| Description |
xvii, 147 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
An inquiry into movement education--perception, movement, structure, metaphor, and imagination -- Orientation--child of heaven and earth -- Establishing oneself--the cell -- The cell's contents and container-cell movement and boundary -- The cell moves in its matrix--cell colony -- Vessel--the primitive gut body -- Mobility--the gut body gains an axis -- Lateral line--the fish body -- Amphibian and reptile--acquiring girdles -- Becoming warm-blooded--the mammal -- The human--walking upright, achieving lordosis -- Afterword -- Appendixes |
| Summary |
"An experiential movement curriculum with a cutting edge approach to perception and body awareness--an in-depth manual for body workers, yoga practitioners, movement teachers, dancers, physical, somatic, and psychological therapists, theater students, and for anyone wanting to understand the principles beneath posture, movement, and body/mind training"--Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
"[S]ponsored by the Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences, a nonprofit educational corporation whose goals are to develop an educational and crosscultural perspective linking various scientific, social, and artistic fields; to nurture a holistic view of the arts, sciences, humanities, and healing; and to publish and distribute literature on the relationship of mind, body, and nature."--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-142) and index |
| Subject |
Movement education.
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| Author |
Frank, Kevin, 1951-
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Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences.
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| LC no. |
2006001935 |
| ISBN |
1556436181 |
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9781556436185 |
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