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.
Within Body De-Armoring practices (also called Somatic De-Armoring), Anal De-Armoring can be an important means to release emotions of fear, shame, and guilt held by the anus and anal canal, which are often related to [ Read more … ]
The abdominal area, in which we include the diaphragmatic area, is literally packed with internal organs. It’s also a relatively small bodily region in which a lot is going on, often containing quite some tissue [ Read more … ]
In general, it’s thought that Somatic De-Armoring (or Body De-Armoring) can have quite a range of health benefits for the person involved. Nevertheless, it depends very much on the type of De-Armoring modality what may [ Read more … ]
Notably during traumatic experiences or in other situations in which one isn’t able “to speak out,” one may feel a lump in the throat or get the feeling of choking or being choked. Hence, if [ Read more … ]
It’s thought that Body Armoring (tensions, contractions, or numbness of muscles and fascia) in people happens to protect themselves from extremely painful emotions and thoughts, that is, as a means to cope with an experience [ Read more … ]
An important distinction in somatic therapies is that between somatic healing and somatic education. Most somatic treatment modalities, and this also counts for Body De-Armoring treatments, consist of a mix of somatic healing and somatic [ Read more … ]
In the Taoist tradition, the prostate (that is, the prostate gland and surrounding area) is considered the main storage center of male sexual emotions, and as such Prostate De-Armoring and Prostate Massage play a crucial [ Read more … ]
We all know about the five human senses, that is, our taste (gustatory sensory system), hearing (auditory sensory system), smell (olfactory sensory system), touch (somatosensory system), and sight (visual sensory system). In relation to somatic [ Read more … ]
Partial Body De-Armoring (or Partial Emotional De-Armoring), in contrast to Full Body De-Armoring (also called Whole-Body De-Armoring), focuses on De-Armoring work that only takes certain body parts or areas of the body into account. Partial [ Read more … ]
Postural Integration® is a type of holistic bodywork created by Jack Painter (1933 – 2010) in the 1960s. It’s usually practiced by professional health practitioners working with both bodywork and Body-Oriented Psychotherapy. The treatment is [ Read more … ]