Bioenergetics: The Revolutionary Therapy That Uses the Language of the Body to Heal the Problems of the Mind Paperback – January 1, 1994

This is simply an incredible book to read. It is filled with insights and ideas throughout.Don't miss it!! You can easily read dozens and dozens of books and not get the broad benefits this book has on every page. Very strongly recommended......

Let me say at the outset that I believe Bioenergetics the therapy gave me my life back. Some of the ideas seemed 'far out' when I first heard of them, but Dr Lowen had described my situation so accurately in his writings that when he was describing the character that fits me, it felt like he was describing my life. I had never had the sense of being understood before. When I actually began practicing the therapy, I was able to experience a type of feeling that no other modality or idea had provided. Bioenergetics is not for the highly defensive--it holds up a mirror to our bodies and actual results in life that is usually not pretty in the beginning. or even middle, since growth takes time.Many reviewers reference Dr Lowen's "famous" comment. He told that non-flattering story about himself to illustrate an aspect of his early character to help illustrate the 'problem' of character armor, not to report his motivation to write the book. The 'famous' remark was made to Wilhelm Reich in the early 1940's and the book was written in 1975! Another reviewer has referenced the fact Lowen did not incorporate much from other body-mind theorists (other than Reich). This is true. Rather than provide sheer high numbers of 'fingers pointing' (to the moon) Lowen wanted to provide one really good finger that could actually guide people. The possible strain of absolutism in his work I don't think is so much arrogance but rather the conviction, arising from long experience, that dabbling at growth just doesn't work.Bioenergetics the book was written to 'manualize' and define concisely bio-energetics to an unfamiliar public. Because of that, it can appear that the concepts are asserted out of nowhere which is not perhaps the best introduction, especially if skepticism is strong. A perhaps better introduction to Lowen's work is Joy: The Surrender to the Body and to Life (Compass) If one reads Lowen's work with half an open mind, one's point of view will change about the body and its role in happiness.

The book I ordered was a good copy.

This was a pretty good book ~ somewhere between enjoyable and technical. Definitely dry, but did help me understand bioenergetics therapy and it's origins.

Best book i've ever read on body, childhood traumas and ways to work through them

I Love this book its a good read for any body-worker, massages therapist, personal trainers, yoga teachers

okay, i usually enjoy reading body/mind texts, but this one was a bit dry. there is usefull and thought-proviking information within it, although i had to skip around and skim to find it. sometimes long-winded, sometimes self-reighteous, it is worth the read, but buy it used.

good takeoff from wilhelm reich's work; integrates body work with psychotherapy exercises; still hung up on freud's concentration on sex; as opposed to carl jung