Current Update

     Alexander Lowen passed away peacefully in his sleep between midnight and 2am on the morning of Tuesday, October 28, 2008. Al was 97 years of age, 2 months shy of his 98th birthday on December 23rd. Despite a debilitating stroke two years ago, Dr. Lowen enjoyed his last years in loving care at his home in Connecticut. An international group of caregivers, Nana from Ghana, Karen from Jamaica, Eddie from the Bronx, and Monica, his angel on Earth, from Brazil, cared for him and loved him in the comfort of his home. With their help, the help of others, his visitors, and all people wishing him well, he enjoyed and struggled, agreed and disagreed, argued and accepted, listened to music, danced, worked his body, and lived a full life to the end. A student and lover of life, his was a life that wished to live. He will be missed by many, even as he is still with those who knew him.

     Dr. Lowen's life touched all of us very deeply. We have been able to cherish and benefit from how he created Bioenergetic Analysis and touched tens of thousands of lives. He always had profound respect for the body and the power of the life force. He was buried at a private family funeral on November 8. His passing is deeply mourned by his son Frederic and family, wife Cheryl, and daughter, Sonia. Dr. Lowen leaves a sister, Sylvia Murray, 93.      

     A memorial service open to all friends will be held at his home in Connecticut in late Spring 2009.          

Frederic Lowen, Robert Glazer, John Yong
Directors
The Alexander Lowen Foundation

The entire announcement from the Alexander Lowen Foundation is located on This Weeks Feature.

This guestbook is provided to honor Alexander Lowen.
Whether you have known him as a friend, teacher, mentor, therapist, colleague, or through his writings, please share your experiences and stories about Alexander Lowen with us.

You can enter your thoughts honoring Dr. Lowen by sending us an email at:

AlexanderLowenFoundation@gmail.com.

We will post your entry in the guestbook below.
Signing your entry is welcome, but is not necessary. If you have pictures you can send us, please include them.

Dr. Lowen, I am eternally grateful to you!  You saved my life through your faith in me, but really through your faith in the body.  When I first met you through your book, JOY, I was a lost soul divorced from my body.  When I met you in person for the first time during your workshop in Pauling, in 1999, I had complete faith in your work, but it would take years of your work before I developed faith in my own body. 

My ego was a formidable opponent, and my defenses were mighty and refused surrender – I held one with every fiber in my being, because letting go felt like death.  Dr. Lowen, thank you for never giving up on me, I needed your support so badly!

I miss you so much!  I miss your comforting presence, your unshakable faith that I too would know joy, that it would all be OK.  You are in my heart always, I feel like you are my guardian angel.  I do my exercises almost every morning.  They are the gateway to reestablishing my energetic connection to my body, and I need to do that a daily basis to stay sane, grounded and humble. 

Through your work, I have been fortunate to receive many gifts – best of all, my faith in myself and my body, and in life.  I know that I will continue to do your work for the rest of my life, because there is no other way.  And my intention is to give others the chance to know it as well, through any means I am able!

I know your soul is at peace, looking down on those you have touched, and loving us.

December 11, 2008

Tribute to Dr. Lowen

There are moments, places and persons we do associate to privileged moments. Links then weave and furrows of sense burrow inside. My meetings with Dr Lowen left this type of prints in me. I would simply like to share with you all, who also weaved links with Dr. Lowen, some echoes of these unforgettable furrows.

I worked with Dr. Lowen for the first time in 1990. He had just turned 80 years old and one could therefore consider him as an " old man " … well at least on paper! Over the next ten years, I had several opportunities to witness the level and the quality of the energy of this man, and each time I was surprised. Even at my last workshop in Pawling in 1999, shortly before the decease of his spouse Leslie, the energetic way he wrapped up his bioenergetic stool in his bag still impressed me.

The first time I met Dr Lowen was a decisive experience in support of my wish to dive into the ocean depths of my unconscious. I felt invited by his blue eyes to dive into this terrifying and extraordinary adventure, I felt sincerely welcome and reassured as he seemed to be staring at me with a tremendous compassion.

I remember certain moments when I felt really privileged to be able to witness the art of this exceptional care taker of the soul, especially when some of his interventions were revealing all the delicacy, the correctness and the depth of his understanding of the issues that were so much at stake for us.

I keep in mind the expression of his face beaming with a very simple joy, while he was gently hopping on the back of a female colleague lying on the mattress during a working session. His look had the freshness of a child who enjoys playing leapfrog.

I also remember his open and attentive look, at the end of working day in Saint Lucia, as we were trying to capture this unique moment when the sun disappears on the skyline of a calm sea, producing a short, bluish and intense flash.

During the years I was close to him, I also met his gaze which carried on the infinity. This look seemed to me timeless, embracing life, time and space. It was a look of quiet eternity.

When I think of it, I still feel inside the effect of every moment in his company. The effects of this look, which I still feel deeply, are part of the precious legacy of my years of contacts with Dr. Lowen. Meeting and knowing him gave me the opportunity to participate in a wonderful banquet of life, lodged right in the center of mysterious and very powerful fundamental energy processes.

For me, Dr. Lowen was a warrior which confronted suffering and fright with the courage of the lion. At times, he had to face violent storms, but he was standing at the helm of his ship with confidence, with the deep belief of one who knows that he is sailing in the seas of one's deep truth. His trust in the processes he was trying to re-launch with the persons who asked for his assistance was unlimited.

Dr. Lowen was a master-builder and a rallying person. I wish his impressive vitality and deep faith in energy processes will continue inspiring all the members of our bioenergetics' community.

Allow me to offer my condolences to Fred and to all Dr. Lowen's relatives and close friends.

Let me share also with you some pictures of these moments.

With love,
Marc Bégin, psychologist, CBT, Quebec city, Canada

Hommage au Dr. Lowen

Il y a des moments, des lieux et des personnes avec qui nous vivons des moments privilégiés. Des liens se tissent alors et des sillons de sens se creusent à l'intérieur de nous. Mes rencontres avec le Dr Lowen ont laissé ce type de traces en moi. Je voudrais simplement partager avec vous tous, qui avez également tissé des liens avec lui, quelques échos de ces sillons tracés à jamais en moi.

C'est en 1990 que j'ai travaillé avec le Dr. Lowen pour la première fois. Il venait d'avoir 80 ans et on pouvait donc déjà le considérer comme un. « vieil homme »…enfin sur papier! J'ai, par la suite, maintes fois été témoin et surpris du niveau et de la qualité de l'énergie de cet homme durant les dix années que je l'ai côtoyé. Même lors de mon dernier séminaire à Pawling en 1999, peu de temps avant le décès de Leslie son épouse, la façon dont il avait rangé son tabouret de respiration dans son sac de transport dégageait une vitalité qui m'impressionnait encore.

