Breathwork in body psychotherapy: Towards a more unified theory and practice

Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-101

  Caldwell, Christine ^a   Victoria, Himmat K ^a  

^a NAROPA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body psychotherapy; breath; breathing therapy; breathwork; conscious breathing

Indexed keywords

STRESS HORMONE;

ANALGESIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PH; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY POSTURE; BREATHING MECHANICS; CARBON DIOXIDE BLOOD LEVEL; CARBON DIOXIDE EXCRETION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHRONIC PAIN; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; EMOTION; EXHALATION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; HYPERVENTILATION SYNDROME; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INHALATION; INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE; LUNG CAPACITY; MIGRAINE; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE TONE; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PANIC; PARASYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RELAXATION TRAINING; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SYMPATHETIC INNERVATION; TETANY;

EID: 84857313110     PISSN: 17432979     EISSN: 17432987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17432979.2011.574505     Document Type: Article

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