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Technique for removing muscle clamps from the eye segment from the Reich body-oriented psychotherapy collection
To begin with, just a little theory.
The theorist of body-oriented psychotherapy, Wilhelm Reich, taught: the muscle shell is not formed immediately and not randomly, but purposefully - from below - straight up.
That is, in childhood, the first person to have blocks in the lower segments of the body. And when a person grows up, blocks are formed in him already on the overlying segments of his body.
This happens approximately, like petrification or transformation in fairy tales or "Metamorphoses" by the ancient poet, collector of folklore - Ovid. Remember? A person turns into a stone, rock or tree, starting from the feet. Then it turns to stone to the waist. Then only the lips move. Then he becomes all wood or stone.
And when is a person disenchanted by younger brothers, Persei and other knights? First, the pupils begin to move, then the lips, then the whole person thaws.
That's the same with Reich, although he was hardly fond of fairy tales, he was not a “fairy tale” psychotherapist.
The child is chained in a neurotic muscular shell from below. Upwards. It is already unfastened by an adult, on the contrary - from top to bottom.
And why?
But because children's muscle blocks are always associated with deep intimate traumatic experiences. To untie them is the most difficult thing, they are like chthonic monsters, they are mysterious, they live in Tartarus, and they are incomprehensible. Try to fight them without a tutorial.
And adult blocks on the muscles (upper) are always associated with social trauma. They are neither deep nor intimate and are the easiest to heal. Therefore, they are healed first.
And therefore we always start with the eyes. (If we want to do Body-Oriented Therapy exercises).
Here is one such exercise in body-oriented psychotherapy to release muscle tension.
Body-Oriented Therapy Exercise "Eye Exercise"
The first request is to sit comfortably on the chair, so that your feet rest on the floor. Grounding is the first requirement of body-centered psychotherapy. Don't cross your legs! Unbutton the tightly fastened buckles! Do all Body-Oriented Therapy exercises in a ventilated area!
This Body-Oriented Therapy exercise has six parts. All parts of the exercise are performed before the onset of pain symptoms - otherwise the block will not break. But!
While doing this body-oriented psychotherapy exercise, you may feel dizzy and nauseous. This suggests that you have a very strong block in the eye segment. Therefore, start this exercise by doing only the first part, gradually adding the rest. You WILL NOT be able to do everything right away, you just faint. But do not be alarmed, accumulate all the parts of this exercise gradually. Do it very slowly and smoothly, but with force. And of course - regularly.
It is better if you start doing it yourself at home, because when you come to a body-oriented therapist, you will simply waste time and money if you are not so ready to fully complete all tasks. This is a body-oriented psychotherapy exercise for you - for a month.
Body-oriented psychotherapy exercise to release muscle clamp from the eye segment
Part One of Reich's Body-Oriented Psychotherapy Exercise
Close your eyes with all your might and massage a little (tapping and pressing) the eyelids and skin around the eyelids, temples. Relax this area. Close your eyes with all your might (to pain) for five to six seconds. Then, just as with maximum tension, goggle your eyes. Also for five to six seconds.
Repeat this exercise three to four times.(One time to start)
The second part of the Reich Body-Oriented Psychotherapy Exercise
In this and the following exercises, only the oculomotor muscles work, not the head. You can't turn your head.
Move your eyeballs to the left until they stop. Then to the right. Then left again. Do this as slowly and smoothly as possible. This exercise is performed ten times (ideally).
The third part of the Reich Body-Oriented Psychotherapy Exercise
Make the same movement (to the limit) with the eyeballs, but in the direction "up-down-up again". Ten times. Ideally. The head is again in place, the oculomotor muscles are working. Let me remind you that the exercise is done to pain in the muscles - approximately, like a ballet exercise at the barre.
The fourth part of the Reich Body-Oriented Psychotherapy Exercise
Smoothly, around the entire circumference of the eye socket, turning our eyes to the eyelids as much as possible, we rotate our eyes. We do this exercise ten times clockwise and the same number of times counterclockwise.
Fifth Part of Reich Body-Oriented Psychotherapy Exercise
We repeat the first exercise ("screwing up-goggling" the eyes.
Part Six of the Reich Body-Oriented Therapy Exercise
We sit with our eyes closed and observe our sensations. Relaxation. Five minutes.
For this Body-Oriented Therapy exercise, it is not only normal to feel dizzy. It is also normal if you feel some kind of discomfort (tension) in the jaws (in the jaw segment) or in the throat.
This is due to the fact that all muscle clamps are interconnected and breaking one, we affect others.
This body-oriented psychotherapy exercise targets specific muscle tension and blocks.
Otherwise, it is almost impossible to get rid of muscle clamps and blocks. The road will be mastered by the walking!
Elena Nazarenko
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