Michael J Shea

The Biodynamic Heart

Somatic Compassion Practices for a Clear and Vital Heart

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A guide to biodynamic manual therapy practices for spiritual and heart health

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
• Seitenzahl: 600
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. August 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 278mm x 216mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 1474g
• ISBN-13: 9798888500620
• Artikelnr.: 71895188

Autorenporträt

Michael J. Shea, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in somatic psychology from the Union Institute and has taught at the Upledger Institute, the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, and the International University for Professional Studies. He is a founding board member of the Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy Association of North America and the International Affiliation of Biodynamic Trainings. He is the author of several books, including Somatic Psychology, and lives in Juno Beach, Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Mary Bolingbroke
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Four Intentions
PART 1
Ignition of Life and Death,
Conception and Birth
1 5/11
2 Igniting Compassion: Working with Babies
3 Understanding Sorrow and Death
4 What’s Inside?
BY ANN DIAMOND WEINSTEIN
5 The Boy and the Medicine Are One
BY BARRY WILLIAMS
6 A Compassion-Based Model of Pregnancy
7 Vascular Endothelium and the
Maternal-Fetal Relationship
BY MARY MONRO
8 Birth Transitions
BY MARY MONRO
9 Empty Arms
BY K. MICHELLE DOYLE
PART 2
Mindfulness and Awareness,
Empathy and Compassion
10 Beginnings of Healing PTSD: Diné Medicine
11 Self-Awareness as a Path to Compassion
12 Immeasurable Compassion
13 Mindfulness and Heartfulness
14 Working Heart to Heart, Brain to Brain
15 What Is Health?
16 The Mysticism of the Five Indo-Tibetan Elements
PART 3
Instincts, Metabolism, and Embodiment
17 Embodied Evolution
18 The Metabolic Functions of Human Instincts
19 PTSD: An Evolutionary View
20 Interoceptive Awareness of the Gut and Pelvis
WITH CATHY SHEA
21 Ignition, Midline, and Spiritual Aptitude
22 The Embodiment of Primary Respiration
and the Five Elements
PART 4
A Ministry of Laying On of Hands
23 Perception and Palpation in
Biodynamic Cardiovascular Therapy
24 Basic Biodynamic Cardiovascular Therapy
25 Intermediate Biodynamic Cardiovascular
Therapy Skills
26 Biodynamic Cardiovascular Therapy during Pregnancy
BY K. MICHELLE DOYLE
27 The Breath of Life and Fire in Biodynamic Practice
28 The Five Fulcrums of the Water-Earth Elements
29 Biodynamic and Trauma-Informed Care for Concussions
30 Reclaiming the Mystical Origins of Biodynamics:
Divinity Serves Divinity
BY BILL HARVEY
31 Igniting the Spiritual Heart
Postscript
Bibliography
Resources
Index