Ma première rencontre avec lui fut une expérience déterminante dans le soutien à mon désir de plonger dans les profondeurs abyssales de mon inconscient. Je me suis senti convié par ses yeux bleus à plonger dans cette terrifiante et extraordinaire aventure, profondément accueilli et sécurisé par son regard chargé de compassion.

Je me souviens de certains moments où je me suis senti privilégié d'assister au travail de cet artiste des soins de l'âme, lorsque certaines de ses interventions révélaient toute la finesse, la justesse et la profondeur de sa compréhension des enjeux avec lesquels nous nous débattons.

Je retiens l'expression de son visage rayonnant d'une joie toute simple, alors qu'il sautillait gentiment sur le dos d'une collègue étendue sur le matelas lors d'une séance de travail. Son regard avait la fraîcheur d'un enfant qui a du plaisir à jouer à saute-mouton.

Je me souviens aussi de son regard ouvert et attentif, à la fin d'une journée de travail à Sainte-Lucie, alors que nous tentions de surprendre cet instant unique où le soleil disparaît à l'horizon, sur une mer calme, produisant un bref éclat de lumière bleuté et intense.

Durant les années où je l'ai côtoyé, j'ai aussi croisé son regard qui portait sur l'infini. Ce regard me semblait intemporel, embrassant la vie, le temps et l'espace. C'était comme un regard de tranquille éternité.

Lorsque j'y reviens, je ressens encore en moi les effets de chacun des moments passés en compagnie de cet homme. Ce regard, dont je ressens encore en moi les effets, fait parti du précieux legs de mes années de contacts avec le Dr. Lowen. Ma rencontre avec lui m'a donné l'opportunité de participer à un fabuleux festin de vie, logé en plein cœur de processus énergétiques fondamentaux, mystérieux et très puissants.

Pour moi, le Dr. Lowen était un guerrier qui affrontait les souffrances et les peurs avec le courage du lion. Il récoltait des tempêtes à l'occasion, mais il était à la barre de son navire avec l'assurance et la profonde conviction de celui qui sait qu'il navigue dans les mers de sa vérité profonde. Il avait une confiance inébranlable dans les processus qu'il travaillait à remettre en marche avec les personnes qui lui demandaient de l'aide.

Le Dr. Lowen a été un bâtisseur et un rassembleur. Je souhaite que son impressionnante vitalité et sa foi profonde dans les processus énergétiques continuent d'inspirer l'ensemble de notre communauté bioénergéticienne.

En terminant, j'aimerais offrir mes condoléances à Fred ainsi qu'à tous les proches du Dr. Lowen.

Avec amour,
Marc Bégin, psychologue, CBT, Québec, Canada

December 5, 2008

Hello,

I have never met Dr Lowen, but I have read most of his books and they have helped me much understand the language  my  body used to tell me who I was/am and thus to communicate and interact more with it.
I am thankful to Dr Lowen , for his love for life, and for the simplicity with which he turned his ideas and understandings accessible to people like me who are not in the  medical area.
Souls like his are like stars shinning in the darkness.

December 2, 2008

Slideshow Tribute to Dr. Lowen
Sent in From Malu Millerman

"Every time that I was with him, he used to say:
'I am an old man but I feel good, I dance and
I move my body to avoid rigidity,'
and his eyes always shinning, very alive"

Click to view slideshow Tribute to Dr. Lowen

Click to download slideshow in .pdf format.
Click to download slideshow in .ppt format

December 2, 2008

What a Dear Dear Soul has made his passage and with a circle of such Love around and within him. Thank you all so much for being who you are in this world and taking his work to even greater levels so that it will continue to grow and live on.

Wow, what an experience I was blessed to have with just one two hour session with him in his home. Afterwards, I was so worn out on the train in 5:30 traffic I could not even sit up! People were complaining about me get uptaking up all the seats by lying down on the way back to N.Y. and all I could say was really I cannot sit up! If you will help me up I will move any where so you can sit, but you are going to have to sit next to me to hold me up! They all wanted to know if I had been beaten up? My response was "In a good way! By a great therapist". They thought I was so crazy yet they helped me up and I slept the whole ride back, found a cab sleep there, and at last my hotel bed slept the entire night. Who would have thought a nice little ol Grandfatherly like guy like 89 or so with that sweet house and feeding the ducks could within one second after such a loving welcome become tah***`dah "THE BIONIC JUMPING SEE THRU YOU GRAND FATHER HULKSTER MR.BIO-ENERGETICS" himself and take you back BEFORE the womb was created while he was saying I can't really work the way I used to, and I am saying "Thank-God" because I dont think I would be able to walk out the door and down to the end of the street and leave without falling down and causing major choas! And at that second, Dear Dr. AL Lowen helped put my scarf around my neck and my hat on my head so gently.

My Love to all,and again thanks for all the love each of you have continued to share and have been healed and continue to heal others with*********Paula Hinson

December 2, 2008

J'apprends tout juste le décès du Dr. Alexander Lowen avec tristesse mais surtout avec un Grand Respect pour cet homme que je n'ai jamais eu la chance de rencontrer, mais qui a changé ma vie, celle de mon mari et par le fait même de mes enfants.

Il vit et vivra toujours à travers son oeuvre qu'il nous a laissé, par son travail majestueux. Un grand Homme, un grand Pionnier.

Une grande dame du Québec, qui a étudié en France, avec le premier élève du Dr. Lowen, transmet à son tour son oeuvre à travers le Québec. À notre tour, Mon mari et moi nous nous sommes donnés comme mission de transmettre son oeuvre ici même au Québec. Nous en avons fait notre mission de vie.

Dr. Lowen, vous avez fait beaucoup "d'enfants" à travers le monde. Vous resterez vivant à jamais dans nos coeurs, car votre oeuvre se transmet chaque jour à travers le monde et aide des milliers de gens à vivre dans l'unité Corps, Âme, Esprit.

Ce soir, dans notre groupe de thérapie, nous allons prendre quelques minutes pour célébrer la vie en votre honneur.

Un Grand Merci et soyez honorez.

LE CENTRE DE SOI
Jo Ann Guay Désilets, b.t.s.
Christian Gosselin, psychothérapeute en s.i. (pratique de la bioénergie)
Laval, Québec, Canada
1 décembre 2008

Rough Google translation by Foundation:

I learn just the death of Dr. Alexander Lowen with sadness but with great respect for this man that I never had the chance to meet, but that has changed my life, that of my husband and the fact even my children.

He lives and live forever through his work he has left his majestic work. A large man, a great pioneer.

A grande dame of Quebec, who studied in France, with the first student of Dr. Lowen, in turn transmits his work in Quebec. In our turn, my husband and me we did our mission is to transmit his work here in Quebec. We have made it our mission to life.

Dr. Lowen, you've done a lot "of children around the world. You will stay alive forever in our hearts, because your work is transmitted each day throughout the world and helps thousands of people to live in unity Body, Soul, Spirit.

