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Muscle carapace by Wilhelm Reich

Reich believed that:


  • the mind and body are a single whole, each trait of a person's character has a corresponding physical posture;

  • character is expressed in the body in the form of muscle rigidity (excessive muscle tension, from Latin rigidus - hard) or muscular shell;

  • chronic stress blocks the energy flows that underlie strong emotions;

  • blocked emotions cannot be expressed and form the so-called COEX systems (systems of condensed experience - specific clots of memories with a strong emotional charge of the same quality, which contain condensed experiences (and related fantasies) from different periods of a person's life);

  • Eliminating muscle tension releases significant energy, which manifests itself in the form of a feeling of warmth or cold, tingling, itching, or emotional uplift.

Reich analyzed the patient's postures and physical habits in order to make him aware of how vital feelings are suppressed in different parts body.

All patients said that in the course of therapy they went through periods of their childhood, when they learned to suppress their hatred, anxiety or love through certain actions that influenced autonomic functions (restraining breathing, tension of the abdominal muscles, etc.).

The reason for the increase in muscle tension in adults is constant mental and emotional stress.

Purity is a state of modern man.
The imposed ideals of material well-being and comfort, the conditions for their achievement, an orientation towards the end result, and not towards life at the moment - keep people in constant tension.
Hence, muscle clamps> spasm of blood vessels> hypertension, osteochondrosis, peptic ulcer, etc. etc.

Everything else is secondary reasons.

The function of the carapace is to protect against displeasure. However, the body pays for this protection by decreasing its capacity for pleasure.

Muscle carapace organized into seven main segments, consisting of muscles and organs. These segments are located in the eyes, mouth, neck, chest, diaphragm, abdomen and pelvis.
Rayhian therapy consists of uncasing in each segment, from the eyes to the pelvis.

Elimination of muscle clamps is achieved through:


  • accumulation of energy in the body;

  • direct effect on chronic muscle blocks (massage);

  • the expression of the released emotions, which are revealed at the same time;

  • spontaneous movements, dance therapy, relaxation exercises, yoga, qigong, holotropic breathing, etc.

1. Eyes. The protective carapace is manifested in the immobility of the forehead and the "empty" expression of the eyes, which seem to be looking from behind the immovable mask. Dissolution is done by opening the eyes as wide as possible to engage the eyelids and forehead; gymnastics for the eyes.

2. Mouth. This segment includes the muscle groups of the chin, throat, and occiput. The jaw can be either too tight or unnaturally relaxed. The segment holds the expression of crying, screaming, anger. Muscle tension can be relieved by imitating crying, lip movements, biting, grimacing and massaging the muscles of the forehead and face.

3. Neck. Includes deep neck muscles and tongue. The muscle block is mainly held back by anger, screaming and crying. Direct impact on the muscles in the depths of the neck is impossible, therefore, screaming, singing, gagging, protruding the tongue, tilting and rotating the head, etc., can eliminate the muscle clamp.

4. Thoracic segment: broad muscles of the chest, muscles of the shoulders, shoulder blades, chest and arms. Laughter, sadness, passion are held back. Holding your breath is a means of suppressing any emotion. The carapace is unraveled by work on the breath, especially by the exercise of a full exhalation.

5. Aperture. This segment includes the diaphragm, solar plexus, internal organs, muscles of the vertebrae at this level. The carapace is expressed in the forward curvature of the spine. Exhalation turns out to be more difficult than inhalation (as in bronchial asthma). The muscle block keeps intense anger. One needs to pretty much dissolve the first four segments before moving on to dissolving this.

6. Belly. Abdominal and back muscles. The tension in the lumbar muscles is associated with the fear of attack. Muscle clamps on the sides are associated with the suppression of anger, dislike. Opening of the carapace in this segment is relatively easy if the upper segments are already open.

7. The pelvis. The last segment includes all the muscles of the pelvis and lower extremities. The stronger the muscle spasm, the more the pelvis is pulled back. The gluteal muscles are tense and painful. The pelvic shell serves to suppress arousal, anger, pleasure.

