by Dirk Marivoet | Jul 8, 2020 | Methods IBI
Reading the body – Structure as frozen function Body Reading in body psychotherapy is based on the concept that structure is frozen function. What this means is that a person’s physical structure is a reflection of his psycho-biological history and his...
by Dirk Marivoet | Jul 8, 2020 | Lineage & Context
My late friend and colleague Jack Painter, PhD., with whom I collaborated for 25 years, championed three very powerful methods of bodymind integration: Postural Integration, Energetic Integration and Pelvic-Heart Integration. As part of these methods he has created...
by Dirk Marivoet | Jul 4, 2020 | Lineage & Context
By Dirk Marivoet, MSc, PT, PMT, ECP, CCEP Wilhelm Reich, born in 1897 in Dobrzanica, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in Ukraine, started his medical studies at the Vienna University in 1918, and joined the Sexological Seminary founded by Otto Fenichel in...
by Dirk Marivoet | Jun 8, 2020 | Lineage & Context
The Wilhelm Reich library of the Int’l Institute for Bodymind Integration (IBI) More recommended literature “Love, work and knowledge are the well-springs of our life. They should also govern it.”Wilhelm Reich During the first half of the 20th Century,...
by Dirk Marivoet | Mar 22, 2020 | Experiential & Transpersonal Explorations
“Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.”Henry Ford Mankind’s fascination with fire The history of humanity and the discovery of the technology of fire are intimately connected. Recent evidence suggests our ancestors Australopithecus...