Moving Consciously: Somatic Transformations Through Dance, Yoga, and Touch - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0252039408 ISBN 13 : 9780252039409

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2015

Synopsis

The popularity of yoga and Zen meditation has heightened awareness of somatic practices. Individuals develop the conscious embodiment central to somatics work via movement and dance, or through touch from a skilled teacher or therapist often called a somatic bodyworker. Methods of touch and movement foster generative processes of consciousness in order to create a fluid interconnection between sensation, thought, movement, and expression. In Moving Consciously, Sondra Fraleigh gathers essays that probe ideas surrounding embodied knowledge and the conscious embodiment of movement and dance. Using a variety of perspectives on movement and dance somatics, Fraleigh and other contributors draw on scholarship and personal practice to participate in a multifaceted investigation of a thriving worldwide phenomenon. Their goal: to present the mental and physical health benefits of experiencing one's inner world through sensory awareness and movement integration. A stimulating addition to a burgeoning field, Moving Consciously incorporates concepts from East and West into a timely look at life-changing, intertwined practices that involve dance, movement, performance studies, and education. Contributors: Richard Biehl, Robert Bingham, Hillel Braude, Alison East, Sondra Fraleigh, Kelly Ferris Lester, Karin Rugman, Catherine Schaeffer, Jeanne Schul, and Ruth Way.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Hillel D. Braude completed his medical education and training at the University of Cape Town Medical School and his PhD at the University of Chicago. Since completing further studies as a postgraduate fellow and research assistant in McGill University's Biomedical Ethics Unit and Religious Studies Faculty, his main area of research is neuroethics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252039408
• ISBN 13: 9780252039409
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Éditeur: Fraleigh Sondra
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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