Based upon the author’s lifetime practices as a dancer, poet and teacher, this innovative approach to developing body awareness focuses on achieving self-discovery and well-being through movement, mindfulness and writing. Written from a holistic (rather than dualistic) view of the mind-body problem, discussion and exercises draw on dance, psychology, neuroscience and meditation to guide personal exploration and creative expression.

Cheryl Pallant is a dancer, dance critic, writer, energy practitioner, somatic coach and teacher at the University of Richmond in Virginia.  She is also the author of Contact Improvisation: An Introduction to a Vitalizing Dance Form.

Cheryl Pallant

Format: softcover (6 x 9)
Pages:
Bibliographic Info: ca. 20 photos, glossary, notes, bibliography, index
Copyright Date: 2018
pISBN: 978-1-4766-6824-6
eISBN: 978-1-4766-3171-4
Imprint: McFarland

Acknowledgments v
Preface 1
Introduction 5
1. The Subjective Body 15
2. The Perceiving Body 38
3. The Kinesthetic Body 61
4. The Verbal Body 88
5. The Imagining Body 113
6. The Evolutionary Body 137
7. The Practicing Body 159
Glossary 171
Chapter Notes 173
Bibliography 176
Index 179