ORIGINS is a body-based approach to our developmental evolutionary process from preconception to standing. The book weaves together existing and new strands of somatic practices into a vibrant and colourful tapestry that is unique to each person. As human beings, body, spirit, emotion and thought all evolve in relationship to each other. The process of our physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual development occurs in overlapping spirals and is neither linear nor hierarchical. It is more like an elaborate dance that unfolds as we grow. This book attempts to express the universality of our humanity and our interconnectedness. The writing style is more evocative of a `feeling'' style as opposed to a text book or more clinical style. The author hopes this book will be of interest to movement therapists, dancers, psychotherapists, and those people involved in the arts and performance who seek a more embodied engagement with their creative lives. Most especially she hopes that the human being who sees and desires the necessity of embodiment as part of their personal and creative development in daily life can find it through the engagement with the content of these pages.
See more
Current price
€107.88
Original price
€124.00
Save 13%
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days
Product Details
Dimensions: 260 x 210mm
Publication Date: 08 Nov 2018
Publisher: Authenticity Books
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781999582104
About Joan Davis
Joan Davis has lived her whole life in Ireland where she has pioneered innovative contemporary dance practices since 1976. From 1996 when she moved to Wicklow and opened a small wholistic center she developed the arts practice and performance offerings of Maya Lila. Two books Maya Lila Bringing Authentic Movement into Performance: The Offering and Maya Lila Bringing Authentic Movement into Performance: The Process was published in 2007. A film of the work of Maya Lila called In the Bell''s Shadow was made in 2013. In 2012 Joan offered a somatic training the first of its kind in Ireland called ORIGINS. This training covered somatic experiences developmental and psychological movements from pre-conception to approximately eighteen months of age. Currently Joan is offering a new programme called ORIGINAL NATURE (2018-2021) which follows on from ORIGINS and holds the intention to deepen and refine the quality of our direct embodied presence with ourselves our clients and groups not to mention daily living. She has three children four grandsons and two grand-dogs.