Advanced Body Reading

By Melinda H. Connor, D.D., Ph.D., A.M.P

Dr. Melinda H. Connor's new book "Advanced Body Reading" is called "Ground Breaking" by Asst. Clinical Professor of Medicine at University of Arizona's Program in Integrative Medicine, Dr. Ann Marie Chiassion MD. Defining a physiological basis for psychological defensive patterns and linking that to the biofield of the body, Dr. Connor follows in the footsteps of Drs. Freud, Reich, Lowen and Pierrakos. Important reading for all those interested in expanding their knowledge of a psychology for today and tomorrow.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jan 31, 2014
• ISBN: 9781304836809

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Advanced Body Reading

Advanced Body Reading

by

Melinda H. Connor,

D.D., Ph.D., AMP, FAM

Foreword by

Ann Marie Chiasson, M.D.

Edited by

Kendra H. Gaines, Ph.D.

"Advanced Body Reading" © 2016 EarthSongs, LLC.

by Melinda H. Connor, D.D., Ph.D., AMP, FAM

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ISBN: 978-1-304-83680-9

Published by Lulu Publishing in cooperation with EarthSongs, LLC.  31907 South Davis Ranch Rd. Marana, AZ 85658

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DISCLAIMER

The information presented in this book is educational in nature and is provided only as general information.  You agree to assume and accept full responsibility for any and all risks associated with using any of the suggestions, approaches, techniques, body reading skills, and methods described in this book and agree to accept full and complete responsibility for applying what you may learn from reading this book.  By continuing to read this book you agree to fully release, indemnify, and hold harmless, the author, and others as associated with the publication of this book from any claim or liability and for any damage or injury of whatsoever kind or nature which you may incur arising at any time out of or in relation to your use of the information presented in this book.  If any court of law rules that any part of the Disclaimer is invalid, the Disclaimer stands as if those parts were struck out.

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PLEASE ENJOY THE BOOK AND HAVE FUN

To Caitlin Allegra Connor

Here is part of the legacy…

To Dr. John Pierrakos, M.D.

Even though you are gone, I am sure you are watching from somewhere. Thank you for all the wisdom and advice as I developed the work on defense patterns.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book came out of questions from the students at Langara College. They ask beautiful and insightful questions that trigger me to observe more, study more, and think more critically. It is amazing what happens when life-long observations get organized. Special thanks also to Jeff Ford for another beautiful cover. You are a wonderful artist, my friend. Special thanks go to Dr. Kendra H. Gaines for her editorial wisdom through the various incarnations of this book. Kendra, you always make me sound so much better!  Any errors are mine alone.  A thank you, with gratitude to Dr. Midge Murphy who keeps me straight in all things legal. Blessings Midge! To Dr. Ann Marie Chiasson, thank you for the beautiful forward. You are a gift in my life my friend! To Dr. James Oschman for the many times you read the book and shared your insights, you are the BEST! To the team of the AIEH program at Langara College, especially Dan, Ruth, Linda, Monica, Cora, Judith Anne, Robyn, Shelagh and Robin, I am really grateful that you are all in my life and thank you for all the support. To Dr. Sigmar Gerkin, for introducing me to John, gratitude and a large thank you.  To all my Tucson students who read and re-read and critiqued the book, you are all the best! To everyone else who had a hand in this book:

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!

FOREWORD

Anne Marie Chiasson, M.D.

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine

Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine

Tucson, Arizona

I met Dr. Melinda Connor when we were both post-doctoral fellows at the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. It was one of those remarkable occurrences where we both recognized someone on a parallel path, a kindred spirit.  Over the years we have become good friends and have shared wisdoms and insights.  Dr. Connor is an extraordinary energy healer and is one of my teachers for energy healing and the unified field of energy.  Her ability to work with energy as well as create an energetic field is stunning; it has changed how I work with energy and teach my students. Dr. Connor also has extremely clear clairvoyant vision. She has shared incredible stories with me of growing up with sight and of how her grandmother trained her in these skills. She has the capacity to see the body in non-normal frequency ranges and this has been tested and confirmed in the laboratory.

In this book Dr. Connor shares a method for observing the body and discerning, from the physical structure, where a trauma may be held and what the trauma pertains to.  Further, in this book she reviews some of the standard scientific literature that supports her theory of biofield structure, trauma storage, and the resultant body structure. Dr. Connor presents us with a new theory of defensive structure as seated in the muscle memory of the body and linked to major nerve plexus as stored traumas and patterns of repeated traumas. Defensive patterns are well recognized within the psychiatric, psychological and psychoanalytic communities, although rarely linked to the physical structure and underlying energy patterns.  This is why I think Dr. Connor’s work is groundbreaking. As well, it is a brilliant continuation of the work done by Dr. Alexander Lowen and Dr. John Pierrakos. This theory connects major nerve plexus and the development of the autonomic nervous and limbic systems to the defensive patterns seated in the physical body and how this effects the way the individual body structures itself. 

This book is designed for skill development and may be used in many diverse disciplines, from healing disciplines, to all professions that work with human behavior. The information Dr. Connor is presenting can be used by those working in medicine, healing arts, sales, business, teaching and beyond, as it will deepen their ability to see and work with clients and patients. 

Dr. Connor has designed this book to support individuals with a range of sensing skills and to allow healers of all kinds to stimulate seeing and sensing