Autogenic training is a term for a relaxation technique developed by the German psychiatrist Johannes Schultz first published in 1932. It usually involves a series of sessions in which the patients learn to relax their limbs, heart, and breathing. The goal is to induce a pleasant, warm feeling throughout most of the body and induce a feeling of coolness in the forehead. The technique is used against stress-induced psychosomatic disorders. The heart and lungs, from an older edition of Greys Anatomy. ... For the play Breath by Samuel Beckett, see Breath (play). ... now. ... A psychosomatic illness is one with physical manifestations and supposed psychological cause, often diagnosed when any known or identifiable physical cause was excluded by medical examination. ...
Schultz emphasized parallels to techniques in yoga and meditation. However, unlike some forms of yoga and meditation, autogenic training is devoid of any mysticism. It is a method for influencing one's autonomic nervous system. There are many parallels to Progressive relaxation. It has been suggested that Urban yoga be merged into this article or section. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Progressive relaxation is a technique of stress management developed by the American physician Edmund Jacobson in the early 1920s. ...
References
Luthe Dr W & Schultz Dr JH, "Autogenic Therapy", first published by Grune and Stratton, Inc., New York, (1969). Republished in (2001) by The British Autogenic Society.
In six volumes.
Vol. 1 Autogenic Methods
Vol. 2 Medical Applications
Vol. 3 Applications in Psychotherapy
Vol. 4 Research and Theory
Vol. 5 Dynamics of Autogenic Neutralisation
Vol. 6 Treatment with Autogenic Neutralisation
Bird, Jane and Pinch, Christine, "Autogenic Therapy - Self-help for Mind and Body", Newleaf (Gill & Macmillan), (2002).
External links
The British Autogenic Society
Spanish Society of Psychotherapy and the Institute for Autogenic Psychotherapy] (in Spanish)
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