Emotionally expressive techniques are a powerful method that Core Energetics practitioners employ to help clients challenge their somatic and psychological blocks to feelings and consciousness. These energetic techniques, however, are frequently misunderstood. The powerful motion and expression of repressed and suppressed feelings help us to break through and move beyond our mask, our idealized image of ourselves, and into […]
Catharsis vs. Discharge and Release
The following is an excerpt from Out of the Comfort Zone: Overcoming the Blocks to Living and Loving, a book in progress by Lisa Loustaunau. The word release as it is used in Core Energetics, is not the same as acting out. When we act out an emotion, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, it implies the expression of an […]