Overview

Autogenic Training consists of six mental exercises that are based on short autosuggestions, or "formulas." Sensory feelings and states are emphasized, including heaviness and warmth in the extremities, regulation of respiration and cardiac activity, abdominal warmth, and coolness of the forehead. The therapist uses a calm, relaxed voice and makes statements about these feelings and physical states, which the client then repeats internally. The exercises are learned in a specific sequence, and the client achieves each state before initiating the next exercise.AT can be taught in individual sessions, and it is frequently used in group treatment. Training is best done while sitting or lying in a comfortable position, as it allows the mind and body to switch off the sympathetic fight/flight/freeze stress response and restore the parasympathetic rest, recuperation, and recovery response.

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