Tonight, in our group therapy, we will take a few minutes to celebrate life in your honor.

Thanks a lot and be honored.

THE CENTER FOR THE SELF
Jo Ann Guay Desilets, b.t.s.
Christian Gosselin, a psychotherapist in S.I. (practice of bioenergy)
Laval, Quebec, Canada
Dec 1 2008

December 1, 2008

Death of Dr Alexander Lowen

Dr Lowen death let me think to all what his work, developing that of Wilhelm Reich, has done in my life. It allowed me to develop myself first and then, now, to work successfully in the field of clinical sexology, Working with a mind-body unity understanding of human being is very effective in psychotherapy and in sexotherapy.
Could this little message be a great “THANK YOU Dr Lowen !”

Dr Dominique Chatton

Psychiatrist and psychotherapist FMH

Clinical sexologist ISI, ASCliF & AIHUS

28, rue de Genève

CH-1228 Chêne-Bourg / Switzerland

December 1, 2008

Thank you, danke, Alexander Lowen!

Ich werde dir ein ehrendes Andenken bewahren und ich wuensche allen Angehoerigen, Freuden und Bekannten eine gute Trauer und ein Weitertragen deiner Gedanken und Absichten. Auch im Weiterentwickeln soll dein Geist, Alexander Lowen, würdig und ehrenvoll weiterleben.
RIP – Ruhe in Frieden. Amen.

Mit stillen Gruessen – von Herzen

Stephan Caspar-Landolt

Google's Rough English Translation

Thank you, thank you, Alexander Lowen!

I will send you a ehrendes souvenir store and I wish all relatives, friends and acquaintances, a good mourning and a re wearing your thoughts and intentions. Also in the further development should be your spirit, Alexander Lowen, dignified and honorable to live.

RIP - rest in peace. Amen.

With regards breast-feeding - from the heart

Stephan Caspar Landolt -

November 28, 2008

In memoria di Alexander Lowen: Grazie!

Grazie!
Grazie per il Suo continuo ed incessante lavoro, che ha consentito a chi si era perso di ritrovarsi e ritrovare.

Laura Ferretti

Google's Rough EnglishTranslation

In Memory of Alexander Lowen: Thank you!

Thank you!
Thank you for your continued and incessant work, which allowed those who had lost to find and retrieve.
 
Laura Ferretti

November 28, 2008

Grazie Dr. Lowen

Da Roma un pensiero affettuoso alla memoria di Alexander Lowen per l'opera svolta in favore dell'umanità con dedizione e coraggio per il bene e la salute del prossimo.
Ho conosciuto la Bioenergetica tramite mia moglie Maria Stallone Alborghetti che ne è una entusiasta ed altrettanto operosa paladina. Il nome di A. Lowen ricorre spesso nelle Sue presentazioni e nel Suo libro "Bioenergetica per tutti - prevenzione e benessere". Io stesso cerco, nel mio piccolo, di fare gli esercizi di Bioenergetica e quindi avrò per sempre un ricordo affettuoso verso chi li ha resi possibili.
Grazie Alexander con l'augurio che sempre più persone migliorino, con la Bioenergetica, le loro salute fisica e mentale e aiutino questo mondo a diventare più umano e buono.
Bruno Zucchi.

Google's Rough English Translation

Thanks Dr. Löwen

From Rome to an affectionate remembrance of Alexander Lowen for his work in favor of humanity with dedication and courage and for the good health of others.
I knew the Bioenergetics through my wife Maria Stallone Alborghetti who is also an enthusiastic and active champion. The name of A. Löwen often mentioned in your presentations and in his book "Bioenergetics for all - prevention and wellness." I try in my small, to do exercises Bioenergetics and then I will forever remember an affectionate toward those who made them possible.
With Alexander with the hope that more people will improve, with the Bioenergetics, their physical and mental health and help this world to become more humane and good.

Bruno Zucchi.

November 27, 2008

Honouring a "Somebody" I never met

He was a friend... But we never met...
He was my teacher... But I never trained with him...
He was a guiding light... But I never saw him...
He was my healer... But he never laid a hand on me...
He help me discover my inner self...
He showed me how to sense my body...
He taught me the real meaning of sex...
He calmed down my fears...
He encouraged me to express my anger...
He freed my lungs... My soul...
He showed me how to let my energy flow...
He taught me how to shine and how to love my shadows...
He demonstrated that falling is necessary...
For each fall is an opportunity to rise higher...
He inspired me to help others to heal themselves...
He put me in touch with my inner body, my soul, my spirit...
He placed my feet right on the ground...
He showed me that reality is my friend...
But foremost he opened my heart...
And made me realise that the worst fear of all fears
is the fear of love...
I send you Alex, from my open heart...
A first and last “thanks”...
for all the blessings you seeded...
in my body... in my soul... and in my heart

Jorge Pérez-Ruiz
November 2008 – Caracas - Venezuela

November 27, 2008

I met alexander Lowen through his italian teachers and his books..
I hope He will help us to continue in following the path to body and soul
consciousness and I wish him a pleasant rest in our hearts.

Diana Scubla
Milano Italia

November 21, 2008

Dr. Lowen

I remember Dr. Lowen's positive spirit and easy smile, his gentleness and love of life. Please let us know when the memorial service will be held. Thank you- Linda Ripley

November 21, 2008

Remembering Al

Al helped me to sob in my first meeting with him-- while I was bending over the stool, he pressed his chest against mine while I breathed, and held it there. I remember him saying that we didn't need to feel ashamed about crying or sobbing--he did some crying every day.

He changed my way of being in the world, and I am forever grateful.

Anton Lethin (San Francisco)

November 20, 2008

Honoring Lowen

Dear Alexander. I’m young, 25 years old. And so far from you, in italy. But I would like to say you that many seeds you have sown in your life. One of these seeds reached my heart. Here and now i feel my body, my emotions, and my feelings. You were an angel of love.
Thanks

November 20, 2008

Honoring Dr. Lowen

I am a Mexican therapist and about twenty five years ago I was blessed with the opportunity to know through my own experience the bioenergetic therapy. That was the beginning of my personal journey of growing and expanding my inner horizon.
I began studying a whole course with a great teacher named Ilse Kretzschmar, and from that moment I began to read all the books from Dr. Lowen. I admire him very much, and I'm very grateful with life and with him because through his wisdom, his tenderness, his honesty, and the clear recognition of his humanity he has enlightened my life.
Thank him and god blesses for him and his family.
Best regards,

Georgina Hernández Bernal
Murcia, Spain

November 18, 2008

I´m so sorry!
I send one big kiss and hug to the family and cooworkers.
Thanks to him, I got an important tool for my work.

