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Mindful movement : the evolution of the somatic arts and conscious action /

By: Eddy, Martha [author.].
Publisher: Bristol, UK : Intellect, 2017Description: xiv, 369 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781783208432; 9781783208432:; 1783208430; 1783205830; 9781783205837.Subject(s): Movement education | Movement therapy | Mind and body therapies | Dance therapyDDC classification: 615.82
Contents:
Influences and development of somatic education. Introduction and overview : the what and why of somatic education -- The first generation : founders of somatic education technique -- Second generation : set one, the influence of dance on somatic education -- European antecedents to somatic movement / Kelly Jean Mullan -- Global roots of somatic movement : Asian and African influences / Sangeet Duchane -- The emergence of somatic movement education and therapy. Second generation : set two, dynamic approaches to well-being in dance and fitness -- Third generation : the amalgams, somatic movement education and therapy today -- The universities and somatic inquiry : the growth of somatic movement dance education in Britain / Sara Reed and Sarah Whatley -- How dance has helped situate academic fields of somatic inquiry : case study University of Illinois-Urbana / Rebecca Nettl-Fiol -- Somatic movement and dance education in pre-K-12 education / Kate Tarlow Morgan, Eve Selver-Kassell, Lauren Lipman and Mary Ann Brehm -- Current trends in somatic thinking and being. Healthy movement, healthy mind : neuroscience connections to somatic healing and action -- Conscious action and social change : "social somatics" -- Somatic dance and environmental activism : is this spirituality? -- Concluding thoughts : does somatic awareness interplay with genetics, ecstasy and space? -- Appendix 1. Elaine Summers : Skytime 2014/Moon Rainbow -- Appendix 2. Emilie Conrad in memoriam -- Appendix 3. Ruth Doing's rhythms fundamentals compared with body-mind centering BNP as presented by Kate Tarlow Morgan.
Summary: In 'Mindful Movement', exercise physiologist, somatic therapist, and advocate Martha Eddy uses original interviews, case studies, and practice-led research to define the origins of a new holistic field-somatic movement education and therapy - and its impact on fitness, ecology, politics, and performance. The book reveals the role dance has played in informing and inspiring the historical and cultural narrative of somatic arts.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Influences and development of somatic education. Introduction and overview : the what and why of somatic education -- The first generation : founders of somatic education technique -- Second generation : set one, the influence of dance on somatic education -- European antecedents to somatic movement / Kelly Jean Mullan -- Global roots of somatic movement : Asian and African influences / Sangeet Duchane -- The emergence of somatic movement education and therapy. Second generation : set two, dynamic approaches to well-being in dance and fitness -- Third generation : the amalgams, somatic movement education and therapy today -- The universities and somatic inquiry : the growth of somatic movement dance education in Britain / Sara Reed and Sarah Whatley -- How dance has helped situate academic fields of somatic inquiry : case study University of Illinois-Urbana / Rebecca Nettl-Fiol -- Somatic movement and dance education in pre-K-12 education / Kate Tarlow Morgan, Eve Selver-Kassell, Lauren Lipman and Mary Ann Brehm -- Current trends in somatic thinking and being. Healthy movement, healthy mind : neuroscience connections to somatic healing and action -- Conscious action and social change : "social somatics" -- Somatic dance and environmental activism : is this spirituality? -- Concluding thoughts : does somatic awareness interplay with genetics, ecstasy and space? -- Appendix 1. Elaine Summers : Skytime 2014/Moon Rainbow -- Appendix 2. Emilie Conrad in memoriam -- Appendix 3. Ruth Doing's rhythms fundamentals compared with body-mind centering BNP as presented by Kate Tarlow Morgan.

In 'Mindful Movement', exercise physiologist, somatic therapist, and advocate Martha Eddy uses original interviews, case studies, and practice-led research to define the origins of a new holistic field-somatic movement education and therapy - and its impact on fitness, ecology, politics, and performance. The book reveals the role dance has played in informing and inspiring the historical and cultural narrative of somatic arts.

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