Reich's belts - 7 segments of the muscle carapace.

Neck area

The neck is a very important area, a kind of barrier and a bridge between the conscious (head) and the unconscious (body). The rationality inherent in Western culture sometimes forces us to rely too much on our own mind. According to American studies that studied how people perceive their body (the so-called "body image"), the size of the head in the internal representation is on average 40-60% of the body size (while objectively, anatomically - about 12%). This "skew" is caused by excessive mental activity, incessant "mental chatter", which gives the feeling that the head is full, and it is impossible to recover or relax. At the same time, the texts generated by the head “do not reach” the body, and the body is simply ignored by the consciousness - a situation of “separateness” arises, a kind of “Professor Dowell's head”. In this case, it is important to focus the client's attention on the signals given by the body so that thoughts connect with sensations.

There is also an opposite version of the “neck barrier”: sensations in the body exist, and they are quite bright, but they are not interpreted, do not reach the level of awareness. This situation is characterized by various pains of psychosomatic genesis, paresthesia, etc., the reasons for which the person does not understand.

Throat area

It is localized in the region of the jugular notch and is associated with the blocking of emotions. It reflects the problems of interaction with other people (communication) or with oneself (authenticity). Such a block can arise if a person finds himself in a situation where it is impossible to admit to himself some unpleasant truth or to do something that threatens to violate his identity (“if I do this, it will not be me”). Also, this zone reflects the impossibility, the prohibition on the realization of some important truths (that is, the prohibition on pronouncing a meaningful text or the prohibition on certain actions: “if I say / do it, it will not be me”). For a long time existing problems in this area, they threaten the development of thyroid diseases, asthma, bronchopulmonary disorders.

The middle of the sternum

This area is located behind the protruding bone of the sternum, below the jugular notch, and the area of ​​resentment is localized in it. Subjectively, sensations here can be perceived as a lump, ball, clot, “stone on the heart”. In this case, there really is an overload of the pericardial canal, cardiac disorders occur. For a person with such a problem, a specific facial expression is also characteristic - pronounced nasolabial folds, lowered corners of the lips - all this adds up to a mask of distrust in the world, resentment.

Center of the chest

According to the eastern tradition, in the middle of the chest at the level of the heart is the heart chakra, anahata - the focus of love and emotional openness to the world. If there is no place for love in a person's life, then another basic feeling arises - longing, which causes a pulling, sucking sensation in this area. Clients may also describe it as the presence of a callous, compressed, cold, dark "substance." The defeat of this zone, as a rule, is associated with large-scale psychological trauma received in childhood - first of all, with the coldness of parents, child abandonment, etc.

Diaphragmatic zone

Captures the area of ​​the diaphragmatic muscles and the epigastric region. In body-oriented therapy, this area is associated with blocking, the prohibition of the expression of any emotion, both good and bad. Also, fears of financial distress and social maladjustment are rooted here. When working with this area, you may feel drawn in even with a voluminous stomach. The tension here is similar to the sensation after a blow "in the breath" - breathing becomes less deep, emotions, crying, laughter "freeze". The body's defense reaction to the formation of a clamp (which is associated with stagnation of blood, lymph, etc.) is often the formation of a fat pad. Also, psychosomatic stomach ulcers, liver problems (in China, the liver was considered a source of anger), and gallbladder often occur. A clamp in the diaphragmatic zone is typical for people who seek to control everything, to keep it in themselves. Typical for them are such speech patterns as “I cannot allow myself to do this,” “I have to pay for all the pleasures,” etc. Also, such people tend to constantly discuss what is happening, generate mental constructs, and see life through the prism of schemes.

The paraumbilical zone

This is the zone of fear, which corresponds to the so-called "Reich belt", which includes the projection of the kidneys. The Chinese called the kidneys a "graveyard of emotions" and a source of cold. After working in this zone (and here long "squeezing" movements are used), the client may feel the redistribution of cold throughout the body.