Monica Manzano

November 18, 2008

I was sad to hear of Alexander Lowen's death last week, I met him once at a workshop on Bioenergetics that he presented at Vasser College in 1980-81. His work had a great influence on me as graduate counselling student at SUNY New Paltz, and I was fortunate in finding a Reichian therapist in Woodstock, where I first started my own personal journey back home to my body. During the 5 years I lived in NY I can say that my life was immeasurably changed by my reading and personal experience of bioenergetic therapy. On my return to England I continued developing my interest in 'bodywork', and did a full training in 'biodynamic psychotherapy' (Gerda Boyeson) at the Chiron Centre in London. Twenty five years later I work as a University Lecturer, and run a private psychotherapy practice, and Lowen's work is still a central theme in my work, practice and life. I am sure he must have been an inspiration to many people throughout his life, to me he made a big difference.
Attached is a contemplative photograph of me in the mountains that I love, and a poem about 'presence', written by my partner that seems to sum up the essence of Lowen's message.

Dr. David Tune. Phd. C.Psychol. UKCP.
Senior Lecturer in Counselling & Psychotherapy,
York St John University, England.

When I am Present

When I am present
I am a vessel,
I feel my walls,
I am contained,
I breathe with my space inside
And feel my base touching the surface ground below me.
My walls both separate and join me with the world
And yet I am open like a vase.
I am in readiness, in silence, in stillness.
I have space inside to receive:
I can be fully with myself, but not full up.
Here now I can be ready, alert, curious, listening,
Interested, open-to-possibility, balanced,
Held and holding,
Open to what may come in.
And I know if I am present
My vase will hold me
And I can return here – whatever. 
When I am not present
My vase cracks, shatters and even falls to the ground.
The impact of the world outside forces in.
I get too full up,
I am overwhelmed,
I lose myself.
I am lost
And in this place I can’t feel anything.
Like the shattered pieces on the floor,
I am fragmenting.
I am dismembered. 
In writing this I notice my personal process and my existential root.
My next question was, so how do I get back ‘into presence’ … 
So how do I find myself back into my presence?
I need to be gentle,
I need to feel when the pressure out there is building
I can slow it down before I start to crack.
I don’t have to jump and climb,
And hang on your thread to your deadline.
And that’s just what it feels like,
A ‘dead-line’.
I don’t want to feel on the end of your line – dying.
On the existential edge of touching my void,
Lost without my presence. 
Come back, 
Come back,
Breathe and feel.
Come back in the hereness of ‘here’
Come back in the ‘nowness’ of now
And ‘re-member’ 
My Presence keeps me safe
And holds my middle ground.  

November 16, 2008

I spent with Al Lowen some of the most beautiful years of my life.
Through his teachings in his seminars as well as in our friendly meetings both in the USA and in Italy I not only deepened my knowledge of psycotherapy but I got to know and enjoy the frienship of an extraordinary man.
His development of the Reichian work, mostly misunderstood, has an enormous theoretical and practical potential. It will certainly remain in the collective memory of present and future generations.

Gilberto Briani
Florence, Italy

November 16, 2008

Im very sorry to hear the news, its a great loss for everybody but also a great opportunity to carry on the flame from the fire that he started.

My condolences to the family and friends.


Manuel Gómez Solera
Costa Rica

November 16, 2008

Saying Thank You Alexander Lowen

i first saw alexander lowen in new york city speaking to us in the audience of his work, bioenergetics. this was in the sixties and i was a young dance therapist , who had studied with marian chase. i was in orgone therapy as a patient and fascinated with how powerful all this bioenergetic and orgone therapy was. since that time, so long ago, i have been fortunate to have studied with a very fine bioenergetic therapist, and i have enjoyed a long time practice as therapist.. thank you alexander lowen for your wisdom, your books , your furthering of reich's work, and your example of a true healer.

suzanne kossoy

November 16, 2008

I am deeply moved and compelled to honor and share my connection to Alexander Lowen. Beginning at a young age I knew something wasn't "right" in my family. In Junior High School I began going to the library reading about Freud - trying to "figure it out".

Adolescence, friendships, school, college, marriage, and parenthood intervened protecting and distracting me from my inner quest. My exploration and search for a therapist began as a young mother. I read about many different therapies and therapists. I knew I needed someone "bigger than myself" as I had throughout my young life done my own soul searching and self exploration.

Alexander Lowen spoke to me. I felt I could "turn myself over" to this approach and therapist. The most important and basic truth I learned in my therapy with Dr. Lowen was that there was a reason why I felt the way I did. The accepting therapeutic environment allowed and provided the safety for me to thaw and re-experience feelings that long ago went underground. Alexander Lowen as a therapist gave my life back to me.

As a therapist, Alexander Lowen lives in and through me as I work with clients who have chosen me as a vehicle to learn about themselves.

He remains a central influence in my life.

Gloria Robbins LCSW BCD

November 14, 2008

Memories of Alexander Lowen

My first contact with Dr. Lowen was through his books. After reading Betrayal of the Body and Depression and the Body I knew I was going to follow Bioenergetics as my main line of psychotherapy. I went to New York and New Canaan many times in the 1980s and 1990s to have private sessions with him and attend his Pawling workshops. Those were wonderful transforming experiences. Though I had other trainings and teachers, I still consider Bioenergetics my main reference, a body of invaluable knowledge that Dr. Lowen developed, inspired by his teacher Wilhelm Reich.

Personal and professional life are marked by his therapeutic interventions and ideas, put into practice. I also knew and trained with Dr. John Pierrakos. The wisdom and presence of these two estraordinary men have changed my life and are a continuous reference.
Thank you Dr. Lowen, I like to believe that you and Dr. John Pierrakos have met again and will continue to inspire us.

With love,
Odila Weigand
São Paulo, Brazil

2002 - workshop at Pawling New York for faculty. Dr. Lowen with Myrian de Campos, Odila Weigand and Liane Zink.

2005 - Bioenergetic International Conference at Cape Cod when Dr. Lowen conducted the whole audience to dance around the room. That was his message to the Bioenergetic community

November 14, 2008

a poem to dr. Lowen

doctor

"O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done..."

our fearful trip is done, dear doctor
is thank you enough?
you save me alive
you taught me so much
and you became a human being
as I was being born

dear father, old friend
your energy is yours now
your lady,
your ocean of Life

I will keep mine here
you know
I can say, like you:
everything I dreamed for
became possible to me

I was young, you were old
I was lost , you were found
and I loved you
very very much

Goodbye, my father
be well

Felipe de Campos d. Vaz

November 14, 2008

EN HONOR AL DR. ALEXANDER LOWEN

Gracias Maestro!

Lo recordaré con mucho amor!

Que descanse en paz!

María Jimena Salinas
Buenos Aires
Argentina

Foundation's Rough English Translation

In Honor to Dr. Alexander Lowen

Thanks Maestro!
We remember him with love!
May he rest in peace!

