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==Relevance to alternative medicine== In the field of [[alternative medicine]], bodymind implies that * The body, mind, emotions, and spirit are dynamically interrelated.<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness|last = Damasio|first = Antonio|publisher = Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|year = 2000|isbn = 978-0156010757|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/feelingofwhathap00dama_0}}</ref> * Experience, including physical stress, emotional injury, and pleasures are stored in the body's cells which in turn affects one's reactions to stimuli.<ref>Keleman, Stanley: ''Your Body speaks its Mind'', Center Press (US) (1989) {{ISBN|978-0934320016}}</ref> The term can be a number of disciplines, including: * [[Psychoneuroimmunology]], the study of the interaction between psychological processes and the nervous and immune systems of the human body.<ref>{{cite book | last = Michael Irwin| first = Kavita Vedhara | title = Human Psychoneuroimmunology| publisher = Oxford University Press|year=2005| isbn = 978-0-19-856884-1}}</ref> * [[Body psychotherapy]],<ref>Totton, N. (2003) ''Body Psychotherapy: An Introduction'' Open University Press. {{ISBN|0-335-21038-4}} (pb); 0-335-21039-2.</ref><ref>Staunton, T. (Ed.) (2002) ''Body Psychotherapy'' Brunner Routledge. {{ISBN|1-58391-115-4}} PB0; 1-58391-116-2 (pb)</ref><ref>Macnaughton, I. (2004) ''Body, Breath and Consciousness: A Somatics Anthology'', ed. Macnaughton, North Atlantic Books. {{ISBN|1-55643-496-0}} {{ISBN|978-1-55643-496-9}}</ref><ref>Courtenay Young (2010) article [http://www.courtenay-young.co.uk/courtenay/articles/The_Science_of_Body_Psych_Part_1.pdf The Science of Body Psychotherapy Today]</ref> a branch of [[psychotherapy]]<ref>Sharf, R. S. (2011) ''Theories of Psychotherapy and Counselling'' p. 600</ref> which applies basic principles of [[somatic psychology]]. It originated in the work of [[Pierre Janet]] and particularly [[Wilhelm Reich]]. * [[Neurobiology]], the study of the nervous system<ref>Hill, Daniel (2015) ''Affect Regulation Theory. A Clinical Model'' W. W. Norton.& Co {{ISBN|978-0-393-70726-7}}</ref> * [[Psychosomatic medicine]], an [[interdisciplinary]] medical field exploring the relationships among social, psychological, and behavioral factors on bodily processes and [[quality of life]] in humans and animals. Clinical situations where mental processes act as a major factor affecting medical outcomes are areas where psychosomatic medicine excels.<ref>{{cite book | last = Levenson| first = James L. | title = Essentials of Psychosomatic Medicine| publisher = American Psychiatric Press Inc|year=2006| isbn = 978-1-58562-246-7}}</ref> * [[Postural Integration]], a process-oriented [[body psychotherapy]] originally developed in the late 1960s by Jack Painter<ref>{{cite web|last1=Ziehl|first1=Silke|title=Jack Painter - Obituary|url=http://www.icpit.info/documents/Jack%20Painter-Obituary.pdf|access-date=2011-08-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063443/http://www.icpit.info/documents/Jack%20Painter-Obituary.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref> (1933β2010) in California, US, after exploration in the fields of [[humanistic psychology]] and the [[human potential movement]].<ref>Erken, Rita and Schlage, Bernhard: Editors: ''Transformation of the Self with Bodymind Integration.'' Postural Integration β Energetic Integration β Psychotherapeutic Postural Integration; Articles by 14 international authors; Hubert W. Holzinger Verlag, Berlin (2012) {{ISBN|978-3-926396-67-9}}</ref> The method aims to support [[Self-efficacy|personal change]] and [[Personal Development|self development]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.icpit.info/articles/J_Painter_PosturalIntegration1985_.pdf |title=Painter, Jack: ''Postural Integration, Transformation of the Whole Self'' (1985) |access-date=2015-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002824/http://www.icpit.info/articles/J_Painter_PosturalIntegration1985_.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> through a particular form of [[Manual therapy|manipulative]] [[Holistic health|holistic]] [[Bodywork (alternative medicine)|bodywork]].<ref>Painter, Jack: ''Technical Manual of Deep Wholistic Bodywork'', Postural Integration; published by The International Centre for Release and Integration, Mill Valley, Calif. USA (1984) (2nd edit. 1990)</ref>
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