somatikk
Somatikk is a term used in several languages to refer to bodily aspects and processes, as opposed to mental or cognitive ones. The word derives from the Latin soma and the Greek sōma, meaning body. In many contexts, somatikk or somatic describes things related to the body, including its structure, function, and diseases, as distinct from the mind or psyche.
In medicine and biology, somatic denotes the physical body rather than the mental or genetic components of
In psychology and psychotherapy, somatic approaches emphasize the body as a source of information and a means
In education, dance, and the arts, somatic practices encourage learning through embodied experience rather than purely
Overall, somatikk encompasses a range of disciplines that foreground the body as a central category of study