A Somatic Movement Approach to Fostering Emotional Resiliency through Laban Movement Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Although movement has long been recognized as expressing emotion and as an agent of change for emotional state, there was a dearth of scientific evidence specifying which aspects of movement influence specific emotions. The recent identification of clusters of Laban movement components which elicit and enhance the basic emotions of anger, fear, sadness and happiness indicates which types of movements can affect these emotions (Shafir et al., 2016), but not how best to apply this knowledge. This perspective paper lays out a conceptual groundwork for how to effectively use these new findings to support emotional resiliency through voluntary choice of one's posture and movements. We suggest that three theoretical principles from Laban Movement Analysis (LMA) can guide the gradual change in mo

SUBMITTER: Tsachor RP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5594083 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature