Autonomy / boundary movement

Hip-flexor and pelvic response locus

This pelvic locus represents autonomy and boundary movement in the Bodynamic developmental frame. Its location condenses several possible muscle responses and does not imply that autonomy has a fixed anatomical seat.

Existence / early groundingNeed / reaching and receivingAutonomy / boundary movementAutonomy / boundary movementWill / active agencySelf-worth / supportLove / relational contactExpression / voice and assertionSolidarity / social support

Point 3 of 8 in Bodynamics — Marcher Character–Muscle Map

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Lisbeth Marcher and Sonja Ørting, Body Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Bodily Responses (scholarly_modern)

Bodynamic character-structure and ego-function teaching links developmental themes with muscle responses; exact muscle lists and developmental interpretations vary by training edition.

Bodynamic International, Bodynamic Analysis training materials (scholarly_modern)

Practitioner curriculum for the Bodynamic system’s developmental phases, character structures, ego functions, and psychomotor muscle testing; used here as lineage context, not as independent clinical validation.

Marianne Bentzen, The Neuroaffective Developmental Model (scholarly_modern)

Adjacent body-psychotherapy scholarship supporting developmental and relational framing; it does not establish the specific Bodynamic muscle correspondences rendered here.

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