Volume 2, No. 3 , 2000

Contents and Abstracts

Articles

Why Do We Need to Teach "Natural Breathing"? by  Robert Fried , Ph.D.

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Learning The Experience of Breath with Prof. Ilse Middendorf by Margot Biestman

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Cold Water Breathwork by Tilke Platteel-Deur

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Rebirthing or Rebreathing : A Recapitulation by Jon RG & Troya GN Turner

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Reich's use of Breathwork as an element in his treatment of a schizophrenic split
by Wilfried Ehrmann

In his book Character Analysis , Wilhelm Reich gives a detailed and lengthy description of a therapeutic process with a schizophrenic woman. Among other techniques, Reich uses the observation of breathing and working with the breath in this process. This article extracts and summarizes the role of breathwork which appears as a predominant tool and healing factor in this treatment.

Book Reviews

Catherine Dowling, Rebirthing and Breathwork: a Powerful Technique for Personal Transformation . London : Piatkus, 2000

Teresa Hale, Breathing Free: The 5-Day Breathing Programme That Will Change Your Life. Hodder & Stoughton, 1999.

Benig Mauger, Songs From the Womb: Healing the Wounded Mother . The Collins Press, Cork , Ireland., 1998.

Hal Stone & Sidra L. Stone, Partnering: a New Kind of Relationship. Novato , California : New World Library.

Martin Boroson, Becoming Me . Illustrated by Christopher Gilvan-Cartwright. London : Frances Lincoln Limited 2000, 2000.