I didn’t know much about somatic body techniques, so this is a good primer on it. I definitely need to review it more though as listening was a bit of an annoyance as the author kept taking audible breaths while reading so much that I was getting grumpy and kept upping the speed to see if it helped (it didn’t). Anyway I’m pro movement so appreciate learning about more ways than just my standard walking that I do daily.
Hornthal'sBody Aware explains how beneficial movement helps the body heal. Movement therapy gets overlooked quite often as a source of mental healing.
Through three different sections (How You Move, How Movement Is A Catalyst For Change, and Transforming Your Life Through Movement), Hornthal presents easy to understand concepts of intentional movement and its benefits.
You will learn things like interpreting your body's own language, exploring where you hold emotions within the body physically, determining emotional blockages, and transforming harmful thoughts to positive ones that generate emotional resilience. Hornthal even covers movement diversity and disability.
While I loved that there were sections on disability and movement diversity, overall I felt disappointed that more concrete movement changes weren't included. I do better with specifics.
Reading through the book did encourage me to seek out my own ways to move differently. I've started spontaneously dancing more often, and I finally got around to starting Qigong as exercise I can do with my ME (Myalgic encephalomyelitis) and long COVID.… (més)
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