María Jemena Salinas
Beunos Aires
Argentina

November 13, 2008

A letter to Alexander Lowen

Dear Al Lowen

When I received the news that you have passed away, I felt a deep sadness as if I had lost a dear parent. I felt better when I read the notice of your Foundation informing you had left peacefully. Unfortunately, I have never had the opportunity of meeting you, but I feel I knew you from all the books and articles you have written along decades and the knowledge you have transmitted to your readers and followers. Wherever you are, I should tell you that you have completely changed my life during almost two decades and you are doing it yet. I’m sure you will be very happy to know about your success in dealing with arthritis rheumatoid in spite of your doubts about it. When I begin my training, co-ordinated by Ed Svasta, I suffered from terrible pains all over my body. Every articulation ached, I could hardly move and I saw frequently the shadow of a wheelchair. I almost give up my training. My colleagues and trainers’ encouragement as well as my willingness and commitment made me go ahead. It was not a miracle, but a hard and continuous work together with my trainers, supervisors and therapist following your principles and methods. Slowly but consistently I began to defreeze and to conquer my mobility back as I could elaborate better and read the signs my body sent to my mind constantly. At last, I could breathe more deeply with weaker restraints and cuts and take conscious of and express my emotions instead of repressing them as I did in the past. Finally, the split between my body and my mind began to heal and I believe that this will be a never-ending process, as you have referred in your auto-biography. I’m 58 old and I have never felt myself with such a sense of freedom, entireness, aliveness and faith as nowadays. I simply feel joy and happiness.
This is my tribute and my debt towards you. Believe me, you still are and will be alive in the memories of my recovered body (head included) and always present in my practice with my patients. I’ll try to go on honouring your work, your legacy.
Thank you and rest in piece by the excellence of the role you have played on earth.

Maria Teresa Goulão
Lisbon, Portugal

November 13, 2008

Good bye dear man. I am filled with sadness and vivid memories. Every interaction with you was genuine. Even driving silently in a car with you. I love you forever for your brilliance, your simplicity and your straightness.

Leslie Case

Al surrendering in St. Lucia, 1992

Al dancing in Brazil, 1988

     Al sailing in Greece, 1980’s

November 13, 2008

Despedida

Acabo de recibir esta noticia sobre la perdida de Alexander Lowen y mi corazon esta acongojado. Este hombre nos ha dejado un legado bellisimo y en homenaje a su persistencia, espiritu universal, vision , capacidad de hacer multiplicar sus hallazgos y compromiso con la vida y el cambio, siento la tristeza de su partida y la gratitud por la extension de su corazon a traves de su obra. Se que quienes abrazamos y compartimos parte de sus enseñanzas continuaremos aportando cada día para que la vida de la bioenergética perdure en generaciones futuras, en una reflexion activa sobre la importancia de vivir en cuerpos vibrantes , deseantes, amorosos , creativos,libertarios. Conoci a Alexander Lowen y con perpetua gratitud, despido hoy a un hombre apasionado, un hombre que se atrevio a respirar exhalando para todo nosotros, la caricia de con movernos. ,haciendonos protagonistas de el pulso que nos arraiga a la tierra y nos dispara a conquistar el arte de vivir ... amar.... vivir...gracias querido Alexander Lowen adios querido maestro. gran hombre.

SUSANA YASAN

Bioenergética. Escuela de Técnicas Corporales
Y Creativas Integradas.
Formación para la salud, la educación y el arte

Foundation's Rough English Translation:

Farewell

I just received this press release about the loss of Alexander Lowen and my heart is upset. This man has left us a legacy and beautiful tribute to his persistence, universal spirit, vision, ability to multiply its findings and commitment to life and change, I feel the sadness of his departure and gratitude for the extension of his heart through his work. Is that those who embrace and share some of his teachings will continue to make every day for the life of the bioenergetics endure in future generations, in an active reflection on the importance of living in vibrant bodies, desiring, loving, creative, libertarians. Alexander Lowen met with gratitude for life, today seen as a passionate man, a man who dared to breathe exhaling for all of us, with a caress of the move. , making the pulse of players us rooted to the ground and inspire us to conquer the art of living ... love .... ... wanted to live through Alexander Lowen goodbye beloved teacher. great man

SUSANA YASAN

Bioenergetics. School of Technical Body
And Integrated Creative.
Training for health, education and art

November 13, 2008

A Tribute and Remembrance of Dr. Alexander Lowen

Bioenergetics and Dr. Alexander Lowen have been and are such an important, healing part of the lives of all who knew of him and participated in Bioenergetics. I am grateful that I was able to learn of Dr. Lowen and the information he shared. I send my best thoughts to all of his family members and close friends. I am sure he is having a very good time on the other side and might be conducting some bioenergetics classes and teaching classes. He will be missed on earth. It is good to remember that his love for us and our love for him will always live.

With deep respect,

Lana Hartman-McCuen
Tucson, AZ.

Thank you for the information.
I appreciate knowing this information.
Take care, everyone.
And keep up the bioenergetics.

November 13, 2008

I remember dancing with Dr. Lowen at a conference in Boston about 6 years ago. I admired his vibrancy to lead the group around the room and we moved our bodies into the light of the earth. I still feel the dance of life that lives in all of us. He celebrated life through his work and I thank him so much for bringing this gift into the hearts of so many people. I live through his dance.

Anita De Francesco
Los Angeles, /Phila

November 13, 2008

Thank you very much for sending me these news. I am just another of the thousand of readers that admire Alexander Lowen greatly. He has been instrumental in shaping my way of looking at us, humans... I always go back to his books as they are full of love and hope. I think of myself as fortunate to be alive at the same time as he was.

November 13, 2008

AL Lowen's Passing

With the passing of Alexander Lowen, it feels as if another chapter in the history of Body Psychotherapy has closed. The deaths in the last few years of Myron Sharaf, John Pierrakos, Eva Reich and now Alexander Lowen have now closed a chapter in the history of those people with direct therapeutic contact with Wilhelm Reich.

All of these people not only experienced Reich's work directly, but adapted Reich's work in their own unique ways - this is inevitable and healthy. Many - without the direct contact - have also reinterpreted and adapted Reich's work. But Alexander Lowen, one of the co-founders of Bioenergetic Analysis, through his writings and public appearances, helped promote Reich's work and helped Body Psychotherapy (though perhaps he never used that term) to emerge out of the doldrums of the 1950's with Reich's imprisonment and death. Body Psychotherapy, which includes Bioenergetic Analysis, is now a healthy and thriving part of mainstream Psychotherapy on both sides of the Atlantic and also elsewhere in the world.

