The Way to Vibrant Health - A Manual of Bioenergetics Exercises- Alexander Lowen

The Way to Vibrant Health - A Manual of Bioenergetics Exercises- Alexander Lowen "Bioenergetics is a way of understanding personality in terms of the body and its energetic processes. ... How much energy one has and how one uses his energy determine how one responds to life situations.... "Bioenergetics is also a form of therapy that combines work with the body and the mind to help people resolve their emotional problems and realize more of their potential for pleasure and Joy in living. A fundamental thesis of bioener-getics 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.... Both thinking and feeling are conditioned by energy factors. For example, it is almost impossible for a depressed person to lift himself out of his depression by thinking positive thoughts. This is because his energy level is depressed. When his energy level is raised through deep breathing (his breathing was depressed along with all other vital functions) and the release of feeling, the person comes out of the depressed state.