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Moving consciously : somatic transformations through dance, yoga, and touch / / edited with essays by Sondra Fraleigh |
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Urbana, Illinois ; ; Chicago, Illinois ; ; Springfield, Illinois : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxxi, 256 pages) : illustrations |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Contains bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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; Introduction -- Prologue on somatic contexts -- ; Part 1. On somatic movement arts. Why consciousness matters / Sondra Fraleigh -- Somatic movements arts / Sondra Fraleigh -- Dancing becomes walking / Sondra Fraleigh -- ; Part 2. Soma and change. Living Shin / Catherine A. Schaeffer -- Environments for self-learning / Kelly Ferris Lester -- Trauma in the theater of the body / Richard Biehl -- Radical somatics / Hillel Braude -- Somatic awakenings / Ruth Way -- ; Part 3. Performing consciously. Like drifting snow my head falls / Robert Bingham -- Performing body as nature / Alison East -- Embodied dreams / Jeanne Schul -- Contact unwinding / Karin Rugman -- Dance maps : a guide for dance experiences. |
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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 |
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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 |
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