Emotions and Interconnectedness of the Body Healings of Holistic Therapy in The Netherlands

Abstract

This study has contributed to emotions of the body, as a connector between the mind and the body in Dutch society. This study shows through healing of holistic therapy pent-up bodily emotions are released, therefore both bodily and mental issues could be healed. Therefore, this study has shown how Dutch holistic therapy practitioners have transformed their being in the world towards a better integration of bodily emotions and feelings. This study has been two-fold. Firstly, it showed emotions as a connector between the mind and body. Therefore, I suggested that enhancing the acknowledgement and expression of emotions accomplishes self-healing processes of mental and bodily issues. Secondly, when arguing for further acknowledgement of emotions, anthropologists themselves should integrate bodily emotions and feelings into their research tools as well, in order to understand the other.