Description
| Product ID: | 9780252080982 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Moving Consciously |
| Subtitle: | Somatic Transformations through Dance, Yoga, and Touch |
| Authors: | Author: Sondra Fraleigh |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Mind, body, spirit: meditation and visualization, Mind, body, spirit: meditation & visualisation |
| Description: | 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. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Illinois Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Illinois Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-07-21 |