Meet your body : core bodywork and rolfing tools to release bodymindcore trauma / Noah Karrasch ; illustrated by Lovella Lindsey ; foreword by Ralph Harvey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Karrasch, Noah.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human body.

Posture.

Rolfing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; Philadelphia : Singing Dragon, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many of us hold on to old fears and stresses and allow them to frame our lives. This book shows how to relieve these problems and help you look and feel better on a profound level. Based on the idea that the body is composed of twenty-one main hinges, Meet Your Body shows how we can 'oil' and free these hinges, so we can feel healthy and happy.

Contents:

Meet Your Body; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Prologue; What I do, what I see; Dis-ease is the slowdown of energy; Hinges in our body: clean them, realign them; Body mindcore; The old sayings make sense; Chapter 1: The Big Toe Hinge; The balance points of the foot; Check your alignment; The secret behind the big toe; A new walk; Big toe pushups; Using steps; Chapter 2: The Ankle Hinge; A firm foundation?; A horizontal hinge; What's the best way to stretch?; It's called "connective" tissue; Simple knee bends; Barefoot walking; Early walkers; Squats; Chapter 3: The Knee Hinge

Inflexibility and fearLock your knees; Why do we have pain?; How much love?; On track, back to the stairs; My favorite exercise; On the rebounder; Now, get creative with this hinge; Knee circles; Chapter 4: The Hip Hinges; Our first ball and socket; Gird the loins: it's the iliacus!; Finding the deep line; Z position; Finding the inside of your legs; Too much?; Ticklers and other abusers; Finding the pelvic floor; Now, can you relax?; Chapter 5: The Sacred Hinge; Stacking blocks on a holy bone; Finding balance; Don't wag your tail!; Health in the deep front muscle; What to do about it

Pelvic lifts and pigeonsOh, there's the pigeon!; Chapter 6: The Stomach Hinge; Spilling our guts; Too many sit-ups; A very injured hinge; What could life look like?; Clean the dump; Another way to keep it clean; Chapter 7: The Heart Hinge; Breath: our inspiration; Intentional breathing andthe diaphragm; Fibromyalgia; Open the hinge and breathe; Rule of thirty times six; Chapter 8: The Arm Hinge; One arm, many hinges; A new type of structure; Attitude is everything:what's joy look like?; How to unwind; Dr. Rolf's arm rotations; Other stretches; Chapter 9: Shoulders, Elbows, Wrists, and Fingers

Front legs from the shoulder and downThe core* philosophy; Pushing it up and out; What's carpal tunnel?; Stretching the "great eliminator"; Rules to live by; Loving all of self, all the time; As we think, so we are; Chapter 10: The Head Hinge; A double hinge; "Head up, waist back"; How did we lose it?; Short and tight; Deep head line: look to the hills; Traction; Remember to go the other way; Neck rolls; "Achievement mode"; Afterword: Putting the Hinges All Together; Integrity; Stretch your hingesaway from each other; Why are you here?; Do what you love; What will people think?; I'm trapped!

How do I serve?Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781299265325

1299265324

9780857010001

085701000X