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bioenergetics

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bioenergetics
[-en′ərjet′iks]
Etymology: Gk, bios + energein, to be active
a system of exercises based on the concept that natural healing will be enhanced by bringing the patient's body rhythms and the natural environment into harmony.

bioenergetics,
n 1. system in which natural healing is enhanced by creating harmony between the patient's body and the natural environment.
2. therapy created by neo-Reichian physician Alexander Lowen holding that body and mind are functionally identical. Work with the body eases mental tensions and vice-versa, thus creating greater emotional and physical flexibility.

bioenergetics
section of biochemistry concerned with the mechanisms whereby the energy made released from the oxidation of substrates or the absorption of light can be used to drive thermodynamically unfavorable reactions such as the synthesis of ATP from ADP and Pi, or the accumulation of ions across membranes.


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