![]() ![]() 'Eddy’s considerable expertise in both movement science and varied somatic practices, along with 15 years of case study, practice-oriented research, and personal interviews research, results in a rich investigation of the somatic arts. The book provides charts, interviews, first-person testimonials, and photographs, and it includes several chapters written by other people, such as Rebecca Nettl-Fiol’s “How Dance Has Helped Situate Academic Fields of Somatic Inquiry: Case Study University of Illinois-Urbana.” Anyone planning to teach either dance or somatics - actually, anyone with a body - will find useful information here.' Village Voice - Elizabeth Zimmer April 25, 2017 Alexander, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, and Moshe Feldenkrais. 'Eddy’s material is valuable, tracing the history and geography of somatics from its origins in Europe to its flowering in twentieth-century North America, where primary exponents have included such pioneers as F.M. This is so important for activists who need to keep our bodies in good shape, so we can keep on "moving for life" in the faith-rooted justice movement, with grace and strength.' Dr Peter Heltzel, Founding Director, Micah Institute Dr Margaret Peg Eddy, Martha Eddy's book Mindful Movement: The Evolution of the Somatic Arts and Consciousness Action argues that Spirit-led bodily movement becomes activist power for the practice of prophetic pedagogy and transformational urban ministry. 'Building on the wholistic embodied feminist vision of Rev. ![]() Martha Eddy literally wrote the book on somatics: Mindful Movement: The Evolution of the Somatic Arts and Conscious Action is the most comprehensive examination of the field thus far.' Nancy Wozny, Dance Magazine The book also begins to name the ways in which somatic education both intersects and differs from DMT and how each field can inform the other.' Valerie Blanc, American Journal of Dance Therapy This book is an asset to dance/movement therapists by identifying the multiple roots of somatic education. 'Mindful Movement is a thoughtful and comprehensive chronicle of the history of the field of somatic movement education as well as a critical and conscious call to future steps and advocacy. ![]()
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