Alexander Lowen

Alexander Lowen
Born	December 23, 1910(1910-12-23) New York City, New York, United States
Died	October 28, 2008(2008-10-28) (aged 97) New Canaan, Connecticut, United States
Residence	New Canaan, Connecticut, United States
Education	City College of New York, Brooklyn School of Law, University of Geneva
Website
http://www.bioenergetic-therapy.com

Dr. Alexander Lowen (December 23, 1910 – October 28, 2008) was an American psychotherapist. A student of Wilhelm Reich in the 1940s and early 1950s in New York, he developed Bioenergetic Analysis, a form of mind-body psychotherapy, with his then-colleague, John Pierrakos (February 8, 1921 – February 1, 2001). Lowen was the founder and former executive director of the International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis in New York City.

Born in New York City, Lowen received a bachelor's degree in science and business from City College of New York and an LLB from Brooklyn Law School. His interest in the link between the mind and the body developed during this time. He enrolled in a class on character analysis with Wilhelm Reich. After training to be a therapist himself, Lowen moved to Switzerland to attend the University of Geneva, which awarded him an M.D. in June, 1951.

Lowen lived and practiced for the majority of his life in New Canaan, Connecticut. He suffered a stroke in July 2006.

In April 2007, The Alexander Lowen Foundation was founded to continue Dr. Lowen's legacy.

Lowen died on October 28, 2008 at the age of 97.

Bibliography

• The Language of the Body (1958)
• Love and Orgasm (1965)
• The Betrayal of the Body (1967)
• Pleasure (1970)
• Bioenergetics (1976)
• Depression and the Body: The Biological Basis of Faith and Reality (1977)
• The Way to Vibrant Health: A Manual of Bioenergetic Exercises, co-author Leslie Lowen (1977)
• Fear of Life (1980)
• Narcissism: Denial of the True Self (1984)
• Love, Sex and Your Heart (1988)
• The Spirituality of the Body (1990)
• Joy (1995)
• Honoring the Body: The Autobiography of Alexander Lowen, M.D. (2004)
• The Voice of the Body (2005)

See also

• Esalen Institute
• Posture (psychology)

External links

1. Bioenergetics Press, republishing many of Lowen's books
2. Alexander Lowen Foundation, contains historical material
3. International Institute of Bioenergetic Analysis