Moving Consciously : Somatic Transformations through Dance, Yoga, and Touch /

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"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 mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fraleigh, Sondra Horton, 1939- (Editor, Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Somesthesia.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Yoga.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Human Anatomy & Physiology.
MEDICAL > Physiology.
Somesthesie.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Prologue on Somatic Contexts
  • Part One: On Somatic Movement Arts
  • 1. Why Consciousness Matters
  • 2. Somatic Movement Arts
  • 3. Dancing Becomes Walking
  • Part Two: Soma and Change
  • 4. Living Shin
  • 5. Environments for Self-Learning
  • 6. Trauma in the Theater of the Body
  • 7. Radical Somatics
  • 8. Somatic Awakenings
  • Part Three: Performing Consciously
  • 9. Like Drifting Snow My Head Falls
  • 10. Performing Body as Nature
  • 11. Embodied Dreams
  • 12. Contact Unwinding
  • Dance Maps: A Guide for Dance Experiences.

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