Sexuality is not a leisure or part-time activity. It is a way of being. — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Change is possible, but it must start with self-acceptance. — Alexander Lowen Acceptance 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… — Alexander Lowen Animal 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
No one is exempt from the rule that learning occurs through recognition of error. — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
Everyone who becomes a psychotherapist eventually adopts a theory that suits his needs. — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
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
“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
We believe it is bad or dangerous to be carried away by our emotions. We admire the person who is cool, who… — 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
In my opinion the hectic and almost frantic pace of modern living is a clear sign of the fear we have of… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
The modern individual is committed to being successful, not to being a person. He belongs rightly to the 'action generation' whose motto… — Alexander Lowen Action Copy Share Image
The only way you can make a marriage work is as free, independent people. It needs to be based on the good… — Alexander Lowen Feelings 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
A person who doesn't breathe deeply reduces the life of his body. If he doesn't move freely, he restricts the life of… — Alexander Lowen Body 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 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
The ego exists as a powerful force in Western man that cannot be dismissed or denied. The therapeutic goal is to integrate… — Alexander Lowen Body 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
Unfortunately, most people do not stop to feel their tiredness. Faced with the pressures of life, they believe that it is a… — Alexander Lowen 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
The person senses what it feels like to be free from inhibitions. At the same time he feels connected and integrated –… — 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… — Alexander Lowen Children Copy Share Image
A person with faith does not question its roots, for he knows that if he subjected it to the critical examination of… — 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… — Alexander Lowen Animal Copy Share Image
The primary nature of every human being is to be open to life and love. Being guarded, armoured, distrustful and enclosed is… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
“There are many roles that people play and many images that they project. There is, for example, the "nice" man who is… — Alexander Lowen 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 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… — Alexander Lowen 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 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 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
“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
“The cases described in this section (The Fear of Being) may seem extreme, but I have become convinced that they are not… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image
A person does not choose his or her fate; he or she only fulfills it. We are bound by our fate as… — Alexander Lowen Copy Share Image