Definitions
What is Somatic Movement Therapy?
Somatic Movement Therapy is a physical practice that allows us to experience a more satisfying relationship with ourselves. It is an active practice to heal our psychological and physiological wounds and guides us to engage our inner sensations. When we become more aware of our bodily experiences, we discover our limits, our unresolved pains, and our subconscious mind. We understand ourselves better through the practice of listening to our body and attuning to ourselves, thus we become closer to ourselves.
What is Laban Bartenieff Movement Analysis (LBMA)?
LBMA is a human movement study used to learn interconnection between movement and body responses.
What is Contact Improvisation (CI)?
CI (at it’s core) is a form of improvised partner dancing and is a practice of multidimensional ways of relating objects. It is about an exploration and discovery of the multiplicity and dynamics (at least) between two bodies. A salient feature of Contact Improvisation is a constant and spontaneous physical exchange of weight and contact between two bodies. Two bodies are in a dynamic and nonlinear relationship with a point of physical contact while maintaining a shifting point of contact. It entails a principle of responsive adjustment to attune to the shifting point of contact and to negotiate how two movers will shift from one maneuver to another. Movements occur naturally as a result of spontaneous self-organization from the dynamic and nonlinear relationship between movers.
In my practice, I utilize a therapeutic approach to CI and interpersonal relationships. This form of movement practice can teach us:
to learn how one embodies their experiences through the point of contact
to learn how one relates their body in relation to another body
to expand one’s capacity to adjust and attune to the diversity of bodies
to incorporate the differences into one’s own body, skill, and awareness.
What is Kinesiopsychotherapy?
Movement (kinesio) that Heals (therapy) the Spirit (psycho)
Kinesiopsychotherapy is a somatic movement therapy practice and psychotherapy approach I established based on the human movement study of LBMA.
Movements reflect psychological states. For example:
When we reach out to others, we advance our body
When we feel threatened, we freeze, retreat, or shrink or body
When we feel relaxed, we relax our muscles
My service is oriented towards promoting psychological wellbeing through physiological practice.