Pelvic clamp

From the back, this is the region of the sacrum, buttocks, iliac crests, in front - the lower abdomen and inner thighs. Reich associated the pelvic clamp with blocked sexuality. If, as a result of sexual life, there is no deep discharge, giving a sense of integrity, then there is deep spasticity, fat, congestion in the pelvic area. In the presence of a pelvic clamp, many techniques for working with fat deposits are ineffective, since, as already mentioned, they are formed as a protective reaction of the body.


  • Frontal clamp- (helmet of a neurostenic), with constant, prolonged stress, general fatigue.

  • Jaw clamp- jaw clenching (aggression).

  • Neck area- degitality - concentration of sensations, ambivalence> duality.

  • Chest clamp- Bronchitis, asthma, the zone of conflict between want and need. The middle of the chest is the zone of resentment.

  • Diaphragm clamp- blocks emotions (keeps everything in itself, psychosis zone).

  • Fear zone- Fear affects the kidneys and bladder.

  • Pelvic clenches m - Lower abdomen, gluteal muscles.

Wilhelm Reich is a scientist who lived in the XX century, the creator of vegetative therapy. This is a branch of psychology that solves psychological problems of a person by influencing the physical body.

In this article

Wilhelm Reich's personality and biography

Wilhelm Reich lived a rich and hard life full of adversity and disappointment. He was not just a psychologist, but a talented scientist who tried to help humanity.

W. Reich - one of the founders of the European school of psychoanalysis

Wilhelm Reich was born in the village. Dobryanichi in 1897 on the territory of Austria-Hungary. The parents were Jews, but they raised their son in German traditions, introducing him to the culture of the West.

Wilhelm's mother committed suicide after the future scientist found her in bed with her lover and told her father about it. The father briefly outlived his wife. Three years later, he died of tuberculosis. Reich blamed himself for the tragedy all his life.

Shortly after the death of his father, Wilhelm entered military service. Walked First World War... After serving, he moved to Vienna, where he became a medical student at the University of Vienna. It happened in 1918. During his studies, he became interested in the then fashionable psychoanalysis.

In 1922 Reich became the first assistant to Dr. Sigmund Freud. After the conflict in 1927, they parted ways, and Reich created his own direction in psychology. The reason for the conflict with Freud was the difference in political views: W. Reich was an ardent Marxist.

In the following years, Wilhelm Reich was engaged in science and politics. He entered into The communist party and opened clinics in Germany. His innovative ideas aroused disapproval among the communists, and psychologists criticized him for his political views.

Soon Reich was expelled from the Communist Party and the Association of Psychoanalysts. Here are the ideas of the scientist for which he was condemned:

  1. Conducting sex education classes as measures to combat sexually transmitted diseases.
  2. Allowing abortion.
  3. Divorce resolution.
  4. Free distribution of birth control contraceptives.

Reich moved to Denmark. And soon - to Norway, where he became interested in bioenergy.

In 1939, the scientist went to America at the invitation. In New York, Reich developed the idea of ​​orgone, vital energy that moves all living things.

In the middle of the 20th century, Reich created an orgone accumulator, with the help of which he managed to cure patients with cancer and epilepsy.

One of the first prototypes of a working orgone battery

But, despite this, the scientist was refused a license for the production of an orgone battery. In addition, V. Reich was forbidden to engage in the production and development of the apparatus, but the scientist disobeyed the authorities and was arrested. He died in prison in 1957.

The authorities failed to suppress the development of a new trend in body-oriented psychotherapy - vegetative therapy. After Reich's death, hundreds of other scientists continued to develop his ideas, among whom were the students of W. Reich himself.

The modern scientific community does not recognize vegetative therapy and considers it a pseudoscience.

Muscle carapace

Reich was an observant person. While practicing with Dr. Freud, Wilhelm observed his patients and noticed that people with similar problems have physical similarities.

These observations led him to the conclusion that a person's character depends on the structure of the body. Character, as the scientist argued, is not only moral principles and thoughts, but also habitual postures, gestures, movements.

