Placement: Toward Recognition as a Somatic Healing Modality

Placement is a practice for bonded adults that uses declared meaning, clear leadership, and timed access to shift state from vigilance to calm. This paper translates existing physiology into practical rules and a field protocol usable without lab equipment. Outcomes rely on state measures only: brief ratings of calm, focus, and connection plus structured observation (posture, breath, latency to relax, adherence).Author note (materials): https://laiyin.org/whitepaper-placement/ CLY; Placement: Toward Recognition as a Somatic Healing Modality (Preprint, v1.0). Lai Yin, 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17443416. CC BY 4.0.