I would describe a hero as a person who has no fear of life, who can face life squarely. — Alexander Lowen Faces Copy Share Image
What happened to me is that as I grew up, I found that I was smart. My mother had insisted on that… — Alexander Lowen Aspect Copy Share Image
The repression of the memory is dependent upon and related to the suppression of feeling, for as long as the feeling persists,… — Alexander Lowen Dependent Copy Share Image
It is a grave injustice to a child or adult to insist that they stop crying. One can comfort a person who… — Alexander Lowen Adults Copy Share Image
“Since the experience is different for each individual, the tension will reflect that experience. In some persons the whole lower half of… — Alexander Lowen Genital Copy Share Image
Without awareness of bodily feeling and attitude, a person becomes split into a disembodied spirit and a disenchanted body. — Alexander Lowen Attitude Copy Share Image
Spirit is not a mystic concept. The spirit of a person is manifest in her aliveness, brightness of his eyes, in the… — Alexander Lowen Body Copy Share Image
Power seems to confer on its possessor a mantle of superiority, specialness, and sexual potency, which the envious person desperately wants because… — Alexander Lowen Envious Copy Share Image
“We must realize that we are all, like Dr. Faust, ready to accept the devil's inducements. The devil is in each one… — Alexander Lowen Body Copy Share Image
In my opinion the hectic and almost frantic pace of modern living is a clear sign of the fear we have of… — Alexander Lowen Clear Copy Share Image
“It is a common belief that we breathe with our lungs alone, but in point of fact, the work of breathing is… — Alexander Lowen Bioenergetics Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, most people do not stop to feel their tiredness. Faced with the pressures of life, they believe that it is a… — Alexander Lowen Able Copy Share Image
Beneath the seemingly rational exterior of our lives is a fear of insanity. We dare not question the values by which we… — Alexander Lowen Dare 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,… — Alexander Lowen Birth Copy Share Image
Bioenergetics is an adventure in self-discovery. It differs from similar explorations into the nature of the self by attempting to understand the… — Alexander Lowen Adventure Copy Share Image
Death is the fate no one can escape. The question, then, is, How does one die? A person can die like a… — Alexander Lowen Coward Copy Share Image
“Therapy takes us backward into a forgotten past, but this was not a safe and secure time, else we would not have… — Alexander Lowen Battle wounds Copy Share Image
“The most effective weapon a parent has to control a child is the withdrawal of love or its threat. A young child… — Alexander Lowen Bioenergetics Copy Share Image
The single factor most responsible for the disruption of the family is the automobile. Its full effect cannot be assessed. Modern life,… — Alexander Lowen Automobile Copy Share Image
Life is not a mixture of matter and energy but energy in matter, bound in such a way that dissociation is impossible… — Alexander Lowen Bounds Copy Share Image
Sustenance for the infant and child is more than alimentary nourishment. The child needs love, security, narcissistic supplies -- however one may… — Alexander Lowen Children Copy Share Image
Conversation, to take another example, is one of the common pleasures of life, but not all conversation is pleasurable. The stutterer finds… — Alexander Lowen Body Copy Share Image
We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who… — Alexander Lowen Acts Copy Share Image
“Stepping out of one’s world or out of one’s habitual self is a transcendental experience. [...] If we seek transcendence, we may… — Alexander Lowen Dreams Copy Share Image
