Biodynamic therapy combines specialized massage techniques with advanced psychotherapy bringing about emotional and physical healing. Norwegian psychologist and physiotherapist Gerda Boyesen discovered problems registered in the muscles and organs of the body, especially in the intestines, which she saw as a dual function: to digest food and digest stress.

In psychotherapy sessions she noted that many patients produce loud intestinal gurgling, when releasing emotions and also that massage causes patients to be sick or have diarrhoea but those patients improved more quickly than those who had no physical release.  

Boyesen devised the word 'Biodynamic' to describe the life force or energy, constantly flowing through us, linking body, mind and emotions into one organic unit. She believed that energy is a liquid, flowing force, which is blocked by emotional or physical disturbances, such as severe shock, trauma or injury.  
 

Biodynamic therapy releases physical and emotional tensions through massage and counseling. For example, you may hold grief inside you until it becomes part of your structure and you no longer feel the emotion. In that case, the biodynamic therapist works on your body to release the unexpressed grief, again experiencing a healthy emotional cycle which is of central importance to biodynamic therapy.

Therapists believe that every emotions raising causes a physical reaction in every cell of the body. As it subsides, its residue is eliminated through the intestines and the breath level enabling body to function in a healthy way.

However, if your life is dogged by stress or tension, the cleansing process becomes impaired as the energy flow becomes sluggish and blocked and the muscles of the intestines function incorrectly. Consequently, much of the residue stays in the system. Therapists use massage to bring the residue out of the tissues, and to stimulate the flow of healing energy.