Wisdom of the Body Moving: An Introduction to Body-Mind CenteringThis comprehensive guide introduces Body-Mind Centering, the internationally recognized field pioneered by dancer and occupational therapist Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. Devoting thirty-five years to a systematic investigation of the relations between bodily experience and the anatomical maps of science, Bainbridge Cohen independently discovered many of the principles that underlie Feldenkrais work, cranial osteopathy, Rolfing, dance therapy, and Zero Balancing. Experienced BMC practitioner Linda Hartley demonstrates the basic philosophy and key elements of Body-Mind Centering. Drawing on animal and infant movements, she takes readers through the wondrous realms of Bainbridge Cohen’s pantheon—from the 'minds' of the skeletal and muscular systems to the quite different inner lives of digestive, lymphatic, urinary, respiratory, vocal, circulatory, endocrine, and reproductive organs. Her choreography ultimately brings us into the states of consciousness of skins, cells, blood, fat, cerebrospinal fluid, nervous system, and brain. Hartley’s explorations of the images, feelings, sensations, and intuitions of the diverse organs and cells lead to exercises that gently guide students in ways of discovering and integrating their bodies’ multidimensional aspects. |
Contents
Prebirth and Birth | 41 |
4 | 60 |
The Developmental Process Underlying Movement | 66 |
The Sequence of Developmental Patterns | 72 |
The Contralateral Reach and Pull Patterns | 78 |
Tables | 84 |
Developmental Movement Therapy | 101 |
Deepening Contact with the Source of Movement | 117 |
Relationship to the Developmental Patterns | 210 |
The Systems of Communication | 237 |
Working with the Brain as Organic Tissue | 246 |
Balance and Imbalance Within the ANS | 254 |
Repatterning Through the Nervous System | 260 |
The Fluid Systems | 267 |
The Arterial Flow | 273 |
Cerebrospinal Fluid | 279 |
The Muscular System | 157 |
Muscle Currenting and Complementary Action | 165 |
Four Stages of a Muscle Action | 172 |
Soft Tissues of the Body | 181 |
Activating the Support of the Organs | 188 |
Qualities of the Mind of the Organs | 196 |
Organs of the Reproductive System | 202 |
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Wisdom of the Body Moving: An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering Linda Hartley No preview available - 1995 |
Wisdom of the Body Moving: An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering Linda Hartley No preview available - 1995 |
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