Every person is forced to suppress anger, fear, and sexual arousal throughout their lives. This leads to muscle tightness in certain areas of the body. Muscle carapace, according to Reich, is a set of chronic muscle clamping in the human body. Such a shell is a way to protect oneself from the outside world.

Like Freud, Reich emphasized human sexuality in his studies. But unlike a mentor, Wilhelm believed that there was a huge chasm between morality and instinct, in which a repressed sexuality lay. He believed that life in society is to blame for the fact that people develop psychological illnesses. After all, many topics for society are prohibited, including the topic of sex.

Every person is born free, the scientist believed. But over the years, freedom is limited more and more. This is due to the settings and rules:

  • morality;
  • religion;
  • education.

They cannot be disputed, and the violator is subject to public oppression and censure. Because of this, many live, guided by the rule that it is impossible to stand out, you need to be like everyone else, otherwise punishment cannot be avoided.

Seven segments of muscle carapace

When negative emotions are suppressed, muscle clamping occurs in the human body. If the problem is not resolved and the suppression continues for a long time, then there are many clamps. The human body turns into a cell. But people begin to react to problems only when muscle clamps lead to the development of diseases: deformity of posture, the appearance of a hernia or tumor.

To heal, the patient needs to gradually dissolve the seven segments of the muscle shell. Reich called this process psychological growth.

The muscular carapace is made up of segments that include:

  1. Eyes and forehead. Sight problems are common in clamping these muscles. They arise when a person suppresses fear, not wanting to see what is around him.
  2. Jaws, chin, nape. The repressed emotion is anger or sexual arousal. Occurs when screaming or crying is suppressed.
  3. Neck, tongue. Suppressed anger means that the person was not allowed to express himself, to speak.
  4. Chest, shoulders, arms. The clamp occurs when all basic emotions are inhibited.
  5. Diaphragm. Strong anger is contained.
  6. Back and abdomen. Fear and anger suppressed.
  7. Legs, hips, pelvis. Sexual arousal suppressed.

Visual representation of muscle carapace segments

The release of the clamps should start from the eyes and go down to the pelvis. In this case, the patient's body will be filled with vital energy, which Reich called orgone.

Orgone energy

it vitality... Reich believed that the whole world was saturated with her. Its basis is what Freud called libido and sexuality. It circulates freely throughout the human body, but only if there are no muscle clamps in the body. In this case, the natural flow is disrupted, which leads to illness and loss of sensitivity.

The scientist argued that a sure sign that the flow of orgone in the body is disturbed is the inability to experience an orgasm with the whole body.

The character of a person, according to Reich, is lack of freedom. Character is a set of stereotypes and patterns imposed from the outside. A free person does not:

  • anxiety;
  • fears;
  • aggression;
  • sexual perversion;
  • explosive anger.

Reich was inspired to create the orgone accumulator by the discovery that the world full of orgone energy. It even exists in a vacuum. The scientist was able to find it due to the fact that orgone creates an electromagnetic glow, visible in the blue color spectrum.

Orgone discovered by V. Reich in vacuum

Orgone energy accumulates in structures made in the form of pyramids, hemispheres and bulbs. Cult religious buildings are either made in this form, or have such details in their design.

W. Reich planned to accumulate useful energy from the outside with the help of a battery and direct it to the patient's body. The scientist managed to cure many people. He believed that the device is capable of extending a person's life.

Unfortunately, Reich died long before man first went into space and was able to take pictures of the earth, where the radiance of orgone energy in the Earth's atmosphere is clearly visible. Wilhelm believed that the universe was created by orgone. At the end of his life, in addition to treating people, he was engaged in the development of miniature aircraft that would run on a free and endless fuel: orgone.

V. Reich has proved more than once during his life that he was ahead of his time. Perhaps humanity only has to deal with the legacy of the great scientist in the future.

Vegetative therapy: how to dissolve the muscle carapace

Basic techniques to help you achieve recovery:

  • massage;
  • respiratory;
  • psychoanalytic.

