Body and Awareness
Published on 1. March 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-1-913743-00-0 (ISBN)
Description
Our growing understanding of embodied awareness is one of the less known and most extraordinary areas of contemporary research and practice.
On one side (the left brain, as it were), neuroscience in all its forms is constantly shedding new light on subjects like embodied cognition, the distributed brain (brain-in-the-gut, brain-in the-heart), the workings of the left and right hemisphere of the brain (McGilchrist and others) and the processing of sensory and emotional data.
On the other side (the right hemisphere, as it were) our study and awareness of the experience of being in our bodies, moving, feeling pain, dreaming, meditating, growing, becoming ill and healing, is becoming increasingly nuanced. Academic research is approaching the experience of consciousness and awareness 'from the inside' and making remarkable discoveries.
The emerging field of 'body and awareness' is transdisciplinary and multifaceted - it has no subject listing in libraries and academia or in booksellers' metadata. But it is of central importance to those interested in understanding art, dance, the psychology of health, child learning and development, trauma, the psycho-ecology of extinction, loss and climate change, proprioception and enteroception, ecological awareness, meditation, and the need for societal transformation in an age of multiple convergent crises.
On one side (the left brain, as it were), neuroscience in all its forms is constantly shedding new light on subjects like embodied cognition, the distributed brain (brain-in-the-gut, brain-in the-heart), the workings of the left and right hemisphere of the brain (McGilchrist and others) and the processing of sensory and emotional data.
On the other side (the right hemisphere, as it were) our study and awareness of the experience of being in our bodies, moving, feeling pain, dreaming, meditating, growing, becoming ill and healing, is becoming increasingly nuanced. Academic research is approaching the experience of consciousness and awareness 'from the inside' and making remarkable discoveries.
The emerging field of 'body and awareness' is transdisciplinary and multifaceted - it has no subject listing in libraries and academia or in booksellers' metadata. But it is of central importance to those interested in understanding art, dance, the psychology of health, child learning and development, trauma, the psycho-ecology of extinction, loss and climate change, proprioception and enteroception, ecological awareness, meditation, and the need for societal transformation in an age of multiple convergent crises.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Bridport
United Kingdom
Illustrations
15 colour photos
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
601 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913743-00-0 (9781913743000)
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Sandra Reeve is a movement artist, director, teacher, mentor, gardener and dance movement psychotherapist living in West Dorset, where her international 'Move into Life' programme of courses and events is based.
Sandra is particularly known for her work on the themes of movement dynamics, ecological lenses and ecological movement. She completed a PhD in Performance Practice at the University of Exeter in 2009 where she remains an Honorary Fellow. Her thesis was called 'The Ecological Body'.
As well as writing widely for Routledge, Intellect and others, she is co-editor of Triarchy's Embodied Lives, author of Nine Ways of Seeing a Body and editor of Body and Performance.
Sandra is particularly known for her work on the themes of movement dynamics, ecological lenses and ecological movement. She completed a PhD in Performance Practice at the University of Exeter in 2009 where she remains an Honorary Fellow. Her thesis was called 'The Ecological Body'.
As well as writing widely for Routledge, Intellect and others, she is co-editor of Triarchy's Embodied Lives, author of Nine Ways of Seeing a Body and editor of Body and Performance.
Content
The Actively Imagining Body ~ Helen Edwards
The Alchemical Body ~ Hilary Kneale
The Awakening Body ~ Anna Murray-Preece
The Changing Body ~ Paula Kramer
The Choreoauratic Body ~ Becca Wood
The Dreamweaving Body ~ Sarah Hyde
The Enfolding Body ~ Kim Sargent-Wishart
The Imaginary Body ~ Alex Crowe
The Instrumental Body ~ Olga Masleinnikova
The Integrative Body ~ Elaine Hendry Westwick
The Intuitive Body ~ Margaret Kerr
The Moving Body ~ Sandra Reeve
The Pain Body ~ Jamila Rodrigues
The Poetic Body ~ Carran Waterfield
The Proprioceptive Body ~ Laura Haughey
The Psychodynamic Body ~ Sandra Kay Lauffenburger
The Signing Body ~ Sheila Ryan
The Transformative Body ~ Ditty Dokter
The Unveiled Body ~ Celine Butte
The Vegetal Body ~ Ali East
The Alchemical Body ~ Hilary Kneale
The Awakening Body ~ Anna Murray-Preece
The Changing Body ~ Paula Kramer
The Choreoauratic Body ~ Becca Wood
The Dreamweaving Body ~ Sarah Hyde
The Enfolding Body ~ Kim Sargent-Wishart
The Imaginary Body ~ Alex Crowe
The Instrumental Body ~ Olga Masleinnikova
The Integrative Body ~ Elaine Hendry Westwick
The Intuitive Body ~ Margaret Kerr
The Moving Body ~ Sandra Reeve
The Pain Body ~ Jamila Rodrigues
The Poetic Body ~ Carran Waterfield
The Proprioceptive Body ~ Laura Haughey
The Psychodynamic Body ~ Sandra Kay Lauffenburger
The Signing Body ~ Sheila Ryan
The Transformative Body ~ Ditty Dokter
The Unveiled Body ~ Celine Butte
The Vegetal Body ~ Ali East