SEMANA DE LA CIENCIA 2025. 2. Taller: Cuerpo Mapa de la Emoción.

Value of the Information & Strength of the Argument

The workshop provides valuable experiential learning in somatic psychology, offering practical tools for body-based emotional awareness. The argumentation is grounded in the principles of dance movement therapy, emphasizing the importance of attention, intention, action, and tension. The facilitator skillfully guides participants through exercises that illustrate how emotions manifest in the body and how spatial qualities (direct vs. indirect) influence emotional experience. The value lies in the direct application of these techniques for personal growth and therapeutic practice, supported by the facilitator’s expertise and the group’s shared reflections.

The title accurately reflects the workshop's focus on mapping emotions in the body through dance movement therapy.

8/10

The workshop is led by a qualified psychologist and dance movement therapist, grounded in established therapeutic principles. The content is experiential and reflective, with no specific scientific claims or citations, but the approach is consistent with current embodied cognition and somatic therapy frameworks.

Markers derived by PSI from the transcript: the creator did not define chapters.

• 00:00Introduction and welcome by the facilitator, Laura Martínez Margüenda.
• 05:00Group questions to understand participants' backgrounds and relationship with body-focused disciplines.
• 10:00Guided body scan exercise with music, focusing on different body parts and sensations.
• 20:00Discussion of emotions and their bodily locations, sharing words like 'tristeza' and 'placidez'.
• 30:00Exploration of direct space: movements like stamping a seal, and walking directly towards a point.
• 40:00Exploration of indirect space: multifocal attention, wandering, and observing the effects on emotion.
• 50:00Final movement exploration combining direct and indirect space, followed by group reflection and closing.