The massage technique consists in squeezing, twisting and squeezing the contracted muscles. To act on the internal muscles that are inaccessible to deep massage, the patient must scream, cry, and feign vomiting.

When the muscle spasm subsides, a large amount of orgone energy is released. Long-forgotten episodes appear in the memory of patients, which led to muscle tightness.

Breathing technique is an alternative to massage. Using deep breathing, the patient saturates the body with orgone energy, and it breaks through the muscle clamps.

The technique of psychoanalysis is to discuss negative and traumatic memories with the therapist. In their work, psychotherapists usually combine all techniques. But besides them, a huge role is played by independent work the patient and his desire to be cured.

Exercises

In addition to the orgone battery, Reich created a set of exercises that will help anyone who wants to learn how to control the flow of orgone in the body. Relax before proceeding.

Reich's set of exercises:

  1. Starting position: squat down.
  2. Get up and open your eyes.
  3. Move your eyes to the sides, rotate and then squint.
  4. Depict sobbing.
  5. Stretch your lips with tension.
  6. Shaking your mouth, tell a poem.
  7. Smile, then feign surprise and disgust.
  8. Depict vomiting cramps.
  9. Long scream or hiss.
  10. Squat down and stick out your tongue far forward.
  11. Climb up. Move your head, imagining that a thin spring has replaced the neck.

Reich believed that:

- the mind and body are a single whole, each trait of a person's character has a corresponding physical posture;
- the character is expressed in the body in the form of muscle rigidity (excessive muscle tension, from the Latin rigidus - hard) or muscular shell;
- chronic stress blocks the energy flows that underlie strong emotions;
- blocked emotions cannot be expressed and form the so-called COEX systems (systems of condensed experience - specific clots of memories with a strong emotional charge of the same quality, which contain condensed experiences (and related fantasies) from different periods of a person's life);
- Eliminating muscle tension releases significant energy, which manifests itself in the form of a feeling of warmth or cold, tingling, itching or emotional uplift.

Reich analyzed the patient's postures and physical habits to make him aware of how vital feelings in various parts of the body were suppressed.

All patients said that in the course of therapy they went through periods of their childhood, when they learned to suppress their hatred, anxiety or love through certain actions that influenced autonomic functions (restraining breathing, tension of the abdominal muscles, etc.).

The reason for the increase in muscle tension in adults is constant mental and emotional stress.

Purity is a state of modern man.

The imposed ideals of material well-being and comfort, the conditions for their achievement, orientation towards the end result, and not towards life at the moment - keep people in constant tension.

Hence, muscle clamps> spasm of blood vessels> hypertension, osteochondrosis, peptic ulcer, etc. etc.

Everything else is secondary reasons.

The function of the carapace is to protect against displeasure. However, the body pays for this protection by decreasing its capacity for pleasure.

The muscular carapace is organized into seven main segments, consisting of muscles and organs. These segments are located in the eyes, mouth, neck, chest, diaphragm, abdomen and pelvis.

Rayhian therapy consists of uncasing in each segment, from the eyes to the pelvis.

Elimination of muscle clamps is achieved through:
* accumulation of energy in the body;
* direct effect on chronic muscle blocks (massage);
* expression of the released emotions, which are revealed in this case;
* spontaneous movements, dance therapy, relaxation exercises, yoga, qigong, holotropic breathing, etc.

1. Eyes. The protective carapace is manifested in the immobility of the forehead and the "empty" expression of the eyes, which seem to be looking from behind the immovable mask. Dissolution is done by opening the eyes as wide as possible to engage the eyelids and forehead; gymnastics for the eyes.

2. Mouth. This segment includes the muscle groups of the chin, throat, and occiput. The jaw can be either too tight or unnaturally relaxed. The segment holds the expression of crying, screaming, anger. Muscle tension can be relieved by imitating crying, lip movements, biting, grimacing and massaging the muscles of the forehead and face.

3. Neck. Includes deep neck muscles and tongue. The muscle block is mainly held back by anger, screaming and crying. A direct impact on the muscles in the depths of the neck is impossible, therefore, screaming, singing, gagging, protruding the tongue, tilting and rotating the head, etc., can eliminate the muscle clamp.

