Groundworks: Narratives of Embodiment (Paperback)

~ Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (Adapter), Emilie Conrad Da'oud (Author), Michael Salveson (Author), Elizabeth Beringer (Author), Darcy Elman (Author), Michael Marsh (Author), Robert K. Hall M.D. (Author), Don Johnson (Editor) "To understand how the small group of practitioners and teachers represented in these pages came to puzzle about the questions we address in Groundworks, it..." (more)
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"This book is a thoughtful account of how practitioners of these various methods actually go about their brilliant work. It will advance the field of Somatics."
- Michael Murphy, founder of Esalen Institute; author,The Future of the Body; Golf in the Kingdom

Product Description

Groundworks gives accounts of the actual processes of working with individuals in six major schools of Somantics by either the creator of the method itself or a leading teacher of the method. The creators are Robert Hall of Lomi School, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen of Body-Mind Centering, and Emilie Conrad Da'oud of Continuum. Leading teachers of methods include Michael Salveson on Rolfing, Elizabeth Beringer on Feldenkrais work, and Darcy Elman on F. M. Alexander Technique. Each therapist describes how he or she approaches and diagnoses a patient's problem, how he or she determines what and where to work, and the progress of a session. Each therapist shows the complexity of working with somatic processes, as well as the reward, for client and therapist both.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: North Atlantic Books (April 24, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556432356
• ISBN-13: 978-1556432354
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #537,520 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)