, perché il parlare riduce il bisogno di sentire e di agire. Le parole sono un sostituto dell’azione (..). Quando le parole vengono impiegate come sostituti dei sentimenti diminuiscono la vita e la rendono astratta.” (p. 286)
“Diventa facile andare agli estremi, giustificare i mezzi con i fini e seguire il capriccio del momento. Si può arrivare alla posizione assurda secondo cui, dato qualsiasi sentimento, bisogna seguirlo e agire in base ad esso perché non si sa dove tracciare la linea di demarcazione; oppure alla posizione altrettanto assurda, secondo cui ogni comportamento deve essere controllato a livello razionale. Le persone con dei principi evitano questi estremi” (p. 303)
“Non è sempre consigliabile dire la verità. Ma se non puoi dire la verità non dire niente” (p. 305)
April 24, 2018
Alexander Lowen wrote this overview/summary book of the process he developed call bioenergetics. Having experienced bioenergetics, I found the book clarifying and validating of my experiences. What I appreciated most of all is learning that Lowen was indeed a scientist first and foremost. This is no grandiose self-help book. In particular, his description of body types is extremely enlightening.
July 13, 2009
I was sad to learn that Alexander Lowen died only recently. Of all people I would have liked to meet, he is one on the top of my list!
May 28, 2018
Absolute genius!
May 21, 2024
This book taught me how if we are rigid in any part of our body, we have a corresponding rigidity somewhere in our mind. And to fix the body, we must get at the problem in the mind. But to expose a problem in the mind we often have to start by working with the body. That sounds confusing, but the way Lowen explains it... well, it seems awfully important.
I particularly enjoyed the last chapter, where Lowen talks about how we form principles, and why. As I understand it, principles are our own personal laws, codes of conduct, born through our experiences in what brings us pleasure versus what kills our pleasure. Often, society or family imposes moral principles on us, to unify us. Yet, we will not feel whole if we follow these societal morals at the expense of our personal principles. If we sacrifice our integrity, we feel alienated from our bodies, and illness eventually occurs. So, we must be courageous and follow our heart.
"Bioenergetically, a principle is a flow of excitation of energy that unites head, heart, genitals and feet in one uninterrupted movement. There is a feeling of rightness about it, for the person feels connected, unified and whole. He needs no one to affirm its validity, and it is not subject to dispute. But it is a personal conviction, and he imposes it on no one."
I particularly enjoyed the last chapter, where Lowen talks about how we form principles, and why. As I understand it, principles are our own personal laws, codes of conduct, born through our experiences in what brings us pleasure versus what kills our pleasure. Often, society or family imposes moral principles on us, to unify us. Yet, we will not feel whole if we follow these societal morals at the expense of our personal principles. If we sacrifice our integrity, we feel alienated from our bodies, and illness eventually occurs. So, we must be courageous and follow our heart.
"Bioenergetically, a principle is a flow of excitation of energy that unites head, heart, genitals and feet in one uninterrupted movement. There is a feeling of rightness about it, for the person feels connected, unified and whole. He needs no one to affirm its validity, and it is not subject to dispute. But it is a personal conviction, and he imposes it on no one."
April 26, 2020
Alexander Lowen was a pupil of Wilhem Reich, who later developed his own system of psychotherapy combined with physical exercises, massage and muscle stimulation called Bioenergetics, and this book is explaining the basis of this method.
This is a very important book for anyone on the God-realization path. On that path we are trying to get rid of all the mind-patterns that keep us from experiencing the Divine, trough meditation and contemplation. Many ignore the body, which is a mistake that shouldn't be made.
This book explains how different postures, muscle group tightness, movement speaks about the inner world and the author explains his method of body-mind integration trough talk therapy and exercises.
I am very happy that my Guru recommended this book to me, it is very important to understand how the body can be a cage or a vessel.
This is a very important book for anyone on the God-realization path. On that path we are trying to get rid of all the mind-patterns that keep us from experiencing the Divine, trough meditation and contemplation. Many ignore the body, which is a mistake that shouldn't be made.
This book explains how different postures, muscle group tightness, movement speaks about the inner world and the author explains his method of body-mind integration trough talk therapy and exercises.
I am very happy that my Guru recommended this book to me, it is very important to understand how the body can be a cage or a vessel.
November 2, 2018
This is one of the few Bioenergetic books that actually includes the exercises. Also he explains how our structure is formed. I learned a lot about my own body structure from reading this book and his other works.
On top of that Lowen is a brilliant writer and he comes across as a very empathetic person. A joy to read.
On top of that Lowen is a brilliant writer and he comes across as a very empathetic person. A joy to read.
November 29, 2022
De linguagem simples e com menções de conceitos complexos de formas pontuais, este livro está cheio de insights. Alimenta o reconhecimento da importância do contato e observação do próprio corpo como forma de auto-conhecimento e trabalho nas próprias tensões corporais. Vale ler estudando, com um marcador em mãos!!
April 14, 2022
Peguei esse livro pra entender do que se tratava a Bioenergética e pra isso, o livro serviu bem. Tem passagens que eu achei um pouco cansativas, falando bastante sobre o mesmo assunto, e é um livro meio longo. Mas vale para conhecer um pouco mais sobre o assunto.
September 13, 2022
The writing was uneven and the structure was a bit hard to follow. Even so, the basic concepts were interesting enough to keep me engaged to the end of the book. Fascinating ideas, including some fundamental theories about attachment/bonding that I will carry with me.
July 24, 2017
Unbelievable
May 4, 2018
Amazing book! You can free yourself.
I even write a blog post about one subject of this book : https://movimentopostura.com/2018/03/...
I even write a blog post about one subject of this book : https://movimentopostura.com/2018/03/...
June 3, 2018
HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE BODY AND EMOTION AND THEIR CONNECTION.
Meditation is for casuals, real Ubermensch do Bioeneregtics
Meditation is for casuals, real Ubermensch do Bioeneregtics
October 1, 2019
Understanding your body is crucial for a healthy and fulfilled life. Lowen takes you on a journey to discover and embrace your body. You are your body! Recommend this very much.
February 20, 2022
Bardzo ciekawa koncepcja terapeutyczna, przekraczająca granice psychoanalizy. Jeszcze nie wiem, czy w praktyce będzie równie interesująca i co najważniejsze - efektywna. Na poziomie teoretycznym brzmi obiecująco.
March 22, 2025
che grande
November 3, 2025
A very hard read. Interesting, but I also felt somewhat sceptical of the person(vague vibes).
March 15, 2015
im well glad alexander lowen chooses to discuss his experience of therapy under wilhelm reich and the immediacy and the skill of mr. reich. i wish lowen had had the time to write more about his take on wilhelm reich and tell more about the therapy, but bioenergetics itself is a valid further development - whilst not necessarily as immediate as wilhelm reich's orgonomy or vegetotherapy.
March 31, 2016
A book that discusses an interesting theory of understanding how the body and mind are linked together. How different types of trauma are 'stored' in the body & exercises that you can do to help process them, physically & mentally. Highly recommended for social workers, therapists, doctors, or similar professions.
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