4. Thoracic segment: broad muscles of the chest, muscles of the shoulders, shoulder blades, chest and arms. Laughter, sadness, passion are held back. Holding your breath is a means of suppressing any emotion. The carapace is unraveled by work on the breath, especially by the exercise of a full exhalation.

5. Aperture. This segment includes the diaphragm, solar plexus, internal organs, and muscles of the vertebrae at this level. The carapace is expressed in the forward curvature of the spine. Exhalation is more difficult than inhalation (as in bronchial asthma). The muscle block keeps intense anger. One needs to pretty much dissolve the first four segments before moving on to dissolving this.

6. Belly. Abdominal and back muscles. The tension in the lumbar muscles is associated with the fear of attack. Muscle clamps on the sides are associated with the suppression of anger, dislike. Opening of the carapace in this segment is relatively easy if the upper segments are already open.

7. The pelvis. The last segment includes all the muscles of the pelvis and lower extremities. The stronger the muscle spasm, the more the pelvis is pulled back. The gluteal muscles are tense and sore. The pelvic shell serves to suppress arousal, anger, pleasure.

Muscular carapace Realize your problems

Do you feel tension, stiffness in certain muscle groups for a long time? On you - " muscle carapace"Tightening parts of your body or almost the whole body? If you find yourself "wearing" such muscle "carapace", then this is not only an excuse to see a doctor, but also an invocation of the body to your mind realize your problems.

"Is the universal equivalent of suppressing our emotions. This carapace manifests itself in rigidity, stiffness during palpation (palpation), chronic tension of certain muscle groups. " ”Is a protective mechanism for concealing actual emotional experiences.

Our character is an individual condition and a combination of our sustainable psychological characteristics. Character defines the typical this person behavior in certain life circumstances. Also character largely determines the gait, posture, gestures, facial expressions.

Wilhelm Reich, the founder of body-centered psychotherapy, proposed in 1929 the expression “ muscle carapace". And the defense mechanisms used in concealment, disguise of actual emotional experiences, Reich called "the armor of character."

"Blocks the free flow of vital energy in the body (Reich considered it libidinal), and relaxation of the" shell "releases blocked energy, promotes its renewal of circulation and the release of emotions.

There is a mutual influence: the removal of " clamps"Releases emotions, while satisfying emotions removes" clamps". Certain muscle " clamps»(Blocks) are interconnected with certain emotions.

" comprises seven main segments(there are others) - bodily " clamps"Located on different levels body. " Clamps"(Segments of the" carapace ") schematically represent approximately horizontal rings located at right angles to the spinal column. Level " clamps"In the body echoes the finding of yoga chakras, the number of which is also equal to seven.

Upper body clamp"Is in the eye area ( ocular " clamp» ). At this level, protective " carapace"Is manifested by low mobility of the forehead skin," empty "expression of the eyes, migraine-like pains (which are poorly relieved by painkillers), tension of the neck muscles at the base of the skull.

The main reason for the emergence of this "clamp" is a person's overcontrol in relation to himself and others. Overcontrol (the desire to control everything and everyone) begins to form under the influence of appropriate upbringing as early as childhood.

The existence of an eye "clamp" in a person for a long time leads to the appearance of visual impairments.

Jaw " clamp» (oral) includes the muscles of the chin, throat, occiput. In this case, the jaws of a person can be either unnaturally tightly clenched, or too relaxed. You can check the activity of the jaw "clamp" by palpating (feeling) the chewing muscles. If the palpation of these muscles is painful, then the jaw " clamp" occurs.

The cause of the jaw "clamp" is in unspoken, suppressed expressions of emotions (screaming, anger, crying, and so on). It is often formed from childhood: a ban on the expression of emotions, parents unnecessarily put a pacifier in their child's mouth, in the cold season they unnecessarily close their mouth with a scarf).

