{"product_id":"joy-the-surrender-to-the-body-and-to-life-paperback","title":"Joy: The Surrender to the Body and to Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlexander Lowen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurrender to your body and recover joy \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Alexander Lowen, famous student of Wilhelm Reich and founder of Bioenergetics, reveals in this book how to reclaim a natural, childlike state of joy through exercises that revive the body's vitality and liberate the energy of suppressed feelings. Using examples from four decades of clinical practice, Lowen shows how painful emotional experiences--from sexual abuse and fear of dying to the anger and heartbreak all human beings experience in life--are manifested in bodily symptoms. He then instructs readers how to listen for and answer the unique signals in the body that serve as internal cries for freedom. The vibrant health that results has a wide range of holistic benefits for the total being, including enhanced sexual pleasure and heightened spirituality. \u003ci\u003eJoy\u003c\/i\u003e, the culmination of Lowen's life work, is a wonderfully hopeful and transformational guide from one of the pioneers of body\/mind therapy.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexander Lowen, famous student of Wilhelm Reich and founder of Bioenergetics, reveals in this book how to reclaim a natural, childlike state of joy through exercises that revive the body's vitality and liberate the energy of suppressed feelings. Using examples from four decades of clinical practice, Lowen shows how painful emotional experiences - from sexual abuse and fear of dying to the anger and heartbreak all human beings experience in life - are manifested in bodily symptoms. He then instructs readers how to listen for and answer the unique signals in the body that serve as internal cries for freedom. The vibrant health that results has a wide range of holistic benefits for the total being including enhanced sexual pleasure and heightened spirituality. Joy, the culmination of Lowen's life work, is a wonderfully hopeful and transformational guide from one of the pioneers of body\/mind therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Alexander Lowen\u003c\/b\u003e is the creator of bioenergetics, which he has defined as a therapeutic technique to help a person get back together with his body and to help him enjoy to the fullest degree possible the life of the body. Incorporating direct work on the body into the psychoanalytic process, Dr. Lowen practices psychiatry in New York and Connecticut and is the executive director of the Institute of Bioenergetic Analysis. He is married and lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, with his wife and son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 7.8 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47454708662450,"sku":"9780140194937","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2f756a1d889f8b0d1714076aa22f2e03.webp?v=1778858407","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/joy-the-surrender-to-the-body-and-to-life-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}