The Neutral in biodynamic cranio-sacral osteopathy – an extraordinary state of consciousness
Item
- Title
- The Neutral in biodynamic cranio-sacral osteopathy – an extraordinary state of consciousness
- Author(s)
- Nyul Günter
- Abstract
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The present thesis examines the question whether the Neutral in biodynamic cranio-sacral osteopathy represents an extraordinary state of consciousness. For this purpose a total of 49 test persons (n=49) were examined. To evaluate the state of consciousness the Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory (PCI) was used. In addition, the paper looks at whether certain traits of personality have an influence on the changes of consciousness during a biodynamic treatment. The necessary data for the analysis was collected by means of two questionnaires, on the one hand, the Freiburger Persönlichkeitsinventar (Freiburg Personality Questionnaire, FPI) and, on the other hand, a questionnaire that was developed by the author for this specific purpose.
The examination was carried out on four different days. Every participant completed the PCI twice and the FPI and the author’s questionnaire once. The patients answered the questions of the PCI once with regard to a 5-minute period of sitting still (cf. Pekala, 1991) and a second time with regard to the period during which a lateral fluctuation was carried out. Both other questionnaires were completed before the biodynamic osteopathic treatment was delivered.
Overall, 17 dimensions showed significant changes of the state of consciousness during the biodynamic treatment, among them 9 major dimensions and 8 minor dimensions. Further, the study was able to show that the examined personality traits had only small or no influence on the state of consciousness of the test persons during the lateral fluctuation. Rather, it is the individual degree of hypnoidal receptiveness of the participants which is an important parameter.
Key words: Biodynamics, Neutral, cranio-sacral osteopathy, lateral fluctuation, extraordinary state of consciousness, Freiburg Personality Questionnaire (FPI), Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory - presented at
- Wiener Schule für Osteopathie
- Date Accepted
- 2009
- Date Submitted
- 1.12.2009 00:00:00
- Type
- osteo_thesis
- Language
- English
- Number of pages
- 111
- Submitted by:
- 62
- Pub-Identifier
- 12887
- Inst-Identifier
- 781
- Keywords
- Neutral,Consciousness
- Recommended
- 0
- Medium
- NyulGuenter.pdf
- Item sets
- Thesis
- Media
- NyulGuenter.pdf
Nyul Günter, “The Neutral in biodynamic cranio-sacral osteopathy – an extraordinary state of consciousness”, Osteopathic Research Web, accessed April 26, 2024, https://www.osteopathic-research.com/s/orw/item/3032