A Phenomenological Reflection Upon the Therapeutic Benefits of Kum Nye in the Recovery from Trauma
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https://doi.org/10.65828/8gfxvr96Keywords:
Trauma, phenomenology, Merleau-Ponty, movement, body schema, psychotherapyAbstract
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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