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.

(See also: Somatic therapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

MASSAGE, BODYWORK AND SOMATIC THERAPIES

Massage, bodywork, and somatic therapies is the application of various techniques to the muscular structure and soft tissues of the human body.

The application of massage, bodywork, and somatic therapy techniques may include, but is not limited to, stroking, kneading, tapping, compression, vibration, rocking, friction, pressure, and those techniques based on manipulation or the application of pressure to the muscular structure or soft tissues of the human body.

This may also include non-forceful passive or active movement and/or application of techniques intended to affect the energetic systems of the body. The use of oils, lotions, powders, or other lubricants may also be included.

Massage, bodywork, and somatic therapies specifically exclude diagnosis, prescription, manipulation, or adjustments of the human skeletal structure, or any other service, procedure, or therapy that requires a license to practice orthopedics, physical therapy, podiatry, chiropractic, osteopathy, psychotherapy, acupuncture, or any other profession or branch of medicine.

(See also: MASSAGE, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

INTEGRATED/ECLECTIC MASSAGE

Indicates a combination of various massage, bodywork, and somatic therapy techniques utilized by a practitioner in the course of a session.

(See also: INTEGRATED/ECLECTIC MASSAGE, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

Conversion syndrome describes a condition in which physical symptoms arise for which there is no clear explanation. The term stems from the 19th century European conception of hysteria, which itself can be traced back to Egyptian papyri from the 16th century BC. Psychiatrists now separate out conversion disorder, in which the complaints are neurologic, from similar conditions in which the complaints can be about such things as pain. Patients with conversion and hysteria led Sigmund Freud to his theories on the unconscious and t ...

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The Alexander Technique teaches how to recognize and overcome habituated limitations within a person's manner of movement. The Alexander Technique is usually learned from an Alexander teacher in one-to-one sessions by an Alexander student, using specialized hand contact and verbal instructions. The name denotes both the educational methods taught by Alexander teachers and the individual method practiced by teachers and students of the technique. It takes its name from F. Matthias Alexander (1869–1955), a former ...

Including:

• Alexander Technique - Basic Premises
• Alexander Technique - Benefits
• Alexander Technique - Reported Effects
• Alexander Technique - Effective under what circumstances
• Alexander Technique - Disadvantages
• Alexander Technique - Scientific Proof
• Alexander Technique - Learning time
• Alexander Technique - Learning Environments
• Alexander Technique - Teacher Training
• Alexander Technique - The Importance Attached To Learning From An Alexander Teacher
• Alexander Technique - In-depth principles
• Alexander Technique - Sample lesson
• Alexander Technique - Professional Alexander Teaching Organizations
• Alexander Technique - Specific Alexander teacher and educational sites

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Cellular differentiation is a concept from developmental biology describing the process by which cells acquire a "type". The morphology of a cell may change dramatically during differentiation, but the genetic material remains the same, with few exceptions. A cell that is able to differentiate into many cell types is known as pluripotent. These cells are called stem cells in animals and meristematic cells in higher plants. A cell that is able to differentiate into all cell types is known as tot ...

Including:

• Cellular differentiation - Overview
• Cellular differentiation - Mammalian cell types
• Cellular differentiation - Sources

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ON-SITE MASSAGE

Also called seated and chair massage, on-site massage includes techniques that provide fully-clothed seated massage, bodywork and somatic therapies to clients, generally in a corporate or business setting. Practitioners utilize shiatsu, amma and/or Swedish techniques.

(See also: ON-SITE MASSAGE, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

CHAIR MASSAGE

Also called on-site and seated massage, chair massage includes techniques that provide fully-clothed seated massage, bodywork and somatic therapies to clients, generally in a corporate or business setting. Practitioners utilize shiatsu, amma and/or Swedish techniques.

(See also: CHAIR MASSAGE, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

EUCAPNIC BREATH RETRAINING

A technique of guided breathing exercises and training used by somatic therapists in combination with musculoskeletal therapy to release and normalize the function of the thorax, diaphragm, and other muscles of breathing, and to enhance health.

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SEATED MASSAGE

Known as seated massage, chair massage, or on-site massage, this technique involves the use of a specially designed massage chair in which the client sits comfortably.

The modern chair massage was originally developed David Palmer, but the technique is centuries-old, with some Japanese block prints illustrating people having just emerged from a nearby bath, receiving massage while seated on a low stool.

Seated massage includes bodywork and somatic techniques, such as shiatsu, amma, and Swedish massage, provided to the fully clothed client in a variety of settings, including businesses, airports, and street fairs.

(See also: SEATED MASSAGE, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

MIDDENDORF BREATHWORK

Through a series of spontaneous movement exercises, participants use basic sensing, focusing, vocalizing, and hands-on techniques to consciously experience the meaning of their personal breath movement. Since its inception, this artistic form of breathing education, developed by Professor Ilse Middendorf, has achieved international attention for its effectiveness as a somatic healing and growth process.

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CORE STRUCTURAL INTEGRATIVE THERAPY

Originated by George P. Kousaleos, CORE is a myofascial, postural and structural somatic therapy combining massage techniques with client-assisted movement. Normally lasting 10 sessions, there are four phases of CORE body therapy organized according to the level or layer of fascia, muscle, and supporting soft tissues that are manipulated: Core massage, core extrinsic, core intrinsic, and core integration.

