COMM 1010 Final Outline

Specific Goal: My audience will learn about how to align both their mental and bodily health and be
prepared for anything in life.
Application: The audience may be able to change their lives just as I was successful mentally and
physically through the application of bioenergetics.
Ethos: Primary Ethos: I have a hard time managing stress levels and I am studying ways to
decrease those levels of stress by changing how I perceive them.
Secondary Ethos: I will cite three references out loud in my speech.
Pathos: A story about how I overcame depression and tough challenges during my Freshman year
in high school when I took all honors classes while still playing football, basketball, and baseball.
Logos: I will use step-by-step directions for people who have experienced roadblocks like me and
help them overcome these through the practice of bioenergetics.
Audience Assessment: My audience likely knows what bioenergetics could do for a person, but
are most likely not aware of the magnitude of people that it can cure roadblocks such as
depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and an overall low well-being.
Adaptation to Audience: I will define the bodily functions and how to trace an emotion back to its
source through awareness and self-diagnosis.
Pattern of Organization: Chronological in Introduction. Topical in Body.
Introduction
I. Hook: I grew up in need of proper guidance, but unfortunately could not find an answer for
everything that I was trying to accomplish.
A. I experienced many difficult times, like having sever panic attacks and going
through depression that lasted several months.
B. Because I learned what symptoms to watch out for, I chose to express instead of
depress myself which decreased my symptoms substantially within the first couple weeks of
practicing awareness and bioenergetic exercises.

II. Thesis: Knowing the types of neurotic holding patterns and how to detect them may help you
free your mind from the social pressure and personal expectations that plague us all.

III. Preview: Ill share what I learned from practicing these freeing rituals.
A. First, Ill explain how to detect these neurotic holding patterns in the body.
B. Second, Ill define the many different kinds that effect all of us.
C. Third, Ill describe how to make these symptoms go away.
Transition: Now that Ive given you a preview, lets look at what neurotic holding patterns are.

Body

Neurotic holding patterns: Muscular tension from mental energy being trapped inside of the body.
(RSD Nation, 2012).

Transition: Now Ill take you step-by-step through an example of having neurotic holding patterns
below.

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 I. There are many types of neurotic holding patterns. However, the roots of these can be
traced back if we can backtrack to where it all started. Heres an example of how the
unfortunate man deals with anxiety around women:

A. ROOTS: Imagine a man having a shortness of breath because of anxiety around

women. At some point in this mans life, he had a negative experience which
resulted in his body storing trapped energy that was prevented by a rejection.
B. BAD HABITS: As he begins to meet more women after the first instance of this,
he begins to develop a habit of keeping his belly tight and thus, his whole
abdominal region begins to tighten almost automatically around women.
C. CONSEQUENCES: Suddenly, he finds that its very hard to be himself around
women and he begins to try shortcut systems on how to behave around women.
However, without the awareness that his stomach has rigidity, he never finds out
the root cause of all of this and begins to feel down about his life. Additionally, he
begins to have lower back pain and finds it miserable to even walk!
Transition: I have experienced this type of rigidity in the past and have even observed my
transition of mood as I try to speak to new people.
II. Bioenergetics offer a system of physical and psychological therapy that is held to increase
well-being by releasing blocked physical and psychic energy. (Merriam Webster, 2017)
A. Bioenergetics are a very powerful key to unlocking
stuck energetic patterns in order to bring flow back into
the body, and ease within the mind. (Elliot Hulse, 2016).
B. Ever since I discovered Elliott Hulse back in 2013, I have grown to adore him as
someone who has brought to life a truth about the body and mind that before my
Freshman year in high school, I had yearned to understand. Elliott Hulse was my
personal mentor through his YouTube channel which has grown multitudes since.
Transition: Now we know the symptoms of some of our neurotic holding patterns. Lets delve
deeper into how to properly treat and prevent them through Bioenergetics.
III. Bioenergetics cause many illnesses in the body and mind.
A. Roadblocks like neurotic/muscular holding patterns can make a person feel
inadequate.
B. The person may even feel like giving up on life in general.
1. When I was experiencing the many consequences from my lack of knowledge, I
tried to fight these neurotic mental frustrations with more mental and physical rigidity. I had to
realize that you cant fight these issues with your heady assumptions of yourself. One must find the
root cause and treat it from there through bring energy back into the body.
2. To treat this constant weight in a way that would offer me daily renewal, I made a
list of grounding exercises that grounded me in a vibrant energy that gave me the
confidence and capacity for growth and development in any direction that I chose.
Conclusion
V. Bioenergetics have been proven to improve overall well-being through these
examples that I have also tried personally. However, there is so much potential in this field of
medical study especially since no one has done very much research on the subject.
VI. If you can be aware of your body through Bioenergetics, you can achieve maximum
health and live the life youve always wanted, no matter how unique/alone you think you are.
References
Merriam Webster (2017). Definition 2- Bioenergetics. Retrieved April 9, 2017,
from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bioenergetics

Elliott Hulse (2016). Bioenergetics: Example of Bioenergetics.

Retrieved April 9, 2017, from http://elliotthulse.com/bioenergetics/

RSD Nation; Neurotic Holding Patterns. (2012, April 15). Retrieved April 9,
2017, from http://www.rsdnation.com/node/501985