Alexander Lowen popularized and legitimized Reich's 'Character Analysis' work and demonstrated - in a very vital and alive way - how this could be used for health, rather than just for the correction of neuroses. With the Bioenergetic exercises, and with his wife (as portrayed in The Way to Vibrant Health), he set a new paradigm for Body Psychotherapy and for the way in which we collectively see the body. He managed to disempower the pedestal-like 'authority' of the Therapist, and make (him) into an ordinary person - a man or woman (in underpants) - with similar tensions and a similar (or related) embodied history of these tensions - maybe just a few steps ahead of the client himself or herself. For that, we will be forever grateful; as well as for the vast body of lively and very readable (and popular) books and writings. He came across to both the scientist, the clinician and the ordinary person.

His passing, whilst inevitable and expected at such an age, whilst being a tribute to his practice, will still mark a turning point in our history - and we grieve: not for lost opportunity - as he made the most of his life; not for a wasted life - for he achieved more than most; not for his family and friends - as he loved them fully; but that - perhaps - we never got to know him as much as we would have liked to; or never managed to engage fully with his rapier-like mind; or that we would have really liked to have worked with him intimately or in more depth.

Dear Al - even though I only met you briefly many years ago - I have long sat at your feet and exposed your work - recommending it to many a client and trainee. I did not agree with everything that you said - inevitably: we are from different generations and cultures. I wish you well in your transition to whatever lies ahead of such a brave spirit and I resoundingly applaud your life achievements (something I never managed to say to your face).

Courtenay Young
(Past-President of EABP - European Association of Body-Psychotherapy)

November 12, 2008

Now, alas, I am the sole survivor of the original Board of the Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis! I owe a huge debt to the adventure of helping to found the Institute and to Al Lowen. That event shaped the rest of my life both personally and professionally in a profoundly positive way. In part, I owe my continuing good energy, and ability to continue to work and enjoy life at a ripe old age, to the work that we did together. And to John P. as well. Thank you both.

Alice Kahn Ladas

November 12, 2008

To all of you,

Who worked and shared his life and passions my deepest condolences. All of us in Montreal are profoundly touched by his death.

Marie France Gauthier

November 12, 2008

Descansa en Paz !

Agradecida por la herencia que nos dejaste, tus libros, tu obra, tu Fundación, tesoros para encontrar el gozo en nuestras vidas. Orgullosa de pertenecer a la familia Lowen y comprometida con extender lo que nos enseñaste. Le pido a Dios por tu descanso y por la serenidad de quienes te aman. Fred te envío un abrazo cálido para tí, tu esposa e hija. Extiendo mis condolencias a Bob, Jhon y todos los pertenecientes a la Fundación.

Gaby Mesa
Venezuela

Foundation's Rough English Translation:

Rest in Peace!

Grateful for the legacy you leave - your books, your work, your foundation - treasures to find the joy in our lives. Proud to belong to the Lowen family and committed to extend what they taught us. I ask God for your rest and the serenity of those who love you. Fred, sending a warm hug for you, your wife and daughter. I extend my condolences to Bob, John, and all those belonging to the Foundation.

Gaby Bureau

Venezuela

November 12, 2008

What a man, what an era, what a legacy. Al Lowen has my love and thanks. He did indeed save me and my family. I learned to choose and find happiness. It was grace that allowed all of us to work and grow and love in the community of bioenergetic analysis.
I was privileged to walk among giants. Alexander Lowen will be honored and missed.
Thank you for letting me know of his passing.

Sally McIntyre MacBeth

November 12, 2008

I just wanted to wish through the ether ....god speed and I look forward to seeing you once again. I attended many conferences where Dr. Lowen spoke. In 1973 was the first time I met when he accepted my husband as a patient and worked wonders for him that no other therapist every could.

karen bordonaro
Alabama

November 12, 2008

We are many to have liked and admired Lowen. In my manual on body psychotherapies (in french), it is one of the most referenced authors of our field.

Michel Heller, Dr. Phil
Psychologue & Psychothérapeute FSP/AVP/EABP

November 12, 2008

My British stiff upper lip and neck were never the same after attending one of Al Lowen’s pioneering workshops in California during the mid-sixties. He, with John Pierrakos and Stanley Keleman, was presenting his neo-Reichian work in a group setting – a rather new concept and a powerful contribution to the Human Potential Movement of the time. I remain ever-thankful for that weekend as I embarked on life with Charles R. “Chuck” Kelley and the development of Radix Education. If Chuck were alive today, he would want to honor Al. He did pay tribute to him during their lifetimes, however, at the 1st US National Conference on Body Oriented Psychotherapy in Massachusetts in 1996, and his words remain valid today:
“I have known Al Lowen since the last years of Wilhelm Reich’s life in the fifties. Al and John Pierrakos were busy organizing their new Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis in New York City. I remember, in the years that followed, attending lectures by Al at the Community Church in New York, thoughtful lectures that became articles printed by the Institute. Many of these evolved into chapters of his early books, such as Love and Orgasm and The Betrayal of the Body. May personal favorite among all of Al’s books is still his first one, The Physical Dynamics of Character Structure, later reissued as The Language of the Body. No better book on character types and the body has ever been written.
Al Lowen is an easy person to hate. Those who have taken verbal shots at him are legion. To tell the truth, I have had the impulse to wring his neck a time or two myself. He is aggressive, cocky and opinionated. He is also creative, insightful, and productive, a man who has made the most of his potentialities.
Every one of us at this conference owes Al Lowen a large debt of gratitude. His books and the Bioenergetic movement he and John spawned have been the most significant force in body-oriented psychotherapy since Reich’s own work. It has changed the face of body-oriented psychotherapy and personal growth practice. The system I created, Radix, grew from my association with Reich, and it is distinctively my own, but I use bioenergetic concepts and exercises in almost every session. So, I believe, do the great majority of the hundreds of other professionals at this conference – often without even knowing it. Such is the impact of bioenergetics on our field.
And so it is our privilege and pleasure today to honor Alexander Lowen, to take this moment to pay homage to him and his work, and to express our gratitude for what he has done for each of us and for the profession that we practice.
Thank you, Al!”

Erica Kelley

November 12, 2008

Al passed into the light of eternity....

I am glad I have a friend who forwarded this information to me. When I saw Al last year on his birthday he seemed to be happily detached from what was going on around him, while we played his favorite music and talked with Marina, near his bed. His body responded to the rhythm of the music I brought him as birthday gift and he smiled as he talked to his son who called to congratulate him on his birthday.

As a Feldenkrais Practitioner I was called by him to give him a few sessions while he was still practicing in NYC, in his office. He was open and interested and responded favourably to the treatment.( I told him it is not energy work but neuromuscular adjustment and balancing ). At the time he had a knee pain. I was with him in a few workshops and once a month in private sessions, while I was going through the pangs of separation and divorce, after 20y of marriage. I loved Al dearly, as he reminded me of my father, was born on exactly the same date and month and was initially a lawyer, as my father was. He had a sense of humor and a compassion and warmth that I cherished. His books still inspire me every time I read them again and again.

