An overview of our articles about Armoring, the Body Armor, and Body De-Armoring practices, also called Muscular De-Armoring, Somatic De-Armoring, or Emotional De-Armoring.
The Rosen Method Bodywork (aka Rosen Method) is a bodywork modality characterized by its gentle hands-on techniques that work with muscles and breath to bring about relaxation. It was created by the physical therapist Marion [ Read more … ]
Rolfing® Structural Integration, also known as just Rolfing, is a form of bodywork developed by the American biochemist Ida Rolf (1896 – 1979). Ida Rolf’s Structural Integration therapy was influenced by Osteopathy, Hatha Yoga, the [ Read more … ]
Biodynamic Massage was developed in Norway in the 1950s by Gerda Boyesen. The massage treatment is part of a broader system that Gerda developed, called Biodynamic Psychology and Psychotherapy. It’s a truly holistic massage modality [ Read more … ]
The BodyTalk System was developed in the 1990s by Dr. John Veltheim, a chiropractor, traditional acupuncturist, philosopher, and teacher. More info about Dr. Veltheim’s work can be obtained on the website of the International BodyTalk [ Read more … ]
With massage therapy it’s quite common that, apart from relaxation, pleasure, and physical healing, also deep emotional or trauma release can occur during or after a session. Emotional release may take several forms (or expressions, [ Read more … ]
The fasciae (plural of a singular fascia) are bands of sheets of so-called connective tissue beneath the skin in a wavy, web-like pattern, mostly made of collagen and elastin fibers, which attach, stabilize, surround, and [ Read more … ]
Genital Mapping is a therapeutic technique used within somatic sexual healing, and perhaps best known as a practice within Sexological Bodywork and Somatic Sex Education. Although Genital Mapping is typically an activity carried out together [ Read more … ]
Emotional and Sexual Body Dearmoring — also written De-Armoring or De-Armouring — through massage, bodywork, and Body-Oriented Psychotherapy is aimed at removing our Emotional Armor or Emotional Shield, that is, the emotional and subsequent physical [ Read more … ]
Sexological Bodywork™ is a modality created in the USA by Dr. Joseph Kramer, who, by the way, also developed Tantric Lingam Massage and Taoist Erotic Massage, among other treatment modalities. Sexological Bodywork has its origins [ Read more … ]
Yoni Wands, also called Pleasure Wands, are phallic-shaped (in the form of a penis) crystal or stone tools, made of gemstones or other semiprecious materials, designed with the idea to transform the female masturbation practice [ Read more … ]