V childhood manifestations of "clamping" are diseases of a "cold nature" (tonsillitis, rhinitis, sinusitis). Other manifestations: teeth crumbling, fillings, sleeping, teeth grinding in a dream.

Close to jaw " clamp"In the neck area - cervical " clamp» ... It includes the muscles of the neck and tongue. This segment of the "shell" holds back crying, screaming, anger.

Long-term existence of this "clamp" can lead to dysfunctions of the thyroid gland.

Thoracic (heart) segment of the "shell"includes the muscles of the shoulders, chest, shoulder blades, as well as the entire chest and arms. Blocks manifestations of anger, sadness, laughter, passion, feelings of love, guilt, jealousy, aggression.

Long-term manifestations of the clamp: lung diseases, diseases of cardio-vascular system(cardiac arrhythmias, angina pectoris, myocardial infarctions), diseases of the spine in the thoracic region, chest trauma, hematopoiesis disorders, immunity disorders.

Holding your breath is a means of suppressing the manifestation of any emotion.

The main reason leading to this "clamping" is a ban on the manifestation of one's feelings and rejection of the feelings, emotions of other people, or excessive "splashing" of one's emotions, inability to deny anything to other people.

You can check the presence of this bodily "clamp" by probing the sternum, the area of ​​attachment of the ribs to the hudin. Feeling sore, others unpleasant sensations indicates the presence of a "clamp".

Within the boundaries of the thoracic segment, shoulder " clamp» (some authors see it as a separate " clamp»).

The main psychological reason its occurrence is over-responsibility (that is, attempts to be responsible not only for oneself, but also for many others). With the cultivation of this feeling in children, subsequently formed: scoliosis, osteochondrosis, overweight with a significant deposition of fat in the abdomen.

Checking the presence of a shoulder clamp: probing the muscles of the shoulder girdle. The increased tone of this muscle group indicates a "clamp" at this level (segment).

In addition, in the speech of such people, you can often hear the words: “I (you) must / must, must / must”.

The next segment of the "shell" is the diaphragmatic(includes the diaphragm, solar plexus, back muscles). The more pronounced " clamp", The more the spine is bent forward (in this section). This bodily " clamp"Is mostly held back by intense anger.

"In the lumbar region and abdomen ( « clamp»In the abdomen and lower back) is manifested by the tension of the corresponding muscles. Associated with various fears, feelings of anxiety, suppression of anger, feelings of dislike.

Manifestations of "clamping": diseases of the urinary tract (since the projection on the body of anxiety is the area of ​​the kidneys), when fear "seizes", excess weight is formed.

And finally, the lower segment of the "shell" - pelvic (genital) " clamp» ... This segment includes all the muscles of the pelvis and lower limbs. Genital " clamp"Is responsible for the suppression of sexual arousal, pleasure, anger and is closely related to the thoracic segment of the" shell ".

The reason for the formation of this bodily "clamp" is suppression, rejection of one's masculine / feminine principle, or switching sexual energy into excessive labor activity(workaholism). If in men the image "I am a man" is blocked, then they often have violations of potency, prostate adenoma, prostatitis. If women have a blocked image "I am a woman", "I am a mother-to-be," then they often develop uterine fibroids.

It is quite possible not only to "dissolve" the formed " muscle carapace”, But also to prevent its formation. How to remove body "clamps" or to prevent their appearance? About this in one of the following blog articles.

Let's summarize. " ”Is a protective mechanism for concealing actual emotional experiences. " "Blocks the free flow of vital energy in the body, and the relaxation of the" shell "releases the blocked energy, promotes the renewal of its circulation and the release of emotions. The presence of a certain protective segment indicates the presence of appropriate psychological problems... Chronic " carapace»Blocks in the first place such conditions as anger, anxiety, sexual arousal and manifests itself, in addition to muscle tension and rigidity, various diseases.

»Is formed not in an instant, but over a long period of time. Detection of bodily " clamps"- a serious reason to think about the reasons for their appearance, to identify realize your problems... And the problems are better solved! If you have any questions, ask them in the comments under the article, or on the "Feedback" page.