BPM II — crushed chest

Pressure and entrapment

This point represents the crushing or constricted chest sensations that can accompany BPM II's experience of uterine pressure and blocked passage. It is a phenomenological chest marker rather than an anatomical or cardiopulmonary assertion.

BPM I — oceanic periphery (left)BPM I — oceanic periphery (right)BPM II — no-exit throat constrictionBPM II — crushed chestBPM II — crushed chestBPM III — psoas struggle (left)BPM III — jaw struggle (right)BPM IV — crown openingBPM IV — chest release

Point 4 of 8 in Holotropic Breathwork — Basic Perinatal Matrices

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Stanislav Grof, The Adventure of Self-Discovery (primary)

Stanislav Grof, Beyond the Brain: Birth, Death, and Transcendence in Psychotherapy (scholarly_modern)

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