MARY BOND

Mary Bond explica que lograr una postura saludable viene de aprender a sentir, en lugar de entrenamiento de músculos hasta que adquieran una forma ideal. Bond identifica las características anatómicas clave que influyen en la alineacion y sugiere que es posible crear cambios de postura a partir de seis zonas del cuerpo. Ofrece ejercicios de autoayuda que propician el funcionamiento saludable en cada una de las zonas.

An experiential guide to using your body as the focus of contemplative practice Presents more than 50 physical self-explorations that invite you to transform your sensory experience, expand your awareness, and practice embodied presence Integrates movement theory, neuroscience, fascia research, and personal story to examine the structural foundation of the human body in motion and in stillness Includes streaming audio and video links for each practice Integrating movement theory, philosophy, neuroscience, fascia research, polyvagal theory, and personal story, Mary Bond teaches you to unlock your bodys inner guidanceits somatic wisdom. She reveals how the human body organizes and expresses movement through perception, looking in depth at the role of the fascial system as the preeminent organ of the mind-body connection. She also explains the process of internal perception, or interoception, the body-minds ability to identify, access, understand, and respond appropriately to its internal signals. Offering an experiential understanding of the structural foundation of the human body in motion and in stillness, Bond presents more than 50 self-explorations that allow you to transform your sensory experience, expand your awareness, and make embodimentyour own complex bodythe focus of contemplative practice. The author also includes links to audio and video instructions for each practice. Inviting you to awaken to the grace and wisdom of your body as a personal mandala that is always available for meditative focus, the author shows how conscious embodiment can help us not only improve our posture but also become more perceptive and more humane beings.

Póngase de pie en su posición habitual... ¿tiene los pies vueltos hacia fuera o hacia dentro? Fíjese en la posición de la cabeza, ¿tiene que tensar el cuello para mantenerla en su lugar?, ¿proyecta el menton hacia delante? Empiece a caminar... ¿da el paso mas largo con una pierna que con la otra?, ¿donde esta su centro de equilibrio? No nos fijamos en nuestro cuerpo hasta que un dia empieza a fallar, y entonces culpamos a la edad o a la mala suerte. Sin embargo, el cuerpo es mucho mas que una carcasa que nos contiene y transporta. Acusa todas las emociones, todos los golpes, y los traduce en rigideces y desequilibrios. Las tensiones fisicas y el estres son el resultado de un cuerpo que ha perdido el equilibrio. Por suerte para nosotros el tejido conectivo que mantiene la union de todos los componentes del cuerpo es muy flexible y puede adaptarse a nuevas posturas y movimientos saludables. Este libro es una introduccion al Rolfing-Movimiento, una tecnica que combina el contacto fisico y la comunicacion verbal para enseñarnos a tomar conciencia del cuerpo, liberar las tensiones acumuladas y descubrir una nueva manera, mas armoniosa, de estar y de moverse.

Un manual para entender la mejor forma de vivir dentro del cuerpo humano en un mundo sedentario • Contiene ejercicios de autoayuda e información de ergonomía para ayudarnos a corregir patrones de mov

A manual for understanding the anatomical and emotional components of posture in order to heal chronic pain Contains self-help exercises and ergonomics information to help correct unhealthy movement patterns Teaches how to adopt suitable posture in the modern sedentary world Many people cause their own back and body pain through their everyday bad postural and movement habits. Many sense that their poor posture is probably the root of the problem, but they are unable to change long-standing habits. In The New Rules of Posture, Mary Bond approaches postural changes from the inside out. She explains that healthy posture comes from a new sense we can learn to feel, not by training our muscles into an ideal shape. Drawing from 35 years of helping people improve their bodies, she shows how habitual movement patterns and emotional factors lead to unhealthy posture. She contends that posture is the physical action we take to orient ourselves in relation to situations, emotions, and people; in order to improve our posture, we need to examine both our physical postural traits and the self-expression that underlies the way we sit, stand, and move. The way we walk, she says, is our bodys signature. Bond identifies the key anatomical features that impact alignment, particularly in light of our modern sedentary lives, and proposes six zones that help create postural changes: the pelvic floor, the breathing muscles, the abdomen, the hands, the feet, and the head. She offers self-help exercises that enable healthy function in each zone as well as information on basic ergonomics and case histories to inspire us to think about our own habitual movements. This book is a resource for Pilates, yoga, and dance instructors as well as healthcare professionals in educating people about postural self-care so they can relieve chronic pain and enjoy all life activities with greater ease.