Body Movement

Veteran science journalist Caroline Williams explores the cutting-edge research behind brain health and physical activity, interviewing scientists from around the world to completely reframe our relationship to movement. Along the way she reveals easy tricks that we could all use to improve our memory, maximize our creativity, strengthen our emotional literacy and more. A welcome counterpoint to the current mindfulness craze, Move offers a more stimulating and productive way of freeing our caged minds to live our best life.

Blending Eastern philosophy with Western mechanics, The Align Method brilliantly outlines the necessary tools to leverage the power of your own senses and body language to feel more flexible and confident, and details exactly how to reshape your environment for enhanced creativity and longevity. This is the quintessential user's manual to feeling better than you ever thought possible, and looking great while you're at it!

The power of the breath has been recognized for millennia as an integral part of health and well-being. In Awakening the Sacred Body, teacher Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche makes accessible the ancient art of Tibetan breath and movement practices. In clear, easy-to-understand language, he outlines the theory and processes of two powerful meditations - the Nine Breathings of Purification and the Tsa Lung movements - that can help you change your relationship to yourself, to others, and to the world.

Unveil the secrets of your body and mind – transform your life with the power of somatic therapy! Have you ever felt disconnected from your own body, as if it's a stranger to you? Do emotions sometimes hit you out of nowhere, leaving you overwhelmed or numb? Are you tired of traditional therapies that focus only on your mind, ignoring the powerful language of your body? You start to think that maybe you're flawed or broken. You think if you could just figure out where these emotions are coming from, you could fix yourself and finally feel whole.

When we talk about movement, most of us think "exercise." But the way we move our bodies—how we walk, roll, dance, stretch, connect, and take up space—is about so much more than physical fitness. Our movements impact our mental and emotional health . . . and when we change the way we move, we can change the way we live. Licensed clinical professional counselor and board-certified dance and movement therapist Erica Hornthal takes listeners on a step-by-step journey with a guide that is inclusive, non-prescriptive, and helps us discover the kind of movement that works best for us.

Here’s an idea: exercise should be enjoyable—not punishing, elitist, or overly competitive. Nor should gym work cause us harm or bring us shame. Part exercise manual and part workbook, Movement for Every Body celebrates this approach and champions an inclusive movement practice for anyone who doesn’t fit the "typical" fitness mold and doesn’t wish to—who refuses burdensome narratives that tell them they're broken and need to be fixed, cured, or mended to be whole.

Vinh Pham is a world-class physical therapist who has worked with a broad range of clients. Early in his career, he discovered a disappointing truth: most of his patients came to him already in pain. They had lifestyle habits that misaligned their joints and tightened their muscles. And the recent epidemic of prolonged sitting—which represents an all-day assault on the body—has only made things worse. A precise and simple toolkit for tweaking the way we move (or refuse to move), Sit Up Straight outlines a process that starts with a daily posture regimen.

Conocé el cuerpo a través de la Biomecánica Aplicada al Movimiento (BAM) y su propuesta de trabajo para aliviar dolores, respirar mejor, evitar lesiones y así lograr un destino más saludable, autónomo y consciente.

Esta es una invitación a entender cómo, desde lo concreto, desde nuestro cuerpo, podemos modificar nuestra mente. Una vez que lo entiendes con músculos, huesos y tendones, el camino a la comprensión mental/emocional es mucho más fácil.