Bioenergetic Analysis

di River Blackstone (Autore)

Jayjay Ham LLC, 2025

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Sarah sits across from me in my small office, her shoulders hunched forward as if protecting herself from an invisible threat. Her voice is steady as she describes her successful career, her loving relationship, her gratitude for all the good things in her life. But her body tells a different story. Her jaw is clenched tight, her breathing shallow and restricted to the upper chest, and her hands form unconscious fists in her lap. Despite her words of contentment, her body holds the memory of something else entirely. This disconnect between what we think we feel and what our bodies actually carry is at the heart of bioenergetic analysis, a therapeutic approach that recognizes the profound connection between our emotional experiences and our physical being. Developed by Alexander Lowen in the 1950s, bioenergetic analysis emerged from the revolutionary understanding that our bodies don't simply house our emotions—they become the living repository of our entire emotional history. When we speak of emotions being "trapped" in the body, we're not engaging in metaphor or mystical thinking. We're acknowledging a biological reality that has been validated by decades of research in neuroscience, trauma studies, and somatic psychology. Every emotional experience we have, particularly those that overwhelm our capacity to process them fully in the moment, creates measurable changes in our muscular tension patterns, breathing rhythms, posture, and nervous system functioning.

• Autore: River Blackstone
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Jayjay Ham LLC
• Lingua: Inglese
• EAN: 9798318241802