Embody the Skeleton

Mark C. Taylor is a somatic movement educator and therapist. Originally a choreographer, dance company director, and movement educator, he served on the faculties of Princeton University (USA) and the University of Limerick (Ireland). He worked as Program Director for Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen’s School for Body-Mind Centering®, and developed a deep interest in somatic movement pedagogy while teaching in the school’s programs in the U.S. and Europe. In 2006 he founded the Center for BodyMindMovement, providing certification training in Somatic Movement Education with sites in Pittsburgh, PA, Mexico City, São Paulo, Brazil, and Santiago, Chile. He is a board member and past president of the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA).

Forewords



Introduction  



Chapter 1     Skeletal Embodiment in Context



Chapter 2     The Basics (of Bone)



Chapter 3     Skeletal Embodiment: Movement, Touch and Vibration



Chapter 4     The Lower Extremities  



Chapter 5     Integration: Foot to Pelvis



Chapter 6     The Upper Extremities  



Chapter 7     Integration: Hand to Ribs  



Chapter 8     The Axial Skeleton and Skull



Chapter 9     Somatic Practice and Pedagogy



Chapter 10   Somatic Practice with Individuals



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Index