Body Epiphany
Part I: Somatics
Introduction to the Somatic Viewpoint I-1
A Partial History of Somatics in the West I-2
The Body Epiphany is the Beginning of Somatics I-4
What Makes Something Somatic? I-6
Five Elements of Somatics I-8
Somatics Today I-10
Part II: Somatic Bodywork
Basic Awareness Techniques II-2
Awareness-Oriented Bodywork II-4
The Focus is on Communication II-5
“Touching to Know” II-6
The Client’s Four Steps of Participation II-8
Is Pleasure a Problem? II-10
Imagery for Deep Tissue Touch II-11
Assumptions of Somatic Bodywork II-12
Assumptions about Energy II-14
Touch and Energy II-16
the Energetics of Bodywork II-18
Skinrolling II-20
Part III: Somatic Topics
The Mind (Soul) and the Body III-2
Sensation, Perception, and Consciousness III-4
Relationship with the Unconscious III-6
“The Creature” III-8
Somatic Maps III-10
Three Centers Maps III-12-15
Inner-Outer Maps III-16
Central Axis Maps III-18
Meridians, Cabbalah III-20
Memory in the Body III-22
Traumatic Memory: Levine’s Theory III-23
Fear and Contraction III-24
Shame III-26
Somato-Sensory Affectional Deprivation III-28
Questioning the Historical Hypothesis III-29
Body Alienation III-30
The Psychoanalytic Lineage:
Freud III-32
Reich III-34
Bioenergetics III-36
Object Relations Theory III-38
Self Psychology III-40
The Body Politic III-42
More About the Senses III-44
Six Sensory Surfaces III-46
Four Basic Actions III-47
Mapping the Levels of Touch III-48
Sensory Balance III-50
What’s Missing in this Book? III-52
Selected Bibliography III-53
