Bodywork and body therapy are similar in their meaning, but not the same. It generally refers to work with the human body. With Bodywork you can influence your body in such a way that blockages, tensions, resistances and energy accumulations in the fascia, muscle and nervous system dissolve. This changes your outer and inner posture, your perception and your movements.
You can practice bodywork together with a therapist, together with a teacher or coach or alone. Bodywork can be divided into two large areas. The pain subsides, the symptoms stop and your body functions more normally again. You feel a clear increase in energy.
Your movements become fluid, your perception, the inner and outer balance, your stress tolerance, resilience and serenity in relation to the world and to yourself increase. You will experience a feeling of physical balance and inner balance. Pioneers such as Alexander Lowen, Dr. Ida Rolf and Dr. In the wild 60s, Wilhelm Reich was revered as an idol. His Vegeto therapy from the s was taken up and found widespread use in the schools of bioenergetics, rebalancing, encounter etc. The relaxed, powerful and harmonious movement is a sign for a healthy body function and for inner balance.
In Yoga, Qigong and Tai-Chi, it is used in such a way that the body can move powerfully, elegantly and integratedly, thus realising its full potential. The aim is not to control the movement, but to let it happen from within with as little inner resistance as possible.
This happens by working with the energy flow, the Chi. Photo By Leo Rivas on Unsplash. These forms of bodywork view the body as a whole with its own intelligence.
