What if the word we've been calling a "boundary" is actually something else entirely? In When "No" Builds Trust, Hadi Marcher draws on Bodynamic theory and neuroscience to unpack a distinction most of us were never taught: limits protect how much we can give, while boundaries protect who we are. He shows why the body speaks before the mind, how anger can be the quiet guardian of dignity rather than its enemy, and why real strength includes the courage to pause.
When a heated conversation about the Israel-Palestine conflict erupted in Thailand, Hadi didn't see enemies—he saw bodies bracing for safety. Using Bodynamic, a method that reads trauma through muscle tension and posture, he transformed a potentially explosive moment into an embrace between two men whose families have been at war for 70 years. What if understanding the body's defenses could help us meet division with dignity instead of fear?
“The Bodyknot” is a Bodynamic-based, nine-element framework for “untying” misunderstandings and stuck patterns in communication by tracking experience from context/basic mood all the way to actions. It’s presented as a practical map for therapists as well as for managers and individuals who want clearer, more grounded conflict resolution and self-expression. The piece also highlights how different character structures tend to fixate on—or skip—specific stages, and it offers structured guidance and exercises to build more complete processing and relational clarity.
I stared to learn about Bodynamic when I was a child. My grandmother, Lisbeth developed the system and my mother was teaching it. A lot of the work was about how to heal after various types of trauma. I used the system and its methods and understanding a lot, consciously to make myself better in different areas. Unconsciously it was used by my parents and grandparents to heal my personal traumas as a child, as I had a serious health issue. I remember clearly how often Lisbeth would remind me to put focus on my center. I thought it was very irritating. She would often say: “sense your center, sense your center”.
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It Takes Courage to Stay in the Shy Moments By Hadi Bahlawan Marcher and Lene Wisbom A man enters a party with many new people. To join in and as an attempt to connect with these unfamiliar people he makes a joke. Everyone stares at him, no one laughs. The joke falls flat because it was loaded with harsh humour and this party was not the best place to share [...]
Because of new research into child development, the developmental perspective has captured the attention of the therapeutic community for the last fifteen years, and it is transforming the way therapy is being carried out. Most schools of body psychotherapy have also been deeply impacted by this shift, but most have had to rely on theories that address primarily psychological development to inform their work. In this interview, I discuss the formation of a truly somatically based theory of human development with its founder, Lisbeth Marcher.
When we work with clients or train therapists one of the models we use is - a "Model of energy fields", developed by Lisbeth Marcher. This energy model is especially inspired by Danish spiritual teacher Jes Bertelsen and Lisbeth’s studies of intercultural issues. We use this model to find out how an issue that we are working with interrelates in the greater picture. It is important for us to know which other fields the issue has to be integrated with.
When I work, I use both verbal and non-verbal interventions. I analyze, I make contracts, I integrate cognitive, behavioral, somatic and social elements, I touch (in ways that can be supportive, neutral and/or evoking), I work from ethical guidelines, I teach and I confront, I use developmental theory and character structure theory, I use transference and countertransference concepts, and much more. My intention is to help clients with issues that prevent them from functioning in the world, help them to overcome obstacles and to develop new resources.
In terms of understanding the scientific validation of The Bodynamic System, we alternate between calling it The Bodynamic System (Analysis), The Bodynamic Analysis, Bodynamic Analysis and The Bodynamic System. It is the same, but occurs owing to a recent name change from Analysis to System, which signals that our System includes so many models and concepts, and that we traverse (go across) officially recognized boundaries between different professional disciplines.
