Kienle, GunverHampton Schwab, JaneMurphy, John BernardAndersson, PeterLunde, GunvorKiene, HelmutHamre, Harald2025-02-062025-02-062011Kienle, G. S., Hampton Schwab, J., Murphy, J. B., Andersson, P., Lunde, G., Kiene, H., & Hamre, H. J. (2011). Eurythmy Therapy in anxiety. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 17(4), 56–63.1078-679122314634https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14430/761Anxiety is a highly frequent condition; many patients seek complementary treatment. One of these is anthroposophic medicine (AM) using therapeutic approaches that are based on a distinct concept of the human organism, illness, and healing. AM is applied in anxiety; however, little is known about underlying therapeutic concepts, the effectiveness, and the modalities of clinical reasoning and judgment. Presented is a 21-year-old woman who had suffered from severe and increasing anxiety for 6 months, which had led to social isolation and complete sick leave from work. She had attended an AM health care center and counseling at a psychiatric hospital but had not improved significantly after 6 months. Eurythmy therapy (EYT) was then applied for 8 weeks. Within the AM pathophysiological context, the patient was diagnosed as having stress-induced anxiety based on a juvenile disturbance of the rhythmical system. Associated symptoms were specific anomalies in the patient's eurythmy movement pattern, a "breathed-in-upwards syndrome." In the EYT sessions, clear interconnections between EYT-exercises and symptom-relief were observable, paralleled by a substantial relief of the patient's anxiety. EYT might have some impact on anxiety syndrome and should be investigated in more detail. Video: http://ifaemm.de/Video/EURYTHMY_all.flvenActivities of Daily LivingAdaptation, PsychologicalAnxietyExerciseHealth StatusHeart RateMind-Body TherapiesQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeYoung Adultjournal articlehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9498-5944