An orientation of consciousness in which body experience is primary, not distinguising human from animal nature from conception through death, such that one's life in the physical world is understood as material in a way that is not opposed to "spiritual", and persons are imagined both as an entire thing and as much more than a thing, making way for mystery and "embodied" encounters with what is not known. From this orientation, the field of somatic arises and deepens human understanding of humanity, trauma, healing, social action, and what it means to be humane.

From https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%83%E1%BF%B6%CE%BC%CE%B1#Ancient_Greek

Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- ‎(“to swell”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

σῶμα • (sôma)  n  (genitive σώματος); third declension

1. body (both that of people and animals)
   1. (Epic and often in other early works) dead body
2. One's life in the physical world
3. That which is material (as opposed to spiritual)
4. person
5. An entire thing
6. (mathematics) three-dimensional object