Self-worth / support
Upper-abdominal and diaphragm response locus
This upper-abdominal locus represents self-worth and inner support in a developmental reading. The placement is a modern synthesis and should not be read as a biomedical explanation of confidence, shame, or visceral symptoms.
Point 5 of 8 in Bodynamics — Marcher Character–Muscle Map
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
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.