Somatics Reawakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility, and Health

Name: Somatics Reawakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility, and Health
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9780738209579

ISBN-10: 0738209570

ISBN-13: 9780738209579

Edition: 2004 (Reissue)

Authors: Thomas Hanna

List price: $18.99

30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!

Buy used: $7.05

Buy new: $14.62

Marketplace

5 new & used from $6.72

what's this?

Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:

You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

When our bodies start to feel stiff, sore, or tired, we often say that we're "getting old." But is that really the problem? In this groundbreaking book, Thomas Hanna shows that much of the physical decline associated with aging is not inevitable but avoidable. Building on the work of Moshe Feldenkrais, Hanna's practical program for the mind and body proves once and for all that problems you've always thought of as the symptoms of age -- stiffness, bad back, chronic pain, fatigue, and, at times, even high blood pressure -- need never occur if you maintain conscious control of your nerves and muscles. He shows how the body can turn a habitual action into an involuntary, destructive pattern…

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication date: 8/4/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 7.32" wide x 9.13" long x 0.47" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Author of the groundbreaking book, Somatics: Reawakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility, and Health, Thomas Hanna (1928-1990) was the director of the Novato Institute for Somatic Research and Training in San Francisco and the founder and editor of Somatics: Magazine-Journal of the Bodily Arts and Sciences.



Introduction: The Myth of Aging



The Stories of Sensory-Motor Amnesia



Barney (42 Years): The Tower of Pisa


Interlude: Moving and Feeling--Two Sides of the Same Coin



James (32 Years): The Nightmare Back


Interlude: Chronic Muscular Tension



Louise (56 Years): The Frozen Shoulder


Interlude: What "Somatic" Means



Harley (60 Years): The Retracted Landing Gear


Interlude: The Unconscious Levels of the Brain



Alexander (81 Years): Los Viejitos


Summary: What These Five Case Histories Teach Us



How Sensory-Motor Amnesia Occurs



Atrophy: The Role of Gradual Surrender



The Muscular Reflexes of Stress



The Red Light Reflex



The Green Light Reflex



The Sum of Neuromuscular Stress: The Senile Posture and the "Dark Vise"


Interlude: The Archer's Bow and Danger of a "Tight Gut"



Trauma: The Role of Injury


Interlude: Staying Sexy and Smart



Expectation: The Role of Mental Attitude


Interlude: Learning to Drink from the Well



The Somatic Exercise Program



How to Give Yourself the Maximum Benefit of Somatic Exercises


Interlude: The Daily "Cat Stretch"



The Somatic Exercises



Controlling the Extensor Muscles of the Back



Controlling the Flexor Muscles of the Stomach



Controlling the Muscles of the Waist



Controlling the Muscles Involving Trunk Rotation



Controlling the Muscles of the Hip Joints and Legs



Controlling the Muscles of the Neck and Shoulders



Improving Breathing



Improving Walking


References


Index