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Top-down processing is experience moving from the mind and thought toward the body. In this direction, change is sought through making meaning or conscious attention, and this also affects the bodily state. Somatic work does not exclude this direction; it accepts that bottom-up and top-down processing often work together. Mind and body are in a two-way, not a one-way, interaction. Using both directions together often makes for a more in-depth work.