Category Archives: Embodied
Creative Movement & Management
Could managers gain a new kind of understanding about their interaction with colleagues and employees by ‘dancing’? That’s the question arising from new research. Management is usually considered a stiff and rational business, decisions made based on fiscal studies, profit … Continue reading
Experience is embodied
“We only believe those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body.” W.B. Yeats This quote reminds me of a book by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson who presented an opinion that the mind … Continue reading
Yoga can help girls who suffered childhood trauma
As a Creative Arts Therapist who specializes in the body and is a former Yoga teacher this article is not at all surprising. Most therapists who have worked with trauma survivors know that people have a tendency to have some … Continue reading
Neurology of Dance
Moving into Being
“If your legs let you down you can still dance with your hands and reach those forgotten parts of living in the process. Rosetta Life at St Michael’s Hospice, Hereford,UK.”
Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are
Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident — can affect … Continue reading
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