BODYSTORIES (EXPANDED ED.)

by Olsen, Andrea

• ISBN13: 9781581770230
• ISBN10: 1581770235
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-11-01
• Publisher: Barrytown/Station Hill Press, Inc.

Table of Contents

Preface to New Edition	1	(5)
The Text: Origins (Introduction)	5	(1)
Stories: ``Writing''	5	(2)
``Colors''	7	(2)
Day 1
Basic Concepts	9	(1)
Story: ``Claiming your Height''	9	(1)
To do: Drawing your skeleton	10	(1)
Day 2
Attitudes About the Body	11	(1)
Story: ``Running''	11	(2)
To do: Constructive Rest	13	(2)
Bodystory	14	(1)
Day 3
Proprioception and Sensory Awareness	15	(1)
Story: ``Choice''	15	(2)
To do: Body scanning	17	(2)
Body painting	17	(2)
Day 4
The Cell	19	(1)
Story: ``Exchange''	19	(2)
To do: Cellular breathing	21	(2)
Breathing spot	21	(1)
Cellular awareness	21	(2)
Day 5
Evolutionary Story: In the Water	23	(1)
Story: ``Layers''	23	(2)
To do: Body Symmetries	25	(2)
Day 6
Evolution to Standing: On Land	27	(1)
Story: ``Language''	27	(2)
``Body as Home''	28	(1)
To do: Evolution to standing	29	(2)
Day 7
Bodymeasuring: Terminology	31	(1)
Story: ``Depth''	31	(2)
To do: Measuring the body	33	(2)
Planes, axes, and planes of motion	33	(2)
Day 8
Three Body Weights and Postural Alignment	35	(1)
Story: ``Balance''	35	(1)
To do: Cone head and tail	36	(3)
Landmarks for alignment	36	(1)
Balancing body weights	37	(2)
Day 9
The Nature of Bone	39	(1)
Story: ``Assembling the Skeleton''	39	(2)
To do: Articulating the bones	41	(2)
Moving from bone	41	(2)
Day 10
Skull, Jaw and Hyoid Bone	43	(1)
Story: ``Masks''	43	(2)
To do: Suture massage	45	(4)
Holding the head	46	(1)
TMJ joint	47	(2)
Day 11
Axial Skeleton: Skull to Spine	49	(1)
Story: ``On Alert''	49	(3)
To do: Walking down the spine	52	(3)
Rolling down the spine	53	(1)
Rocking the spine	54	(1)
Caring for your spine	54	(1)
Day 12
Thorax: The Vertebrae and Ribs	55	(1)
Story: ``Exposure''	55	(3)
To do: Drawing the vertebrae	58	(3)
Tracing the ribs	59	(1)
Tracing ribs, with partner	60	(1)
Day 13
Breathing	61	(1)
Story: ``Sigh''	61	(3)
To do: Breathing with the five lobes of the lungs	64	(1)
Day 14
Shoulder Girdle	65	(1)
Story: ``Process''	65	(3)
To do: Shoulder Circles	68	(4)
Tracing the shoulder girdle	68	(1)
Partner work	69	(1)
Moving hand from scapula	70	(2)
Day 15
Forearm, Wrist and Hand	72	(1)
Story: ``Control''	72	(3)
To do: Rotating the forearm; Tracing the bones	75	(1)
Day 16
Hand	75	(1)
Story: ``Tapping''	75	(1)
To do: Hand massage	76	(3)
Shoulder girdle integration	76	(1)
Dancers: Carriage of arms	77	(2)
Day 17
Touch	79	(1)
Stories: ``Staying Present''	79	(3)
``Body Picture''	80	(1)
``Hands On''	81	(1)
To do: Sensitizing the hands	82	(1)
Partner: Touch	82	(1)
Day 18
Pelvis	83	(1)
Story: ``Forgetting''	83	(2)
To do: Pelvis	85	(2)
Dancers: Hip rotation	86	(1)
Day 19
Iliopsoas	87	(1)
Story: ``Finding Center''	87	(1)
To do: Sit-backs	88	(5)
Partner: Sit-backs	90	(1)
Front surface alignment	91	(2)
Day 20
Femur: A Leg to Stand On	93	(1)
Story: ``Holding''	93	(1)
To do: Hip circles	94	(3)
Tracing the bone	95	(1)
Thigh rolls	95	(1)
Toothpaste tube	95	(2)
Day 21
Knee	97	(1)
Story: ``Connections''	97	(2)
To do: Feeling the two balls and two sockets of the knees	99	(2)
Caring for your knees	100	(1)
Day 22
Tibia and Fibula: The Lower Leg	101	(1)
Story: ``Below the Knees''	101	(2)
To do: Tracing the tibia & fibula	103	(1)
Rotating the tibia & fibula	104	(1)
Day 23
Feet	105	(1)
Story: ``Slow Down''	106	(1)
To do: Foot massage	107	(1)
Integrating pelvic girdle: feet-pelvis	108	(1)
Integrating pelvic girdle: chair work	109	(1)
Dancers: Releve	110	(3)
Day 24
Joints	113	(1)
Story: ``Body Logic''	113	(2)
To do: Arthrometric Model	115	(4)
Drawing the joints	116	(1)
Moving from the joints	117	(2)
Day 25
Nervous System: Body Listening	119	(1)
Story: ``Release''	120	(4)
To do: Dialogue between systems	124	(3)
Visualization, imagery, and imagination	125	(2)
Day 26
Digestion	127	(1)
Story: ``Gut Response''	127	(2)
``Passageway''	128	(1)
To do: Tracing the digestive tract	129	(2)
Day 27
Human Reflexes and Developmental Patterns	131	(1)
Story: ``Progress''	131	(5)
To do: Pattern sequence	136	(5)
Exploring patterns	138	(1)
Modulating opposites	139	(2)
Day 28
Sexuality	141	(1)
Story: ``Voyage''	141	(3)
To do: Relating to self	144	(3)
Relating to others	145	(2)
Day 29
Emotions	147	(1)
Story: ``Support''	147	(1)
To do: The motion in emotion	148	(3)
Image Work: Masks	148	(1)
Moving contrasts	149	(1)
Creative response	149	(2)
Day 30
Sound and Movement	151	(1)
Story: ``Silence''	151	(4)
To do: Moving with sound	155	(2)
Vibrating the body	155	(1)
Vibrating the body, standing	156	(1)
Day 31
Personal Project	157	(1)
Story: ``Endings as Beginnings''	157	(1)
To do: Following your movement	158	(1)
Teach-a-friend	158	(1)
EPILOGUE
Writing our Stories	159	(1)
Story: ``Voices''	159	(2)
To do: Timed Writings	161	(2)
Body Tracing	162	(1)
Notes	163	(1)
Bibliography	163	(2)
Art Index	165	(1)
Multicultural Index	166	(1)
Subject Index	167	(1)
About the Authors	168