Gestalt Somatic method (Gestalt Somatics): Apparent combination of Gestalt therapy and bodywork.

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somatic therapy (somatic disciplines, somatic methods, somatics, somatic techniques, somatic therapies): Field that encompasses aikido, the Alexander Technique, applied kinesiology, Arica, Aston-Patterning, Awareness Through Movement, bioenergetics, Body-Mind Centering, Capoeria, Continuum, CranioSacral Therapy, Eutony, Focusing, Functional Integration, Hakomi, Hellerwork, judo, karate, kundalini yoga, kung fu, Lomi (see lomi-lomi and Lomi work), Oki yoga (see Oki-Do), Process-Oriented Psychotherapy (process psychology), rebirthing, reflexology, Resonant Kinesiology, Rolfing, Rosen work (see Rosen Method), sensory awareness, SHEN, somasynthesis, tai chi, Touch for Health, Trager, Trans Fiber, yoga therapy, and Zero Balancing.

Subtle-energy elements are a commonality of somatic therapies. Thomas Hanna, founder of the journal Somatics, coined the word somatics.

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HANNA SOMATIC EDUCATION

A system of neuromuscular education which requires the client to recognize, release, and reverse chronic pain patterns resulting from injury, stress, repetitive motion, or habituated postures.

A hands-on method teaches how to relieve tension quickly, lengthen and relax muscles, reduce pain, and regain comfort. Combining Hanna Somatic Education with somatic exercises will expand the benefits.

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The Widal test is a serological test for Salmonella typhi. It is a demonstration of salmonella antibodies against antigens O-somatic and H-flagellar in the blood. It is used to ascertain the presence of typhoid fever. However, it is not a very accurate method, since we are often exposed to other bacteria (e.g. Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhimurium) in this species that induce cross-reactivity; many people have antibodies against this enteric pathogens, which also react with the antigens in ...

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Senses are the physiological methods of perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology (or cognitive science), and philosophy of perception. Sense - Definition of sense. There is no firm agreement among neurologists as to exactly how many senses there are, because of differing definitions of a sense. In general, one can say that a "sense" is a faculty by which outside stimuli ...

Including:

• Sense - Definition of sense
• Sense - List of Human senses
• Sense - Special senses
• Sense - Somatic senses
• Sense - Other
• Sense - Non-human senses

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Process Oriented Psychology refers to a body of theory and practice that encompasses a broad range of psychotherapeutic, personal growth, and group process applications. It is more commonly called Process Work in the United States, the longer name being used in Europe and Asia. Process Oriented Psychology - History. Process Work was founded by Arnold Mindell, then a Jungian analyst, in the late 1970’s. It has its origin in Mindell’s observation that nighttime dreams both mirrored and were mirrored in hi ...

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• Process Oriented Psychology - Core Ideas of Process Work
• Process Oriented Psychology - Levels of Experience
• Process Oriented Psychology - Applications
• Process Oriented Psychology - Process Work Links

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somatic emotional therapy: Synthesis of bioenergetics, rebirthing, and somatic therapy forged by certified social worker Jerry Josepher.

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confluent somatic therapy: Form of psychotherapy that involves subtle energy manipulation.

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Somatic Dialogue: Mode of bodywork promoted by BodyMind Therapist Chuck Ruland (see Structural Alignment and Structural Bodywork). It borrows from Hakomi, postural integration, and Zero Balancing. Its theory posits: (a) dischargeable imprints of the past, and (b) physical, emotional, and energetic bodies.

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Hakomi Integrative Somatics (formerly Hakomi Bodywork): Form of body-centered psychotherapy originated by Pat Ogden. It includes energy work. Its theory posits wisdom of body, mind, and spirit.

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HAKOMI INTEGRATIVE SOMATICS

Using hands-on bodywork, body awareness and movement, Hakomi integrative somatics enables people to discover the habitual, automatic attitudes (both physical and psychological), by which they generate patterns of experience. Particularly helpful in working with the effects of trauma and abuse, emotional pain and limiting belief systems, this gentle therapy teaches clients to follow the inherently intelligent processes of the body and mind.

