Sophrology
Sophrology ( Gr. Sos "balance", phren "soul" and logos "teaching") is a relaxation technique founded by the Colombian neuropsychiatrist Alfonso Caycedo in 1960, which is derived from Indian yoga and relieves physical and mental complaints, e.g. B. childbirth pain, through relaxation, contemplation and meditation wants to improve. It is described as a "relaxation method based on the promotion of sophrological awareness, a state between sleep and wakefulness".
The method has experienced a certain distribution in France and Switzerland. Some scientific studies have also been published in these countries; So far, however, there is no proof of effectiveness according to the criteria of evidence-based medicine .
Sophrology is used above all for complaints that are caused by stress and other psychological tensions or at least accompanied by them, as well as in sports. B. Julien Wanders sophrology specifically in training.
literature
- Raymond Abrezol: Sophrology: The New Path to Healthy Living. Panorama-Verlag, Altstätten / Munich 1988, ISBN 978-3-907506-11-0
Individual evidence
- ^ Edwin Lowell Cooper, Nobuo Yamaguchi: Complementary and alternative approaches to biomedicine . Springer, 2004, ISBN 978-0-306-48288-5 , pp. 199 ff . (English, google.com [accessed January 26, 2011]).
- ↑ Sophrology . Groupe Mutuel , accessed April 28, 2018.
- ↑ Swiss Academy for Training in Sophrology according to Caycedo. (pdf, 39 kB) Groupe Mutuel, May 25, 2015, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; accessed on April 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Fit for Life: I'm not crazy, just consistent. In: https://www.fitforlife.ch/artikel/julien-wanders-im-interview/ . Fit for Life, accessed May 29, 2019 .