Beautiful Practice: A Whole-Life Approach to Health, Performance and the Human Predicament - Softcover

Forencich, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985126302 ISBN 13: 9780985126308

Publisher: Exuberant Animal, 2014

Synopsis

As we all know, today’s world presents us with an unprecedented set of perplexing challenges: habitat destruction, lifestyle disease, crushing stress, fragmented attention, anxiety and social conflict. Our bodies are suffering, our minds are confused and our spirits are in turmoil. We need knowledge and understanding, but we also need experience, participation and engagement. In other words, we need a practice. Beautiful Practice is a multi-disciplinary guide to the art of living skillfully and mindfully in the modern world. This book will lead you through a progressive series of lessons, each designed to reveal one crucial aspect of living our beautiful adventure. Use these lessons to develop a personal practice, refine an existing program or create a new practice from scratch. This book is for trainers, coaches, classroom teachers, yoga teachers, martial artists, professionals, managers and parents; the ideas in this book will enhance your efforts in any discipline. So please join in. Sweep the dojo, empty your cup, bow to the mat and let’s begin.

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About the Author

Frank Forencich is an internationally-recognized leader in health education and performance training. He earned his B.A. at Stanford University in human biology and neuroscience and has over 30 years teaching experience in martial art and health education. B.A. Stanford University: human biology and neuroscience, 1979 Thirty years teaching experience in health education and performance training Named by Experience Life magazine as one of "Five Visionaries leading the charge to better health, and a healthier world." Regular columnist: Paleo Magazine Featured teaching partner at En*theos Academy for Optimal Living Presentations: Ancestral Health Symposium, Harvard, August 2012 Google, January 2012 Dr. Robert Conn Heart Conference, December 2011 General Electric, September 2011 Ancestral Health Symposium, UCLA, August 2011 Stanford University Institute of Design: 2009 - 2011 TEDx: Pearl River, Hong Kong, December 2010 Author of: Exuberant Animal: The Power of Health, Play and Joyful Movement Change Your Body, Change the World: Reflections on Health and the Human Predicament Stresscraft: A Whole-Life Approach to Health and Performance Biology of the Bottom Line The Exuberant Animal Blog

Edition details

• Publisher: Exuberant Animal
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0985126302
• ISBN 13: 9780985126308
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274