De-Armouring Training Courses and Workshops in South Africa

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In this post, you’ll find our overview of teachers and trainers that offer Somatic Trauma Release and Body De-Armouring courses and classes in South Africa, in and around cities like Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Pretoria.

Body De-Armouring — aka Muscular De-Armouring, Somatic De-Armouring, or Emotional De-Armouring —has become a widely used form of somatic emotional and trauma release, practiced by an increasing number of somatic psychologists and massage and bodywork therapists.

Armouring and De-Armouring was pioneered by the Austrian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich and is a way of explaining unconscious and subconscious physical tensions and restrictions in the body as a reaction to suppressed or repressed traumatic emotional and psychological experiences.

Reich’s work led to the birth of Body Psychotherapy, a domain of Mind-Body therapies that aim at healing physical, emotional, mental, and sexual injuries and traumas through talk therapy, body awareness, massage, bodywork, exercise and movement.

A variety of other somatic therapies, such as massage therapy, Yoga, Hakomi, breathwork, dance and movement therapy, Hellerwork Structural Integration, Somatic Sex Coaching, and Tantric Bodywork have integrated Body De-Armouring approaches and techniques in their sessions.

You may also encounter specialized De-Armouring treatment modalities, many of which are likewise offered as De-Armouring training courses. Think of modalities such as Tantric De-Armouring, Neo-Reichian Massage, BioDynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release, Radix Work, the Gaia Method, TRE® – Tension & Trauma Releasing Exercises, and Shamanic Dearmoring, to give some examples.

Body De-Armouring applies a range of hands-on somatic practices and techniques such as breathwork, massage, touch, guided imagery, pressure, acupressure, exercises, dance, movement, and simulations of bodily or nervous system reactions in order to release the client’s physical tensions and constrictions with a final aim of digesting, releasing, and healing subconscious and/or unconscious emotional hurt.

In addition, by releasing muscular and internal organ tensions and constrictions, receivers may also get rid of physical health issues, reduce stress levels, improve their blood circulatory and immune system, and promote the free flow of Life Force Energy through their bodies. As a result, the de-armoured individual is better able to explore their full potential, and can actually grow emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.

In any case, below then our overview of Body De-Armouring and Somatic Trauma Release training courses, classes, and workshops we’ve spotted in South Africa.

Trauma Release and Body De-Armouring Training and Course Providers in South Africa

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