It is a grave injustice to a child or adult to insist that they stop crying. One can comfort a person who is crying which enables him to relax and makes further crying unnecessary; but to humiliate a crying child… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Crying, that is, sobbing is the earliest and deepest way to release tension. Infants can cry almost from the moment of birth, and do so easily following every stress that produces a state of tension in the body... Human beings… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Not to fear a person with power--to profess, instead, one's love--is to deny that that person has power. — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
“You will stay in therapy as long as you feel it is worth the time, effort and money you invest.” — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
It is only by making the past alive again for a person that a true growth in the present is facilitated. If the past… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Faith is a quality of being: of being in touch with oneself, with life, and with the universe. It is a sense of belonging… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
“As adults, we have many inhibitions against crying. We feel it is an expression of weakness, or femininity or of childishness. The person who… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
A person who doesn't breathe deeply reduces the life of his body. If he doesn't move freely, he restricts the life of his body.… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Above all, faith is grounded in one's body, in one's humanity, and in one's animal nature. It is an biological phenomenon and not a… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Sexuality is not a leisure or part-time activity. It is a way of being. — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
The ego exists as a powerful force in Western man that cannot be dismissed or denied. The therapeutic goal is to integrate the ego… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Are we not witnessing a situation where children are conciously rejecting their parents' value despite love and devotion given to them? The present situation… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
“Happiness is the consciousness of growth. [...] If my definition has validity, it suggests that most people come to therapy because they sense their… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
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