Not exact matches
Preventing stress disorders
by holistic approaches, including meditation,
autogenic training, and biofeedback.
This exercise is a form of «
autogenic training,» a relaxation technique developed
by two German psychiatrists, J. H. Schultz and W. Luthe.
Autogenic Inhibition: The process
by which neural impulses that sense tension are greater than the impulses that cause muscles to contract, providing an inhibitory effect to the muscle spindles.
It is thought that applying direct sustained pressure to a tight area can inhibit the tension in a muscle
by stimulating the GTO to bring about
autogenic inhibition.
Rist draws on principles of
Autogenic Training to facilitate a process of relaxation, a technique developed in 1932
by the German psychiatrist Johannes Heinrich Schultz.
His book
Autogenic Structures was published
by Taylor & Francis.