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The Wild Region of Lived Experience introduces the emerging discipline of somatic-psychoeducation, a powerful body-mind modality developed over a period of 25 years by author Danis Bois. Somatic-psychoeducation uses aspects of manual therapy (touch), movement, and psychotherapeutic methods to help people heal from physical and emotional issues, as well as develop their maximum potential for balance, well-being, and creativity. Considering the person as a body-mind unit, this method aims to resolve physical pain and psychological suffering, thereby helping the subject regain the sure sense of his or her life. By teaching people to perceive, to feel, and to reflect, they learn from their bodies and from events in their lives. Parts I and II of the book provide a general description of somatic-psychoeducation, as seen through Bois's career path and personal experience. Part III introduces the idea of ""bodymind tuning,"" which involves methods of touch, movement, introspection, and verbal dialogue to connect the patient more fully to his or her body, thoughts, and behavior. Part IV explores the origin and evolution of physical and psychological pain and explains how somatic-psychoeducation helps people heal. This is an ideal reference for movement educators and therapists, as well as those seeking a holistic approach to their own healing.

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I've never seen such a powerful and complete method for transformation. Danis Bois encompasses body and soul in a way yet unknown in North America. When you read Danis Bois's book, you know that you're entering a new region of your lived experience. This book is about you. <br>--Pierre Paille, PhD <br> Although somewhat skeptical about alternative treatments, in general, I have had personal experience with this method and have found it to be quite powerful. It is very effective in fostering the development of inner awareness and has great therapeutic potential in this regard. Demonstrating the validity of alternative therapies presents a difficult challenge with respect to creating an appropriate experimental design. Danis Bois and his colleagues are to be commended for their efforts in exploring a scientific understanding of this phenomenon through their work at the Modern University of Lisbon. <br>--Neil Sonenklar, MD

I've never seen such a powerful and complete method for transformation. Danis Bois encompasses body and soul in a way yet unknown in North America. When you read Danis Bois's book, you know that you're entering a new region of your lived experience. This book is about you. -Pierre Paille, PhD Although somewhat skeptical about alternative treatments, in general, I have had personal experience with this method and have found it to be quite powerful. It is very effective in fostering the development of inner awareness and has great therapeutic potential in this regard. Demonstrating the validity of alternative therapies presents a difficult challenge with respect to creating an appropriate experimental design. Danis Bois and his colleagues are to be commended for their efforts in exploring a scientific understanding of this phenomenon through their work at the Modern University of Lisbon. -Neil Sonenklar, MD

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Danis Bois was born in France in 1949. Trained as a physical therapist and osteopath, he was head of the re-education centre of Vend me's hospital (France) for four years. In 1983, he founded a school of fasciatherapy, a manual therapy originally inspired by his experience of osteopathy. In the following years, this therapy spread across several countries in Europe and North America, including France, Belgium, Switzerland, Greece, Portugal, Germany, and Canada. This work has just recently been introduced in the US and in Brazil. In 2000 he completed a university diploma in Developpement Cognitif et Social du Nourrisson (Cognitive and Social Development of the Newborn) at the Universite Paris V, and then a Licenciatura de Psicopedagogia Curativa (Masters in Curative Psychoeducation) at the Modern University in Lisbon. In 2003, he became Visiting Professor at the Modern University in Lisbon, where he created a post-graduate program in somatic-psychoeducation and a Master's Degree program in perceptual psychoeducation. He was appointed Director of the Centre for Applied Research and Study in Perceptual Psychoeducation (CERAP) at the Modern University in 2004. In November 2005, he completed a doctoral program in Education Sciences at the University of Seville. He is the author of several books and articles.

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