Bioenergetics

A fundamental thesis of Bioenergetics is that body and mind are functionally identical; that is, what goes on in the mind reflects what is happening in the body and vice versa. Bioenergetics, developed by Alexander Lowen, M.D., a student of Wilhelm Reich, is a method of understanding personality in terms of the body and its energetic process. It is also a form of psychotherapeutic bodywork based on this interconnection of the psychological/emotional defenses and their manifestations and expression in the structure & posture of the body.

The bioenergetic techniques and exercises are employed to energize areas of blockage and chronic tension, & to facilitate emotional- physical release in order to reclaim mental, emotional and physical aliveness, well-being and harmony.

Suggested Reading:
Bioenergetics, Fear of Life, The Language of the Body, The Spirituality of the Body—Alexander Lowen