Honoring the Body
Worth buying if: You follow Alexander Lowen's bioenergetic therapy or somatic psychotherapy approaches.
Skip it if: You want a neuroscience-heavy, brain-only account rather than body-focused therapy.
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Summary
In Honoring the Body, Alexander Lowen mixes clinical cases, practical exercises, and theory to argue that chronic tension holds emotions and that releasing the body restores vitality and self-awareness.
Why this book now
With growing interest in somatic therapy and breathwork, Lowen's classic on bioenergetics and posture feels newly relevant for readers seeking embodied mental-health tools.
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Good fit if you want...
- You follow Alexander Lowen's bioenergetic therapy or somatic psychotherapy approaches.
- You enjoy practical exercise sections and clinical vignettes about posture and breathing.
- You want a neuroscience-heavy, brain-only account rather than body-focused therapy.
- You prefer fiction or purely philosophical essays instead of therapeutic techniques.
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Exact edition: Edition shown · ISBN-13 9781938485091
Worth buying if: You follow Alexander Lowen's bioenergetic therapy or somatic psychotherapy approaches.
Skip it if: You want a neuroscience-heavy, brain-only account rather than body-focused therapy.
Check Amazon for the current price and availability of this exact edition.
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Reading commitment
Light Short sit-downs
At about 270 pages, expect a steady read mixing case studies and step-by-step body exercises that you can pause and practice between chapters.
What stands out here
This Alexander Lowen Foundation edition preserves the author's original bioenergetic framing and exercise prescriptions for posture, breathing, and muscle release.
Best way to approach it
Read Honoring the Body actively: alternate short reading blocks with trying the breathing and grounding exercises Lowen describes to feel the effects firsthand.
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Exact edition: ISBN-13 9781938485091
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