£35.00 GBP / $45.00 USD
Somatic Practice in Yoga Therapy
Explorations of body, movement, mind and self
One value of yoga therapy is its ability to bring us to our senses—figuratively and literally. Inner body sensing and the knowing it evokes is a large part of how we become aware of what we need to attend to and work on in our growth as individuals. In Spanda® Yoga Movement Therapy—the yoga therapy method from which this work arises—embodiment practices are as vital to the process of self-understanding as they are to understanding anatomy, anatomical concepts, and physiological processes. This book shares a host of somatic practices that can readily be used in teaching, therapy, yoga practice and other avenues of personal exploration at the physical, energetic, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. A wealth of illustrated step-by-step directions are given for somatic practice at each koshic level. The practices shared have been in use in clinical yoga therapy, in workshops and in classes for the past thirty years. They’ve resulted in greater knowledge, insight, and awareness of the body and the wisdom it can reveal.
Introduction
Section I: Somatic Practices for an Embodied Understanding of the Body
Introduction to The Purpose of This Section and How to Use These Practices
Chapter 1: Somatic Practices for Understanding the Body’s “Geography”: Experiencing Anatomy and Anatomical Concepts
Chapter 2: Somatic Practices for Experientially Exploring and Illustrating Physiological
Processes
Section II: Somatic Practices for Improving Movement Efficiency
Introduction on the Purpose of This Section and How to Use These Practices
Chapter 3: Embodying Static and Dynamic Alignment
Chapter 4: Embodying the Use of Space
Chapter 5: Embodying Body Organization
Chapter 6: Embodying Movement Quality
Section III: Somatic Practices for Self-Inquiry and Reflection
Introduction on the Purpose of This Section and How to Use These Practices
Chapter 7: Dreaming in Movement
Chapter 8: Spanda® Myofascial ActivationTM
Chapter 9: Spanda® Somatic Accessing TechniqueTM
Section IV: Somatic Practices for Union: Yoga
Introduction on the Purpose of This Section and How to Use These Practices
Chapter 10: Classical Yoga Practices as Somatic Systems of Self-Realization
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As the founding director of Spanda® Yoga Movement Therapy’s accredited yoga therapist and teacher trainings, Jaime Stover Schmitt EdD, CMA, SME, IDME, E-RYT500, C-IAYT is devoted to the education and mentoring of yoga therapists and teachers in somatic practice. She believes safe embodiment to be the ground for insight and positive change.
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Somatic Practice in Yoga Therapy
Explorations of body, movement, mind and self
£35.00 GBP / $45.00 USD Free delivery in the UK and USA
Now available for pre-order at Handspring Publishing
One value of yoga therapy is its ability to bring us to our senses—figuratively and literally. Inner body sensing and the knowing it evokes is a large part of how we become aware of what we need to attend to and work on in our growth as individuals. In Spanda® Yoga Movement Therapy—the yoga therapy method from which this work arises—embodiment practices are as vital to the process of self-understanding as they are to understanding anatomy, anatomical concepts, and physiological processes. This book shares a host of somatic practices that can readily be used in teaching, therapy, yoga practice and other avenues of personal exploration at the physical, energetic, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. A wealth of illustrated step-by-step directions are given for somatic practice at each koshic level. The practices shared have been in use in clinical yoga therapy, in workshops and in classes for the past thirty years. They’ve resulted in greater knowledge, insight, and awareness of the body and the wisdom it can reveal.
Introduction
Section I: Somatic Practices for an Embodied Understanding of the Body
Introduction to The Purpose of This Section and How to Use These Practices
Chapter 1: Somatic Practices for Understanding the Body’s “Geography”: Experiencing Anatomy and Anatomical Concepts
Chapter 2: Somatic Practices for Experientially Exploring and Illustrating Physiological
Processes
Section II: Somatic Practices for Improving Movement Efficiency
Introduction on the Purpose of This Section and How to Use These Practices
Chapter 3: Embodying Static and Dynamic Alignment
Chapter 4: Embodying the Use of Space
Chapter 5: Embodying Body Organization
Chapter 6: Embodying Movement Quality
Section III: Somatic Practices for Self-Inquiry and Reflection
Introduction on the Purpose of This Section and How to Use These Practices
Chapter 7: Dreaming in Movement
Chapter 8: Spanda® Myofascial ActivationTM
Chapter 9: Spanda® Somatic Accessing TechniqueTM
Section IV: Somatic Practices for Union: Yoga
Introduction on the Purpose of This Section and How to Use These Practices
Chapter 10: Classical Yoga Practices as Somatic Systems of Self-Realization
£35.00 GBP / $45.00 USD
As the founding director of Spanda® Yoga Movement Therapy’s accredited yoga therapist and teacher trainings, Jaime Stover Schmitt EdD, CMA, SME, IDME, E-RYT500, C-IAYT is devoted to the education and mentoring of yoga therapists and teachers in somatic practice. She believes safe embodiment to be the ground for insight and positive change.
Read More ›
You may also be interested in:
for course
instructors Ordering for
your class? Get in touch >