May he rest in peace...
Tatiana Light

November 12, 2008

Dr. Lowen, you will be remembered with a fondness of heart and a lightness of spirit.

My mother began Bioenergetic therapy in the mid-1970s. She introduced me to this work, which began a self-discovery process that I have continued on for more than three decades.

What a gift Dr. Lowen has given to the seekers of this world.

I extend my heartfelt sympathies to his family. May the legacy that he has left behind be of some small comfort during these difficult days.

Robin O'Grady
Clarkston, Michigan

November 12, 2008

It is with great sadness that I receive the word of Al's passing. He was unquestionably one of the greatest influences in my life, and the lives of everyone I've touched, because he contributed substantially to all I am and all I've been able to contribute. His wisdom and skills transformed the lives of thousands of people, his influence immeasurable. It was my great honor to know him, to be treated by him, to be trained by him, and truthfully to be saved by him. He will always be part of all that I do, say and am.

The entire McIntyre family benefited from our long and close association with Al, and it may well be that he is directly responsible for our family remaining intact and functional. I'll not go into all the details, but suffice to say he had a direct influence on each and every one of us.

Al's friendship with my father and mother was the source of huge benefit for both of them. They delighted in the workshops at Eslan and around the world together, and the many evenings spent well into the night engrossed in deep conversation. My mother still speaks warmly and fondly of those times.

I'm pleased that his passing was peaceful, pleased that his last years and days were with people who loved and cared for him.


Jeb McIntyre

November 12, 2008

At around age 35 I was so lucky to be able to finally meet the man whose wise words I had first read as a 22 year-old. As part of the certification training group in the Mid-Hudson Society, with Miki Frank's nudging, we were able to visit Dr. Lowen at his home and learn how to feed a parrot, amongst other things. (Hint: you let the parrot reach out to you to take it, you don't force it at him/her.) The day began with a Leslie Lowen exercise class. I was embarassed to see/feel my bodily limitations as I struggled to keep up with this woman in her 60's (?)...

When it came time to ask for a volunteer to work with Dr. Lowen as part of a lecture-demonstration for our group, I volunteered and was selected, eagerly stripping down to my underwear and standing a few feet away from his inquisitive eyes, facing the group. After a long silence he looked at me and asked, in a firm voice: "Are you AWARE of having sexual problems?"

Even at the time I thought this was hilarious and wonderful. Though it had strong resonance of the classic prosecuting attorney's leading question "When did you stop beating your wife?" (one can either ADMIT knowledge of sexual problems or be in DENIAL over them; it simply isn't possible there aren't any) further analysis of his direction yielded my understanding that energy=sexuality and he saw lots of upper body compensation over a very conflicted pelvis. While Dr. Lowen may not have been the textbook example of greatest-verbal-questions-to-ask-to-get-things-rolling (he probably wouldn't have made the social work textbooks, anyway) his question was characteristically honest, bold, incisive and thought-provoking.

All of these qualities were, most importantly, present in his life, as well as his teaching. These are days/times that offer up very few genuine role models. Miki Frank was one to me. Al Lowen was a genuine hero, teacher, inspiration, and role model.

I'll also always remember Dr. Lowen greatly enjoying the attention of many beautiful women from all over the world at the International Conference in Miami, Florida. I waited in line a while to get a picture taken with him at the urging of other members of the Hudson Valley group, protesting that he wouldn't want his picture taken with me, as I was male and, therefore, not a beautiful woman. They assured me I was being paranoid and ridiculous and to just wait my turn. My turn finally came and, as I introduced myself and got in place for the picture, he took one look at me and said, "What are YOU doing here? You're not a WOMAN!!" Then we both laughed.

Thank you, Dr. Lowen, for showing us how to love, live, and laugh.

Jerry Sander

November 12, 2008

Thank you so very much for this beautiful and fitting acknowledgment of Al's passing. This was deeply needed by the entire Bioenergetic community. There is much sorrow over the loss of him, and at the same time the renewed awareness and gratitude for all that he gave us.

With appreciation,
Virginia Hilton

November 12, 2008

Dear All,
I`m deeply touched. I send the words of regret that my mentor, someone like my father has passed away. I knew him from lovely books but felt from the heart. I`m very sorry. I hope that what he had done will survive the time , and people will continue their growth as he did all life , and also I strongly believe that my work will contribute to the debevelopment of bioenergetics in
Poland.

Joanna and Slawek

November 12, 2008

I am sorry abouth the death of our dear Lowen.
Thank you about this letter.

Leonardo Jeber
Brazil

November 12, 2008

Condolence to Dr.Alexander Lowen, My Mentor- Though distant yet in my heart.

I am extremely pained and distressed to hear the news of Dr.Lowen passed away. I can not believe he is died. Of course every one dies , but Dr.Lowen is alive in millions of his readers, patients, friends, co therapists and any one who cared of curing ailing humanity. Dr.Lowen had been my mentor, I have not met him, but his books kept me inspiring to explore the ways of finding the truth, the meaning of life, the reality of our beings. Had Dr. Lowen not written the 14+books I would have remained starved of my own grandeur. The simplicity of his writing and yet telling the complex truths in laymen language makes him even more loveable. His unique approach and discovery to the complex working of human mind and its effects on body, emotions and ultimately the functioning of life will remain unparallel. The therapies devised by Dr.Lowen are simply superb and golden way to life a fuller life till one breathes last.
I am thankful to Dr.Lowen, and Lesley Lowen who have founded a way for new humanity.
I share your grief and pain for loss of a genius.
May Dr.Lowen guide us always and be our comanion , through his wisdom and writing, in our future days to come.

I pray to God to give you strength to bear the irreparable loss due to passing away of Dr.Alexander Lowen.

Dr. Alexander was Greater than the Alexander the Great. The later might have conquered the world, but Dr.Alexander has won the hearts of millions not in America ,Europe and England. but in India too.

A heartfelt condolence from his ardent lover and reader may be accepted.

Kishor Lal Kantilal Trivedi

GUJARAT INDIA

November 12, 2008

Death of a Luminary

Condolences to all affected by the passing of Al. I posted the below announcement on the APA Div32 (humanistic psychology) listserv, recommending that the upcoming 3rd annual Div32 psychotherapy conference pay some tribute to him.

Another luminary has died this year. Alexander Lowen passed away on Tuesday, October 28 at age 97. He was a protege of Wilhelm Reich and the co-founder and main proponent of bioenergetics, a body-oriented psychotherapy and way of understanding personality. In my opinion, his most important professional work was: Lowen, A. (2006, first published 1958) Language of the body: Physical dynamics of character structure. Alachua, FL: Bioenergetics Press—for which I had the privilege of writing the introduction of this most recent edition. He also published more than a dozen well-received popular books on bioenergetics, was a prolific workshop presenter, and founded a major humanistic tradition. I am also pleased that an article based on researching some of his work (and in which he participated as a co-researcher) is now in-press in the division's journal: Glazer, R., & Friedman, H. (in-press). Bioenergetic diagnosis: A construct validity study. The Humanistic Psychologist.

