Diverse Bodies, Diverse Practices: Toward an Inclusive Somatics

A cutting-edge anthology that opens the door for emergent voices from African American, Indigenous, Latin American, and Asian embodiment traditions to transform  the field of somatics
 
The notion of “body” that underlies most available writings about somatic theories and practices often assumes a universal normality of structure and function that has now come into question. In this collection, viewpoints grounded in neural, hormonal, gender, and physiological diversities challenge convention and open up a more inclusive world of somatics for psychotherapy and many forms of bodywork. The authors embody these differences and have developed their particular somatic practices out of direct experience. Their narratives offer new approaches to the transformation of our social order’s bodily roots enabling a healing of the recurrent traumas of the past. Covering topics such as the autistic body-mind, how the human body is both shaped by and shapes contemporary society, and somatic psychotherapy as a trustworthy resource for healing within the African American community, these poignant essays will help students and practitioners of somatics broaden the scope and efficacy of their therapeutic practices.

• Bone, Breath, and Gesture: Practices of Embodiment Volume 1 (Io Series) (Vol 1)
• Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice
• Somatic Psychotherapy Toolbox: 125 Worksheets and Exercises to Treat Trauma & Stress
• Nurturing Resilience: Helping Clients Move Forward from Developmental Trauma--An Integrative Somatic Approach
• Body, Brain, Love: A Therapist's Workbook for Affect Regulation and Somatic Attachment
• My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
• The Handbook of Body Psychotherapy and Somatic Psychology
• Groundworks: Narratives of Embodiment
• Freud and Beyond: A History of Modern Psychoanalytic Thought
• The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love