Moving Consciously

Somatic Transformations Through Dance, Yoga, and Touch

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2015
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-03940-9 (ISBN)

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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 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.

Sondra Fraleigh is a professor emeritus of the Department of Dance at State University of New York College at Brockport. She is the editor of Moving Consciously: Somatic Transformations through Dance, Yoga, and Touch and the author of Butoh: Metamorphic Dance and Global Alchemy.

Co-Autor	Richard Biehl, Robert Bingham, Hillel D. Braude, Alison East
Zusatzinfo	36 black and white photographs, 1 line drawing, 1 chart
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 235 mm
Gewicht	454 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Entspannung / Meditation / Yoga
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Fitness / Aerobic / Bodybuilding
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport
ISBN-10	0-252-03940-8 / 0252039408
ISBN-13	978-0-252-03940-9 / 9780252039409
Zustand	Neuware