Breathing in Manhattan Carola Speads - The German Jewish Gymnastics Instructor Who Brought Mindfulness to America.

In the midst of historical upheavals, Carola Spitz escaped from Nazi Germany and became Carola Speads, a revered New York mindfulness teacher. She breathed with her clients on Central Park West until she was 97 years old. Twinned with this intimate biography, Christoph Ribbat chronicles the history...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ribbat, Christoph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : transcript, 2023.
Series:Edition Kulturwissenschaft.
Subjects:
Speads, Carola H.
Breathing exercises > Study and teaching > New York (State) > New York.
Breathing exercises > Therapeutic use > New York (State) > New York.
Mindfulness (Psychology) > Study and teaching > New York (State) > New York.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
Breathing exercises > Therapeutic use.
Mindfulness (Psychology) > Study and teaching.
New York (State) > New York.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • 1. The Studio of Physical Re-Education
  • 2. Wandervögel
  • 3. Notice What Is
  • 4. The List of Jewish Gymnastics Instructors
  • 5. Flowers from Charlotte
  • 6. Speads Work
  • Sources
  • Illustrations
  • Notes

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