Relational chest

affect and breath

The chest marks a region where clients may notice breath, affect, and relational response. It is a phenomenological anchor for tracking, not an organ diagnosis.

Orienting faceRelational chestRelational chestDefensive trunkAction handsGrounding legs

Point 2 of 5 in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy — Window of Tolerance Map

Cross-tradition overlaps

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Sources

Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, Clare Pain, Trauma and the Body (scholarly_modern)

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