In an astonishing feat of endurance, he smashed his own record of 17 minutes and 28 seconds, clocking up 22 minutes and 22 seconds. He also beat a previous record held by American magician David Blaine, who in 2008 managed to hold his breath for 17 minutes and four seconds on Oprah Winfreyâs talk show.
The term is used in movement therapy to signify an approach based on the soma, or the body as perceived from within, and in dance as an antonym (opposite) for  performative techniques, such as ballet or modern dance, which emphasize the external observation of movement by an audience.oga is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices which originated in modern-day India before 500 BCE. The ultimate goals of yoga are spiritual, and yoga practice generally involves physically assuming and moving through codified asanas or body positions.
Somatic psychology is an interdisciplinary field involving the study of the body, somatic experience, and the embodied self, including therapeutic and holistic approaches to body.The word somatic comes from the ancient Greek root ÏÏÎ¼Î±Ï- somat- (body).ody Psychotherapy is a general branch of this subject, while Somatherapy, Eco-somatics and Dance therapy, for example, are specific branches of the subject. Somatic psychology is a field of study that bridges the Mind-body dichotomy.