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Somatics is a field within bodywork and movement studies which emphasizes internal physical perception and experience. The term is used in movement therapy to signify approaches based on the soma , or "the body as perceived from within", [ 1 ] [ 2 ] including Skinner Releasing Technique , Alexander technique , the Feldenkrais Method , Eutony ...
Somatic cell, a non-gametic cell in a multicellular organism; Somatic nervous system, the portion of the vertebrate nervous system which regulates voluntary movements of the body; Somatics, a group of alternative medicine approaches, experiential movement disciplines, and dance techniques; Somatic theory, a model of human social behavior
Somatic psychology or, more precisely, "somatic clinical psychotherapy" is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on somatic experience, including therapeutic and holistic approaches to the body. It seeks to explore and heal mental and physical injury and trauma through body awareness and movement.
Together with his new wife Eleanor Criswell Hanna, they started the Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training in 1975 [6] [19] and published the new journal "Somatics: Magazine-Journal of the Bodily Arts and Sciences". [20] It provided a new venue where the ideas of Somatics could be discussed.
Pages in category "Somatics" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Somatic theory is a theory of human social behavior based on the somatic marker hypothesis of António Damásio.The theory proposes a mechanism by which emotional processes can guide (or bias) behavior: in particular, decision-making, the attachment theory of John Bowlby, and the self-psychology of Heinz Kohut (especially as consolidated by Allan Schore).
Somatic anxiety, also known as somatization, is the physical manifestation of anxiety. [1] It is commonly contrasted with cognitive anxiety, which is the mental manifestation of anxiety, or the specific thought processes that occur during anxiety, such as concern or worry .
Mabel Elsworth Todd (1880 – 1956) is known as the founder of what came to be known as 'Ideokinesis', a form of somatic education that became popular in the 1930s amongst dancers and health professionals. Todd's ideas involved using anatomically based, creative visual imagery and consciously relaxed volition to create and refine neuromuscular ...