Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 227-233 , July 2010

Qi Gong exercises and Feldenkrais method from the perspective of Gestalt concept and humanistic psychology

    Dr.
  • Paul Posadzki

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 01603591223.
    • , Dr.
  • Andrea Stöckl

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
    • Tel.: +44 01603 591879.
    • , Dr.
  • Dariusz Mucha

      Affiliations

    • Health and Physical Education Institute, Radom Polytechnic, 26-600 Radom, Poland
    • Tel.: +48 601 482 162.

Received 11 April 2008 ,Revised 15 December 2008 ,Accepted 16 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2008.12.001

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 227-233 , July 2010

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