Understanding the Messages of Your Body: How to Interpret Physical and Emotional Signals to Achieve Optimal Health

by Jean-Pierre Barral D.O.

Fears, anxieties, traumas, and physical and emotional shocks imprint on the body and remain dormant in its vast memory store until they are roused by an event or encounter. They may manifest in a different form or place—a fearful incident may transform itself into a stomachache or a headache, or even a chronic disease. Pain creates its own path. In particular, psychological and emotional stresses affect the functioning of the internal organs. In Understanding the Messages of Your Body, Dr. Jean-Pierre Barral explains the relationships that exist between internal organs and emotions, to allow us to free ourselves from the effects of present and past tensions and traumas.

The book opens with an explanation of the body-mind relationship and goes on to show how physical-emotional therapy works based on examples from Dr. Barral’s clinical practice. The second part of the book offers detailed analyses of various “types” of human personality and the physical-emotional complexes and related organ dysfunctions that accompany them. The author offers advice and encouragement to improve physical, psychological, and emotional health, and recommends physical exercises, psychotherapeutic approaches, and dietary plans that can be used by both professional therapists and the average reader.

Genres: Health

240 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[Ariana · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great read for bodyworkers and healthcare practicioners, but I think anyone who is interested in their body would enjoy reading this. Although J.P. Barral has written many complicated textbooks, his style of writing here is very easygoing and fun to read.

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reference linking the body's organs to specific types of emotions. Dry and vague at times, but worth reading, and for me, re-reading occasionally. The emotions that we stuff into our bodies can do some very interesting things at times...

[Mariana Ivette Banda López · Rating 2 out of 5]

Compilación práctica en caso de ciertas dudas sobre algún padecimiento. Me gusta, casi no tiene prejuicios sobre heridas de experiencias con algún género,madre, padre o proceso de la vida. No cae en morbo y considera creencias de otras culturas o medicina tradicional pero no profundiza mucho. Recuerden que no es una ciencia exacta, no determina ninguna decisión de los conflictos que estés cruzando, no sustituye una consulta medica o consulta psicoterapéutica y como no maneja ni guan ideología tampoco sirve para el coaching de biodesprogramacion. o biodescodificacion. Y la verdad eso es por el contexto de la obra. al menos la edición que yo leí es de los 80 #

[jkdze · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting read about how our organs work. Jean-Pierre Barral is an osteopath practicing in Grenoble, France. Visceral therapy sounds like western manual therapy fused with some taoist thoughts on internal energies. According to him, most musculoskeletal problems have a visceral component. The book tries explaining how Visceral Manipulation is missing link in manual techniques. Also, contains nutrition suggestions in accordance with the functions of organs and the book might even inspire me to decrease my coffee intake.

[Christian Lizarazo · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved this book

Practical, short, concise and overall a great introduction into body, mind, emotion their intricacies, connections and the solutions that visceral manipulation can provide to illnesses.

[Cintain 昆遊龍 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, worth the read. Directed to laymen and specifically potential Visceral Manipulation patients, this book provides a unique perspective on the connection between specific organs and emotional states and thought-patterns. Light-hearted and employing a colloquial tone, this book also provides a very good counterpoint to the author's other titles on Visceral Manipulation. In my practice, I use VM almost on every patient, because of its high efficiency and applicability, but explaining the whys or hows of it to patients is difficult. I wish I could have all my patients read this book, so they could begin to reflect a little bit on their self-care and its relationship to my sessions with them. A gold-mine of information on self-care and awareness of one health and wellbeing. Loved it. Will have to read it again!

[LWDC · Rating 3 out of 5]

Somewhat vague descriptions of people who might fit into certain categories. Reminiscent of a horoscope choose which suits you best!! Yet on the other hand I can understand why he has phrased things the way he has in applying body areas and behaviour within the context of health... The organs are overlooked and misunderstood as we delve further into being brain based and no longer organ based beings..

[Ernesto Matozza · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent to anybody

[Wendy Hollister · Rating 4 out of 5]

recommended by my chiropractor Dr. David Young. very helpful in determining what i can do to alleviate pain in my body through proper exercise, nutrition, mind conversations etc.

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

love the Barral work, found the book interesting, pretty much insights into the man. goes along with all I'm learning about herbs and oils.