Autogenics
New Age Therapies
The New Age movement includes elements of older spiritual and religious traditions from both East and West, many of which have been melded with ideas from modern science, particularly psychology and ecology.
Autogenic Training
Autogenic training is based upon passive concentration and body awareness of specific sensations. Autogenic, which means “self-regulation or -generation,” refers to the way in which your mind can influence your body to balance the self-regulative systems that control circulation, breathing, heart rate, and so on Autogenic training allows you to control stress by training your autonomic nervous system to become relaxed.
The technique is used for relieving stress symptoms such as anxiety, tension, sleep disorder, and examination stress as well as in chronic stress induced medical conditions.
Autogenic training is a relaxation technique developed by the German psychiatrist Johannes Schultz and first published in 1932. The technique involves the daily practice of sessions that last around 15 minutes, usually in the morning, at lunch time, and in the evening. During each session, the practitioner will repeat a set of visualisations that induce a state of relaxation. Each session can be practiced in a position chosen amongst a set of recommended postures (e.g. lying down, sitting meditation, sitting like a rag doll, etc.). The technique can be used to alleviate many stress-induced psychosomatic disorders.
