Low self-esteem can have many specific underlying reasons, but it’s primarily caused by not being able (or wanting) to comply with the values and morals shared by one’s upbringing and by society. It may bring [ Read more … ]
Diagnosis — or more correctly, Medical Diagnosis — is the final determination of an illness or health condition that explains a person’s physical, emotional/mental or spiritual symptoms and complaints. Typically, a holistic massage or bodywork [ Read more … ]
The word trauma is used in two ways: either in the sense of physical trauma, or in the sense of psychological trauma. It’s not uncommon that physical trauma co-occurs with or triggers psychological trauma. On [ Read more … ]
NeuroAffective Touch® — NATouch™ — is a mind-body treatment modality developed by Dr. Aline La Pierre in the early 2000’s. It’s a Polyvagal-Informed psychobiological approach that integrates elements of somatic psychotherapy, attachment and developmental theory, [ Read more … ]
Further below in this post, you’ll find an overview of teachers and trainers that offer Body De-Armouring courses and classes in the United Kingdom. Body De-Armouring — also written Dearmouring or in American English as [ Read more … ]
Vital Life Force — also called Vital Force, Vital Energy, or Vital Life Energy — is a notion in the theory of Vitalism that involves the idea that some kind of universal “force” or “energy” [ Read more … ]
Polyvagal Theory (PVT) is a set of evolutionary, neuroscientific, and psychological concepts, introduced in 1994 by Stephen Porges, which addresses the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) — notably the Vagus Nerve — and its role in [ Read more … ]
In this post, you’ll find an overview of Tantric Massage, Tantric Healing, and Tantra Coaching Providers in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Tantra — and Neo-Tantra aka Sacred Sexuality — is a very vast topic, and [ Read more … ]
Massage and bodywork therapies can or may be able to alleviate or heal a broad range of sexual disorders and dysfunctions, sometimes directly, but in most cases indirectly by treating underlying causes. Typical underlying causes [ Read more … ]
Somatic Experiencing® (SE™) was developed by Peter A. Levine, and is a body-oriented approach to healing shock and developmental trauma, such as PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and Attachment Disorders, and other mental and physical stress [ Read more … ]
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