A Phenomenological Reflection Upon the Therapeutic Benefits of Kum Nye in the Recovery from Trauma

Authors

  • Jason Upton Author

Keywords:

Trauma, phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty, movement, body schema, psychotherapy

Abstract

Drawing upon Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology, I examine a personal account of trauma and its effect upon the body schema. This leads to disruptions in the foundational meaning-making in one’s sensorimotor engagement with the world. I then discuss the therapeutic potential for Kum Nye movement to restore the body schema’s everyday functioning.

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Vol. 31 No. 1 (2020)

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Published

2020-01-01

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2020): Existential Analysis

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Articles