Benefits of Sophrology
- Stress-management, anxiety
- Focus, concentration, clarity
- Aid restful sleep
- Let go of negativity
- Master your mindset
- Self-awareness, self-development
- Prepare for events (exams, medical procedures, stage and sport performances)
- Birth preparation
- Prevent burn-out
- Confidence, resilience
- Connect with your values
- Reaching goals
- Create openness to new possibilities
- Identify and release tensions in body and mind
- Help you feel more grounded in the body
- Help you feel more present in the moment
- Find meaning and purpose
WHAT SOPHROLOGY CAN HELP WITH
- Increase work performance
- Prepare for an exam or performance
- Mental wellbeing
- Academic performance
- Burnout syndrome
- Sports and competition
- Sleep disorders
- Pre and post natal
How did it start
Treating traumatized war victims
Sophrology was created in the 1960s by Alfonso Caycedo, a neuropsychiatrist who studied human consciousness. After Spain’s civil war, Prof. Caycedo improved a way to effectively bring traumatized war victims back to a healthy physical and mental state with a minimal use of drug and psychiatric treatments.
In 1960, he opened the Department of Sophrology and Psychosomatic Medicine at Madrid’s Santa Isabel Hospital.
He realized that Sophrology is a stress reduction method that could be easily applied and had long term results in the fast-paced world of the future.
Geneva Declaration was delivered by Professor Alfonso CAYCEDO on May 17, 2001, at the Human Rights Auditorium of the University of Geneva.
Meet Your Sophrologist
Ayce Bukulmeyen Ozerdem
Ayçe B. Ozerdem started her career as a journalist and broadcaster.
Having completed her Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution Program, she has taken an active role in conflict resolution processes for different civil society organizations with a particular emphasis on community relations over gender and youth-related programs. She acted as a mediator and facilitator in various dialogue sessions between governmental authorities and civil society organizations.
During the pandemic, she focused on mental health and well-being research and completed a 2-year Sophrology Practitioner Course program from Energy Centre Sârl in Geneva-Switzerland. She is a member of the International Sophrology Federation as a Sophrologist. She is a part of the team of the Center for the Advancement of Wellbeing in George Mason University.
How to Practice Sophrology
Anyone, anywhere, anytime
Sophrology can be done with a qualified Sophrologist or on your own, anytime, anywhere, alone or in a group with the requirement of any special tools.
A typical session consists of breathwork, muscular relaxation, visualization techniques and gentle movements called dynamic relaxation.