Vida como caminho : aprendizagem biocêntrica no estágio em terapias integrativas e complementares.

Abstract

This paper aims to comprehend, in a phenomenological conception and biocentric education, the learning process of a group of students in supervised internship in Natural, Complementary and Integrative Therapies of the Professional Qualification Course in Naturopathy granted by Escola Superior de Ciências Tradicionais e Ambientais - ESCAM, located in Iraí / RS. The research took place at the basic health center in the city of Palmito, state of Santa Catarina, which provided an opportunity of interaction between students and agents, as from treatments for Integrative and Complementary Therapies, formerly called Alternative Therapies, therapeutic practices belonging to an aggregation of Natural Therapies. The information was collected from interviews, participant observation, narratives and field journal, which provided a dense description of the experience. From these observations, series of issues related to the learning process were raised, which revealed interesting aspects as: 1) reframing the intensity of being and acting in the world, 2) to consider the Biocentric Education as the cornerstone that consolidates the greatness of learning based on the caring and sensitive look to oneself, from sharing life with one’s equal, redefining the ability to understand oneself, 3) to envision, in the Ordinance 971/2006 of the Health Ministry, a vital element to leverage, not only the development of Integrative and Complementary Therapies, but to contribute to the structuring of new Natural Therapy schools in the country, aiming a competent and masterful professional training. It is understood that the Biocentric Education, insofar perceptive and creative process of acknowledgment of the potential of being, provides the development of the autonomy as authorship of the process of rebuilding one’s existence.