Clients are educated in the nuances of inner body sensations and learning to track the ever-changing flow of wordless information that is the language of the body. It is precisely this awareness that becomes a powerful healing tool, as it naturally expands the "somatic sense of self," and heals the various forms of dissociation from the body.

Hands-on bodywork is used experimentally to help clients gain awareness of inner experience, specifically inner body sensation and patterns, emotions, images, memories or thoughts. Unconscious attitudes are brought to consciousness where they can be examined, understood and changed. By working physically and psychologically, the transformative shift can take root on both levels simultaneously.

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Body-Mind Centering: Form of somatic therapy promoted by The School for Body-Mind Centering, in Amherst, Massachusetts. It involves guided imagery. Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, who founded the school in 1973, originated the method. Cohen is the author of Sensing, Feeling and Action.

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SOMATIC EDUCATION

Somatic Education is a healthcare modality based on co-creative science. It is therefore taught and practiced in a co-creative partnership with nature.

Somatic Education considers the body as one of nature’s gardens and facilitates self-healing by working with flower essences; MAP and calibration; and environmental, energy, and other processes.

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SOMATIC EXPERIENCING

A naturalistic approach to the healing of trauma, based on the understanding that animals in the wild, though constantly threatened by predators, are rarely traumatized.

This approach uses education about and awareness of body sensation as a primary tool. Appropriate, gentle manipulation of the muscles, joints, and viscera is employed.

Developed by Dr. Peter Levine, somatic experiencing offers a safe, gradual way to help trauma survivors develop their own natural ability to eliminate the excess energy caused by overwhelming events.

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SOMATIC PSYCHOLOGY

This is a body-based orientation that facilitates the client’s therapeutic process.

A client session is directed to the body experience that references the body as a resource.

The therapist shifts the content of the session to the here and now process of the client, which opens the client’s awareness of her own experience of sensation, tension, relaxation, breath, response, and evoked thoughts.

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RADIX

Radix, also referred to as Radix neo-reichian education, is an instructional method designed to teach the client how to release emotions held within the muscular structure of the body.

Emphasis is placed on working through old traumas and moving into unique, new experiences of body/soul connection.

The two guiding principles of RADIX are:

1. safety, in which the student may explore deep, painful issues in an atmosphere of trust and comfort; and
2. exploration, primarily of the somatic experience.

Charles Kelly, Ph.D., developed RADIX, combining techniques and principles from Reichian and Gestalt therapies, Erickson’s hypnotherapy, bioenergetics, and Bates method of vision training. RADIX teachers include certified professionals licensed by the RADIX Institute and adjunct teachers who incorporate this method into their therapy practice.

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Using this definition several senses can be identified. Based on this outline and depending on the chosen method of classification, somewhere between 9 and 21 human senses have been identified. In addition, there are some other candidate physiological experiences which may or may not fall within the above classification (for example the sensory awareness of hunger and thirst). Finally, some individuals report synesthesia, the "crossing-over" of one sense to another, or even of senses associated with certain pure concepts. For example, the letter "A" may appear "black," certain no ...

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PRENATAL MASSAGE / PREGNANCY MASSAGE

Performed by a trained perinatal specialist, many methods of massage and somatic therapies are both effective and safe prenatally, and during labor and postpartum periods of women’s pregnancies.

Prenatally, specific techniques can reduce pregnancy discomforts and concerns and enhance the physiological and emotional well-being of both mother and fetus.

Skilled, appropriate touch facilitates labor, shortening labor times and easing pain and anxiety. In the postpartum period, specialized techniques rebalance structure, physiology, and emotions of the new mother, and may help her to bond with and care for her infant.

Specialized, advanced training in the anatomy, physiology, complications, precautions, and contraindications is highly recommended, and many practitioners require referrals from physicians prior to therapy.

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In the late 1990s, the method that scientists used in cloning was somatic cell nuclear transfer, which is the same procedure that was used to create Dolly the sheep. This laboratory technique begins when an egg is taken from a donor and the nucleus is removed of the egg, creating an enucleated egg. A cell, which contains DNA, is then taken from the person who is being cloned. The enucleated egg is then fused together with the cloning subject's cell using electricity. This creates an embryo, which is implanted into a surrogate mother through ...

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