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The Intersubjective Body

Dates:       Saturday, 13 March 2010
Venue:       Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy, London
Fee:         £100
Whenever two people meet, a continuous exchange of signals takes place which influence and modulate the bodily and psychic states of both participants. Two sensory-motor systems and two autonomic nervous systems become aware of each other and begin to respond, interact and relate in some way or form. The open loop physiology of our limbic and motor systems is designed to compare our own emotional state with that of another which enables us to resonate, regulate, predict and respond. We activate our own limbic, somatosensory, and motor representations while perceiving the intentions, actions or emotional states of others. A functional self-other distinction is crucial to understand and relate to what we perceive in others.

In the therapeutic alliance, we can explore our bodily and psychic sense of self as an emergent phenomenon of intersubjective relatedness. We can watch and listen to the symphonies of mutual exchange and observe the internal adaptations, psychic and bodily, in ourselves and in the other. We can be curious about each others styles and patterns of relatedness, their embodied rhythms and intricacies, and how we impact each others psyche and soma. We can explore excess or lack of muscular armoring as disruptions of relational vitality within a two person system. We can rely on our psyche and soma to invite the other's body and psyche into relatedness, both with each other and in our relationship.

The workshop offers an opportunity to explore embodied intersubjectity and the psyche-soma intricacies of self-other relations through movement and experiential group work. This event is also suitable for therapists who are not used to working directly with their client's body and who are open to experiential learning.