Chrissandra

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An article and 10-minute film summarizing the role of three feedback systems in sensorimotor expressive arts therapy-- interoception, exteroception, and proprioception. It describes core principles, including the following: the importance of rhythm, movement, synchrony, and entrainment; sensory integration; and sensory overload as a result of traumatic stress. These principles inform the practice of sensorimotor expressive arts therapy as a form of restoration for individuals... who struggle with the body’s responses in the form of hyperactivation and/or immobilization. "Expressive arts therapy amplifies psychotherapeutic work with the senses and body awareness by introducing multilevel sensory-based experiences through gestures, sound, image making, improvisation, musicality, play, and imagination. By using bottom-up methods involving kinesthetic, tactile, auditory, and other channels of communication, the concept of sensorimotor expands possibilities for deeper somatosensory expression, including body awareness of distress as well as calm, joy, aliveness, and pleasure."

from Cathy Malchiodi‘s Book: Trauma and Expressive Arts Therapy:Brain, Body, and Imagination in the Healing Process: quoting Antonio Damasio’s "The Feeling of What Happens: Body and Emotion in the Making of Consciousness."

Sound, vibration, tones, frequency... the elements of being connected