BIOENERGETICS ARRIVED IN BRAZIL IN A VERY SPECIAL MOMENT- AFTER THE FALL OF THE MILITARY REGIME IN THE 80'S. UNTIL THEN WE WERE REICHIAN, FIGHTING AGAINST THE OVERWELMING POWER OF PSYCHOANALISYS. WE WERE OUTSIDERS. OUR MOVEMENT WAS BIG,BUT UNORGANIZED. WE DIDN'T HAVE MANY BOOKS NOR MODELS. WE WERE SAVAGE

BIOENERGETICS ORGANIZED US AND FOCUSED OUR EFFORTS. WE FELT WE COULD HOPE TO BECOME RESPECTED,OF HAVING BODIES CONNECTED TO OUR HEADS.

DR LOWEN VISITED BRAZIL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1989,WHEN AN INSTITUTE HAD ALREADY BEEN ORGANIZED IN SAO PAULO . AFTER THE VISIT MANY OTHER INSTITUTES WERE FOUNDED,IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE COUNTRY. THEY GREW AND DEVELOPED, EACH IN THE PECULIAR LOCAL CULTURE OF SUCH A LARGE COUNTRY.

VIRGINIA 'S ARRIVAL IN THE 90'S ORGANIZED US IN A FEDERATION. TOGETHER WE MANAGED TO EXPAND AND STRENGTHEN BIONERGETICS IN BRAZIL . WE HAD SEARCHED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL MODEL OF A HEALTHY AND WELL BALANCED HUMAN BEING ,AND THIS AMERICAN SCHOOL WAS PROVIDING IT TO US.

BRAZILIAN BODY LANGUAGE IS VERY EXPRESSIVE AND WE STARTED TO FOCUS IT. WE HAD NO DIFFICULTIES OR BARRIERS IN DOING THE EXERCISES. WE HAD NO BARRIERS REGARDING TOUCHING AND BEING TOUCHED,SINCE TOUCHING IS NOT REGARDED AS INTRUSIVE IN OUR CULTURE. WHAT SHOCKED US WAS THE STRESS AND PAIN BIOENERGETIC EXERCISES BROUGHT WITH THEM IN PURSUING.

CRYING,ANGER,STRONG TOUCHES,MADE US ACT-OUT.

IN A COUNTRY THAT VALUES THE SEARCH OF PLEASURE IN DANCING AND SPORTS, PAIN WAS ILL ACCEPTED. WE WERE MUCH CRITICIZED FOR THAT. WE HAD A GROUP IN RIO 'S IPANEMA BEACH THAT REGULARLY MADE BIOENERGETIC GROUNDING EXERCISES WITHOUT CAUSING ANY SURPRISE TO PASSERS-BY. WE ARE AN ANTHOPOFAGIC CULTURE WHICH IS USED TO ABSORBING ALL POSSIBLE TEACHINGS AND TRANSFORM THEM ACCORDING TO OUR CULTURE'S ACCEPTANCE.

WE ARE CREATING MORE AND MORE STRUCTURED AREAS REGARDING ORGANIZATION, EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY WORK.

IN THE XVII INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS IN BAHIA MOST OF THE PARTICIPANT STUDENTS WENT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE VISITORS AND FEEL THE BELONGING TO AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, A HIGHLY VALUED FEELING IN A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. TODAY WE ARE MORE AND MORE SEEN AS PART OF THE 2 nd WORLD.

GOING TO THE 20 TH CONGRESS IN BUZIOS ACQUIRED A MORE EXCHANGE AND SHARE UNDERTONE. IN BRAZIL BIOENERGETICS IS FAMILIAR AND ACCEPTED. WE GREW UP.