by Paul Shane | Nov 24, 2021 | Historical Aspects
Sidney Marshall Jourard (1926-1974) My main interest in Sidney Jourard is his use of the body-cathexis principle which is a forgotten key to understanding the relationship between a person and his or her body. Body-cathexis is a psychoanalytic principle signifying...
by Paul Shane | Nov 22, 2021 | Somatic Psychology
Top row: basic emotions. Bottom row: complex emotions. Lighter colors indicate more intense sensations while the darker colors show cooler or less intense experience. The patterns shown here are consistent with other neural and behavioral studies. These maps...
by Paul Shane | Nov 19, 2021 | Body-Mind-Spirit Modalities
Does Massage Activate the Peripheral Nervous System? No, It Turns on the Default Mode Network First Of the many functionally-related systems within the brain there are two of particular significance. They orient the brain outward to the outer world and focus it...
by Paul Shane | Nov 17, 2021 | Holistic Health & Studies
Some progress has been made in recent years by the Body Positivity Movement working to expand the conceptualization of physical beauty, but concerns about eating disorders remain. It has been long known that electronic media play an instrumental role in broadcasting...
by Paul Shane | Nov 14, 2021 | General Thoughts
The breathing pattern when a person is at quiet rest is usually below 16 breaths per minute with the average person having a tidal volume of 600 milliliters. The medulla and pons have the responsibility for keeping the breath going. It is commonly known that...
