Reimagining the Body

Aline Newton's career as an Advanced Certified Rolfer and Rolf Movement Educator spans nearly four decades. During that time, she has never stopped exploring the ideas, contexts, and effects of Rolfing, movement, and bodywork. A prominent teacher and celebrated contributor to the Rolfing community, Aline specializes in bringing movement concepts and practices to a broad, mainstream audience. As well as certifications for Rolfing, therapeutic massage and bodywork, Aline holds a BA in Philosophy and Psychology from Johns Hopkins University and an MA in Education from the University of Toronto. She studied with renowned French Rolfer Hubert Godard for 30 years. In addition to seeing clients privately, Aline is a highly in-demand speaker. She has been a guest lecturer at Harvard University, the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and the Kahn Institute of Smith College. Aline has taught at MIT, and currently teaches at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee's Alexander Training Institute and the Rolf Institute of Structural Integration, where she is the Rolf Movement Faculty Chair.

Introduction
1.EMOTIONAL BODY
2. MECHANICAL BODY: Understanding by Building
3. BODY IN CONTEXT: Dispelling the cerebral mystique
4. BODY IN GRAVITY
5. MANAGING INSTABILITY
6. BODY IN MOTION: Degrees of freedom
7. CULTURAL BODY: What is a reliable body?
8. EXPRESSIVE BODY: Posture is an Attitude
9. BODY READING 10.PERCEPTUAL BODY: A feeling for movement
11.BODY AS RELATIONSHIP
12.BODY IMAGES
13.EMBODIMENT PRACTICES
14.ACTION SPACE
15.CASE STUDY
16.THE MISSING GESTURE
17. SECURE BODY
18. BECOMING CONCLUSION