[Annie Payson Call] Three titles by American Delsartean pioneer

Call, Annie Payson

Published by Little Brown, 1911

Three titles by Annie Payson Hall: 1) POWER THROUGH REPOSE, Little Brown, 1925 new edition; 2) THE FREEDOM OF LIFE, Little Brown, 1911; 3) NERVES AND COMMON SENSE, Little Brown, 1916 new and enlarged edition. All good copies with light rubbing to spines. Not available for priority/expedited shipping. Perhaps best remembered for the warm endorsement provided by William James in his widely reprinted essay, ΓΆβ?¬Ε?The Gospel of Relaxation,ΓΆβ?¬Β Annie Payson Call (1853ΓΆβ?¬β??1940) was a pioneer who spoke with a woman's authority and voice to the emerging somatic self-help movement and relaxation therapies at the turn of the century. Call was a highly regarded teacher of her method of bodily education and a prolific and popular author. Against the background of American Delsartism, the flourishing of health movements, and innovations in dance forms of the period, Call was an innovator in American approaches to movement that place bodily awareness and sensory knowledge at the heart of movement experience and training. Her method trains bodily awareness and the release of muscular tension. See: John M Andrick's "DELSARTEAN HYPNOSIS FOR GIRLS' BODIES AND MINDS: Annie Payson Call and the Lasell Seminary Nerve Training Controversy". Seller Inventory # 294352

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Title: [Annie Payson Call] Three titles by American...
Publisher: Little Brown
Publication Date: 1911
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good