Postura di Sicurezza/en
| ID | tec_postura_sicurezza
|
|---|---|
| Categoria | presenza |
| Prima comparsa | 2018 |
| Corsi | Tres Dias Belo Horizonte |
Postura di Sicurezza is a technique of the Paret Method in the presence category. It constitutes a bodily foundation for anchoring oneself in the present and discharging worries to the ground through vertical alignment and grounding of the legs.
Definition
The Postura di Sicurezza represents a practical and immediate application of awareness to the verticality of man. It is an upright posture with weight distributed on the legs, knees slightly bent, and spine consciously aligned. Its ancient symbol is the letter I (vertical), which represents both growth and systemic balance of the body.
In the Paret Method, this technique is not merely postural, but a vector of presence: bringing consciousness to verticality tends to balance the entire bodily system and stabilize the practitioner's psychophysical state.
When to use
- Foundation of presence: Before any exercise of fascination, magnetism, or non-verbal hypnosis
- Energy discharge: When perceiving an accumulation of tension or worry
- Self-calibration: To synchronize with the present and enhance subsequent non-verbal communication
- Personal protection: As the basis of the "Armadura de Luz" and magnetic radiation techniques
Components and steps
- Assume an upright position with feet shoulder-width apart
- Slightly bend the knees (5-10 degrees)
- Bring awareness to the spine and verticality
- Distribute weight evenly on the legs, feeling contact with the ground
- Imagine a vertical line from sky to earth through the body
- Consciously discharge tensions and worries downward
Distinctions
- vs tec_presenza_corporea: The Postura di Sicurezza is a simplified and accessible form of bodily presence, focused on verticality as the primary element; advanced bodily presence further integrates multisensory awareness
- vs tec_congruenza_movimento: The Postura di Sicurezza is the fundamental static state; congruence of movement constitutes its dynamic evolution
Theoretical foundations in the Paret Method
In Keys and Symbols of Mesmerismus®, Dr. Paret emphasizes that consciousness of verticality is closely connected to awareness of the spine and the organ of balance. From birth, the child unconsciously seeks to stand up: there is a primitive unconscious desire for verticality. Bringing attention to this basic element tends to rebalance the overall bodily system.
Courses where it is taught
- Tres Dias Belo Horizonte (Primeiro Día – O Caminho Magnético)
- Various trainers of the Paret Method
Notes
- The technique is preparatory: it must precede more complex work of non-verbal hypnosis and magnetism
- [to be confirmed by Marco] the recommended holding time in a didactic session
- Contraindications: none known; however, in case of balance disorders, consult first
Polyvagal reading
The postura di sicurezza codified by the School of the Paret Method is, in the language of the Teoria polivagale, a somatic staging of safety that activates the ventral vagus through the afferent pathway: the nervous system, when the body assumes a configuration of organized stability (verticality, free breath, soft gaze, contact with the ground), receives from the body itself the signals that allow the ventral to organize the other circuits. The principle is what William James and Antonio Damasio have articulated as bottom-up emotion regulation: posture is not only an expression of the state, it is one of its causers.
The effectiveness of posture as a tool for accessing the integrated state is confirmed by research on embodied cognition (Cuddy, Carney, Yap) and contemporary somatic practices. The operational tradition of the School integrates this discovery with two elements that empirical research struggles to thematize: relationship (the posture acts with more power in the presence of another regulated body) and the symbolic dimension (the posture is not only mechanical but evokes initiatory configurations — the archer, the priest, the warrior in full aisance).
Polyvagal theory does not reduce the postura di sicurezza to an afferent reflex: it offers its physiological basis and recognizes the convergence with operational traditions that have used it for centuries.