Harris Friedman

November 12, 2008

Our Sincere Condolences

Dear friends, colleagues and family of Dr. Lowen,

We were informed about the loss of the great Alexander Lowen, here in the Greek School of Vegetotherapy and Character Analysis.
We dedicate all lessons and activities of this month to his memory and send our condolences to all people bereaved by his death

Warm regards
Clorinda Lubrano- Kotoula

Director of E.I.N.A (Hellenic Institute of Vegetotherapy and Character Analysis)

November 12, 2008

I want to pay tribute to Al's wonderful influence on my work and my life. His supervision of my play therapy work with children helped me better formulate the process I was engaged in into words to share this with others which further solidified it for me as well. My work with monsters with children owes its development to him and every time I encourage a child to draw themselves as a monster I think of Al and his appreciation for that wild instinctual part of us, so maligned and misunderstood still by much of the world of psychology. Thank you Al!!

Dennis McCarthy,
Kingston, NY

November 11, 2008

I knew Lowen through his writing and from working with one of his students. As a psychotherapist, I have always been interested in mind-body unity. I learned so much from Lowen that was never a part of my formal education and training. I can only hope that the Bioenergetic message will continue to find resonance in a world that too often ignores the body and privileges the mind.

Thomas Wright
"We can conceive of a future without high-rises. But a humanity without music and love is not just inconceivable; it is impossible." -- George Leonard.

November 11, 2008

I was touched to hear of Alexander Lowen's peaceful passing. The quote you selected about the transition from ego to river of life and finally to the ocean resonated with me, for it put to words some things I have begun to feel lately.

The journey down 'life's highway' continues at an appropriate pace. I relive bits of the work we did together on a daily basis. I do plan at some point to visit you for a tune up.

Till then, with warmest regards,
Tom

November 11, 2008

I love you
And I miss you.
Forever.

You gave me the most true and wonderful times, and I tresure the memories at the center of my heart.
You and Leslie ment everything to me.
And I am forever greatful for the times I spent in your company.

With Love and Respect
Rebecca Elboth
Norway

November 11, 2008

As the tears fall from my eyes about Dr Lowen, the world have lost a quiet hero. I met DR. Lowen about 15 years ago. He was my therapist. I went to one of his birthday parties; I gave him a plaque with a poem I wrote for him on it.
To His family, accept my sympathy.

Asher Ledwidge.

November 11, 2008

I have seen Alexander Lowen for the last time in March 2008: he was at home, cherished by his son Fred and his secretary Monica: I felt very touched to see him old, since I had known him only six years before, at 92, with the energy of a boy. I consider him a great master: if I am now a counselor trained in bioenergetics, if I can help people learning them how to be in their body, I must thank Alexander Lowen: his book "Pleasure" showed me the path.
Thank you, Alex!
Alessandra Callegari,
Milan, Italy

November 11, 2008

God bless mr. Lowen.. trough his books i meet who i am.. and knew how to heal my sick very sick life. i was really bad sick of my mind and tahnks to the therapy i am a new man.. ia m shure for this fact that mr.LOWEN IS IN HEAVEN NOW.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEE HOW SICK I WAS..
IHEALED MY LIFE TROUGH THE BOOKS ...LOS EJERCICIOS BIOENRGETICOS

GRACIAS MR. LOWEN YOU WERE MY FATHER....

RAFAEL TELLO FROM MEXICO

November 11, 2008

Thank-you for the informative e-mail regarding Dr. Lowen's passing. While I never met him, I am grateful for his work, and all the people I've met through bioenergetics.
Judy Wilder,
Tulsa, OK

November 11, 2008

We, bioenergetic trainers, received with sadness and pain the news about Al's death, a couple of days after October 28th, from one of our colleagues in New York.
We shared all our feelings together and all of them were talking about the inheritage and our huge gratefulness for all that Al gave, taught us, and shared with us.
I, personnaly, don't know where I would be, today, if I hadn't met Al and Bioenergetic teaching thirty years ago, but what I do know is how alive I feel today and how proud I am to be a bioenergetic therapist and teacher. I KNOW that I owe this to him and I told him my gratitude when he was still alive, and I still feel it.
Please receive my sympathetic feelings and lots of tenderness

Maryse Doess,
Paris, France

November 11, 2008

I knew Dr Lowen's death was coming but I am shocked nevertheless. The tears are flowing down my face here in a public library amongst strangers but I don't care. This exceptional wise person has been so much an important part of my life over the last 30 years even though I briefly talked to him only once on the phone. After living now for 50 years I can say that few people on this earth have my admiration , but Dr Lowen not only had my admiration, he had my deep admiration, respect and affection ( the same for Wilhelm Reich and Robert Kennedy ). I turn to his books when all else fails and I am always enriched, enlightened, and calmed down by the truths of what he writes. Always. His being just comes shining through. I will miss him: that humble heart, that astounding intuition, a true humanitarian.

Goodbye Dr Lowen.
Marco Ermacora
Montreal, Quebec

November 11, 2008

I am both saddened and enlivened by Dr. Lowen's passing. Upon hearing the news, I began to cry. Those tears opened my heart and reminded me of a body I have forgotten lately. I went straight to the hitting cube and moved some anger. In his death, and in his life, he is an ongoing reminder of a body so easily misplaced in a distracted world. We had a number of profound sessions together, I recorded a wonderful and lovely interview with him, his wisdom contributed meaningfully to my recent book- Soulshaping. I bow down to his profound capacity for both surrender and willfulness. His genius was understanding that both are intrinsic to the art form that is our life, and that the key to the whole thing is knowing how to honor both ways of being simultaneously.

With great regard,
Jeff Brown

November 11, 2008

Thank you for the opportunity to say thank you. I never met Dr. Lowen, but was introduced to his work by a Core Energetics therapist. Lowen's teachings and practices-- through work with this therapist, and through his books-- have been of great value to me in my personal healing. Whenever I read and re-read his work, as I often do, I feel the truth of his words throughout my body.
I send Dr. Lowen great love as he continues on.

Blessings,
Danielle

November 11, 2008

This is to share that, although I have been out of touch with the Bionergetic Community the last years, I was very touched by Al´s death. He was very supportive to me and my growth in many a moment. For example, unlike in other cases within the Community, he deeply supported my spiritual and subtle energy perceptions. From these perceptions and beliefs I really know he is well and at peace with his soul. A few years ago my father died and, being in mourning, I think it was not possible for me to contact Lowen for a last farewell in person. I would have liked to. But I believe face to face contac