Table 1 Overview of Themes and Sub-Themes Presented by Practitioners and Patients
From: Body Awareness: a phenomenological inquiry into the common ground of mind-body therapies
| Practitioners | Patients |
|---|---|
| 1) Theoretical Stance | 1) Reasons for Therapy |
| A) Integrity of Self | A) specific, individual reason based on symptoms, illness, or sense of dis-ease |
| B) Human Capacity for Embodiment | B) motivational drive to seek new resources for active coping |
| C) Central Role Of Embodiment And Integrity Of Self To The Practice | |
| 2) The Practice | 2) Engagement in the practice and what happens from the patients' point of view |
| A) Breath and Breathing | A) Process |
| B) Repetition and Training | B) Shift in Awareness |
| a) Negative Emotion | |
| b) Body Sensation | |
| C) Noticing/Discriminating/Discerning | C) Engagement in |
| a) Self Regulation | |
| b) Self Care | |
| D) Goal of Practice: Integration of Mind, Body and Life Context | D) Integration of Mind, Body and Life Context |
| a)Context | |
| b) Mind-Body Integration |