(See also: CORE STRUCTURAL INTEGRATIVE THERAPY, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

Currently the most successful cloning technique is the same process which allowed Dolly the sheep to be cloned - somatic cell nuclear transfer. It is also the technique used by ACT, the first company to successfully clone a human embryo (see research section below). An egg cell taken from a donor has its nucleus removed. Another cell with the genetic material to be cloned is fused with the original cell. Another way of cloning is by parthenogenesis, where an unfertilized egg cell is induced to divide and grow as if it were ferti ...

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Human cloning, Human cloning - Understanding cloning, Human cloning - Techniques, Human cloning - Limits of cloning, Human cloning - The current status of cloned-embryo research, Human cloning - Hwang Woo-Suk, Human cloning - Risks of growing a cloned embryo to term, Human cloning - Claims of success in human cloning beyond the embryo stage, Human cloning - Possible advantages, Human cloning - The current law on human cloning, Human cloning - Human cloning in fiction

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INSIGHT BODYWORK

Insight Bodywork, developed by Kondañña Barry Kapke, is a floor-based energy work that seamlessly integrates massage, movement, and meditation. Earthy, gentle, and spontaneous, its integrative approach to somatic discovery and education facilitates energetic balance and flow, brings awareness to embodied experience, and supports the body to find greater ease and ability.

Insight Bodywork utilizes acupressure and myofascial techniques, giving maximum support to the body while mobilizing joints, moving into slow deep stretches, integrating with soothing brushes and holds, and, when appropriate, energizing through shaking, rocking, swinging, or dropping. It is a work that is both playful and sacred in its approach.

(See also: INSIGHT BODYWORK, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

DEGRIEFING

Degriefing is the process of recognizing the mental and physical pain that accompanies grief and treating it with a combination of somatic therapies and psychotherapeutic tools.

Degriefing can be used to unlock and remove grief from an individual’s body, and thereby heal not only physical symptoms, but mental and emotional wounds as well. It combines effective verbal counseling therapies with individualized physical care.

The techniques used in the degriefing process are intended to ease a person’s emotional distress, mental anguish, and physical discomforts. The goal of degriefing is to unlock blockages that have developed in the body and shift them to a more harmonious state.

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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.

(See also: PREGNANCY MASSAGE, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

Dolly (5 July 1996 – 14 February 2003), an ewe, was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell. She was cloned at the Roslin Institute in Scotland and lived there until her death when she was 6. Her birth was announced on 22 February 1997. The name "Dolly" came from a suggestion by Jesse Haase who helped with her birth, in honour of Dolly Parton, because it was a mammary cell that was cloned. The technique that was made famous by her birth is somatic cell nuclear transfer, in which a non-reproductive cell c ...

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Cloning, Cloning - Cloning in biology, Cloning - Molecular, Cloning - Cellular, Cloning - Horticultural, Cloning - Natural clones, Cloning - Health aspects, Cloning - Human cloning, Cloning - Cloning extinct species, Cloning - Dolly the sheep, Cloning - Commercial cloning, Cloning - Ethical issues of cloning, Cloning - Christian views, Cloning - Publications, Cloning - Cloning in fiction, Cloning - End Notes

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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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HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY RELEASE

This is a powerful and subtle technique, developed by Charles Daily, D.C., which allows the holographic memory release practitioner to quickly locate specific holographic touch points which are referenced to the individual’s on-going process.

As in reflexology, where the entire body is represented on the foot, these touch points correlate to whole-body microsystems. Through very light and specific digital contacts, a piezoelectric effect is created within the crystalline connective tissue memory system for instantaneous memory reframing. This self-assembly process enhances subtle self-observation within the individual. It increases individual somatic awareness and releases self-limiting beliefs and tension patterns which have been stored within the body/mind continuum.

A 15-minute holographic memory release session spontaneously generates coherent waves of cellular resonance in the connective tissue matrix and releases information log-jams that can rob the individual of necessary vital capacity.

(See also: HOLOGRAPHIC MEMORY RELEASE, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

The first draft of the entire human genome was decoded in June 26, 2000, by the Human Genome Project, followed by a steadily-increasing number of other organisms across the microscopic to macroscopic spectrum. The short step from theory to practice in using genetic knowledge was taken quickly: genetically modified organisms have become a present reality, with genetically-modified food ingredients an everyday part of human daily diet (at least, in North America). The embryonic techniques of somatic cell nuclear transfer from a specific ...

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Themes in Blade Runner, Themes in Blade Runner - Paranoia, Themes in Blade Runner - Technicism, Themes in Blade Runner - Genetic engineering and cloning, Themes in Blade Runner - Eyes and memories, Themes in Blade Runner - Female stereotypes, Themes in Blade Runner - Religious symbolism, Themes in Blade Runner - Deckard: replicant or human?, Themes in Blade Runner - Clues and questions, Themes in Blade Runner - Origami DC, Themes in Blade Runner - Significance of Deckard's identity, Themes in Blade Runner - External links on Deckard's identity, Themes in Blade Runner - Economic inequality corporatism, Themes in Blade Runner - Environment and globalization

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