Articles on Core Strokes® Somatic Psychotherapy and Bodymind Integration
Foundational perspectives, clinical frameworks, and embodied approaches to transformation
Core Strokes® Training Articles
Pedagogical texts supporting embodied learning, clinical integration, and professional practice
Module 1 Core Strokes®: Rooting Core
Landing in the Body. Listening to the Core. Awakening the Flow of Being. By the Founder: Dirk Marivoet, MSc. An Introduction Before we can dive, we must land. Rooting Core™ —the first module in the Core Strokes® journey—is an invitation to come home to your body, not...
Flowing Core™ – Module 2 Core Strokes®
Expanding Breath, Softening Armor, and Restoring Relational Rhythm Opening the inner space where flow, pleasure, and presence meet. By Dirk Marivoet, MSc. — Founder of Core Strokes® ® Professional Entry Point: Opening the Inner Chambers: A Somatic Invitation Flowing...
Radiant Core™ – Module 3 Core Strokes®
Awakening the Pelvic-Heart Axis, Embodying Charge, and Reclaiming Relational Vitality By Dirk Marivoet, MSc. — Founder of Core Strokes® Opening Orientation Radiant Core™ is the third gateway in the Core Strokes® spiral—a module where movement, emotion, and structural...
Luminous Core — Module 4 Core Strokes®
Integrating Soul Texture, Structural Coherence, and Multidimensional Presence Module 4 at a Glance Focus: Whole-system integration of structure, emotion, energy, and consciousnessPrerequisites: Completion of Modules 1–3Core Themes: Vertical alignment • Vibrational...
Bodymind Integration and Social Evolution: Core Strokes® , Reich, and Spiral Dynamics
Author: Dirk Marivoet Inspired by: Marivoet, Dirk (2012), Bodymind Integration and Social Evolution. In: Erken, Rita & Bernhard Schlage. Transformation of the Self with Bodymind Integration. Berlin. Hubert W. Holzinger Verlag. pp. 95-145. Abstract This article...
Foundations & Lineage
Historical, philosophical, and conceptual roots of body-oriented psychotherapy
Historical Lineage of Body Psychotherapy
From Early Trauma Theory to Contemporary Somatic Practice By Dirk Marivoet, MSc., Registered Psychotherapist (ECP), CCEP, PMT, PT. Body psychotherapy did not emerge as a technique or school, but as a sustained inquiry into how psychological life is shaped, held, and...
The place of suffering in psychotherapy
This text is a representation of a presentation that Dirk Marivoet gave for the Fédération Française de Psychothérapeutes en Psychanalystes (FF2P) in 2009 (in French). Instinct cannot be liberated without liberating the mind, just as the mind separated from instinct...
Bodymind Integration : Approaching the person as a whole.
“Therapy on the body without integrated work with emotions and thoughts is just as one-sided as psychotherapy that ignores bodily processes. Furthermore, working with a person should offer them a perspective and integration with 'the whole'. Dirk Marivoet...
The Philosophical Backgrounds of Bodymind Integration
The Influence of various philosophical forces on Bodymind Integration by Dirk Marivoet © 2016 THE PREMISES OF BODYMIND (PSYCHOCORPORAL) INTEGRATION Central to "Bodymind Integration" (also known as "PsychoCorporal Integration") as taught at the IBI (Int'l...
Interviews with Dirk Marivoet on Somatic Perspectives in Psychotherapy
Clicking on the links you are lead to Interviews with Dirk Marivoet on aspects of Bodymind Integration and Body Psychotherapy. In the first interview Dirk speaks about Postural Integration, a primary method of deep holistic bodywork and integrative therapy. It was...
The Natural Energetic Cycle according to Jack W. Painter, PhD.
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...
Wilhelm Reich: The person, his work and his significance for contemporary psychotherapy. A short introduction
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...
The Wilhelm Reich Archive at IBI
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, Austrian...
Bodywork Then and Now
Bodywork is a collective term for various techniques, both ancient and modern, that utilize movement lessons, postural re-education, exercises, massage, and other forms of therapeutic manipulation. The primary aim is to promote bodily relaxation and to support health...
Experiential & Transpersonal Explorations
Embodied inquiry, expanded states, and transpersonal dimensions of healing
Firewalking: An Inner Journey for Planetary Healing.
“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...