Dance Movement Therapy

Dance movement therapy is the use of creative movement and dance in a therapeutic alliance. It uses the relationship between motion and emotion as a vehicle through which an individual can engage in personal integration towards a clearer definition of self. During the last 20 years, dance movement therapy, along with the other arts therapies, has consolidated as a separate and valid therapy in health, education and the voluntary and social services.

From the book:
Dance Movement Therapy
by Helen Payne
Taylor & Francis Books (1992)

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Do-In

Do-In is an ancient japanese method that combines stretching, breathing, exercises and acupressure with meditation. It is effective for physical and spiritual healing as well as for personal development.

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Feldenkrais™

Feldenkrais works on selfoverall health and vitality. Moshe Feldenkrais (1904 -image as well as posture and suppleness and increases -this method while seeking to heal himself from an old knee injury. This bodywork is based 1984), an engineer and physicist , created on the interrelation of Structure/Function : that is to say the way we use our body affect its structure and the structure in turn affect functionsmanipulation work on Structure to balance the body/mind unity, . While other therapies mainly based on soft tissue Feldenkrais works on Function movement, perception and awareness) to enhance health, well-being and treat disease.(

There are two aspects to Feldenkrais:
• Functional Integration , the passive and individual aspect of Feldenkrais, is an individual session of 50-60 min. The practitioner or teacher uses gentle manipulation and mobilization to increase flexibility and self-perception and suggest to the body (mind) other ways of moving .
• Awareness Through Movement , taught to a group of people or students, is a series of "exercises" made with awareness.

Feldenkrais™ is a registered trade mark

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