This paper will discuss the use of dance/movement as a form of active imagination in analysis. The history of this work emerges out of two traditions: depth psychology and dance therapy. The roots of both can be traced to earliest human history, when disease was seen as a loss of soul and dance was an intrinsic part of the healing ritual.
Jung is, of course, the founder of Analytical Psychology and is best known in psychotherapeutic and counseling circles. He is probably next best known by students of comparative religion. But his thought has been applied to fields from physics to ecopsychology.
Superare uno stress, fare fronte a un dolore, ricomporre una lacerazione dell'anima. É come giocare con la sabbia. Si fanno trincee e si schierano gli eserciti sul campo di battaglia; si scavano gallerie e col palmo della mano si batte la pista per far correre le biglie; si innalzano fragili castelli e ancor piú precarie cittá. Si distrugge e si costruisce.
Depression, with its symbolical aspects connected with Saturn, favors in human psyche the return of the interior and the imprisonment of fantasy. Depression causes the suffering, the cold, and the social distance, as well as weight and darkness.
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