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Breathing patterns and character structure are inseparable in somatic psychotherapy: the way a person breathes both reflects and sustains their habitual emotional defenses, posture, and relational style. Clinicians, therapy trainees, and clients gain practical clinical benefit when they learn to read respiration—identifying <strong>chest-bound</strong> vs. <strong>diaphragmatic</strong> patterns, <strong>breath-holding</strong>, and hyper- or hypo-ventilatory rhythms—and link those observations to the musculature of <strong>armoring</strong> described by Wilhelm Reich and the structural-grounding framework advanced by Alexander Lowen. luiza meneghim therapy reviews translates theory into assessment markers, concrete interventions, clinical cautions, and clear goals: recognize your own defense patterns,
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