The Fluid Nature of Being: Embodied practices for healing and wholeness

Synopsis

The Fluid Nature of Being is a collection of writings by practitioners of Integrative Bodywork & Movement Therapy (IBMT), an approach to somatic movement education and therapy. The cultivation of consciously embodied movement is at the heart of somatic movement practice. Through embodiment practices, soma - the subjectively experienced sense of embodied self - becomes a vital, living reality and a foundation through which healthy relationship to others, to Nature, and to life as a whole can be nourished.The book describes the practice, thinking, research and creative work of twenty-one IBMT practitioners. Each has also trained in other disciplines and their writing weaves together their broader learning, passion and professional practice within the IBMT approach to somatic work. In this volume we offer a collection of expressions with a rich diversity of themes and styles, bringing these voices from the next generation of somatic movement practitioners, writers and leaders to a wider audience.The book covers topics such as IBMT in therapy, education, early years learning, dance and theatre; the integration with psychotherapy, psychoanalytic thinking, and somatic trauma therapy; and the connection between individual healing and the healing of the Earth and Nature during this time of planetary crisis.There are many aspects of IBMT practice described in this book that are shared with somatic practices in general, though there are also aspects which are specific to this approach. IBMT uniquely integrates in-depth studies in Somatic Psychology and the Discipline of Authentic Movement into a foundation of Body-Mind Centering® training. At the core of the practice is the quest to deepen connection with self, and from there, connection with others and the world around us.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

272 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781913426507

Related ISBNs:

9781913426491, 9781913426491

Publisher:

Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Date of Addition:

09/12/22

Copyrighted By:

Linda Hartley, Mari Winkelman, Rachel Lambert, Mari Joyce, Raima Drąsutyte , Beverley Anne Nolan, Anna Aleksandrovna Titova, Frauke Burchards, Anna Feoktistova, Penny Collinson, Heike Kuhlmann, Paul Beaumont, Daria Shamina, Anna Khasina, Maren Hillert, Jan

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Health, Mind and Body

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Linda Hartley

Foreword by:

Martha Eddy

Foreword by:

Don Hanlon Johnson