autogenic
- adjective
- /ˌɔːtəˈdʒɛnɪk/
- Specialized
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autogénico
- Many athletes employ autogenic techniques to improve their focus by influencing their body's responses.
- autogenic training
- autogenic process
Examples
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After one has perfected the autogenic process, it may, of course, be utilized to establish harmony in neural functioning, which should be a daily requisite, no less important to one's wellness than the scrubbing of one's teeth.
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And, I'm doing autogenic self-hypnosis to try and keep the low self-esteem at bay.
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When such control is in evidence, then and then only is one ready to exercise effective autogenic feedback training.
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The sixth stage in the autogenic process involves "guided imagery" where the individual plays a kind of "imagery game" with self.
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Each of the described autogenic stages is believed to represent a higher level of wellness in the form of a hierarchical scale.
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In addition, various physical and mental relaxation techniques such as meditation, autogenic training, yoga, and progressive muscle relaxation can be learned and used in this way.
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A fully relaxed skeletal muscle is one's guarantee that no tension or anxiety is present for that moment in time, and therefore will not impede the autogenic process.
Academic text (1990) -
The process involved the use of an autogenic feedback training (AFT) formula, in which the individual might say, for example, "My hands are heavy and warm." If one was unable to relax, guided imagery was employed by saying, "Imagine that a heavy weight is pressing on my left hand."
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Autogenic Feedback Training (AFT) is admirably adapted for use with individuals with above-average intelligence, or those persons who have had some exposure to successful college programs.
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The practice of autogenic training helps individuals cultivate relaxation from within.
Synonyms
Comes from the same living thing rather than from outside
Forming or developing from within itself without an outside cause
A health problem that starts in the body rather than in the mind
Caused by problems in the body rather than by the mind
Antonyms
- Specialized
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Processes that come from outside the ground and change the Earth's surface
Compounds
- Specialized
A way to relax your body by using calm thoughts and focusing on body feelings
- Specialized
A method that teaches you to relax your body and mind by saying calming words in your mind
How Internal
Surface Forms
Morphology
autogenic = genic (semi-transparent) = auto + gen + ic
Adding auto- to genic yields the specialized sense 'self-producing' or 'originating internally', which is only partly inferable for average learners.
Etymology
The word autogenic comes from auto- meaning 'self' and -genic from gen meaning 'to produce', as in generate. So autogenic describes something 'produced by the self', such as a process that starts inside the body.