Movement Integration

Linus Johansson, Lundgren

ISBN 10: 1905367953 / ISBN 13: 9781905367955

Published by Lotus Publishing Limited, GB, 2019

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A paradigm-shifting, integrative approach to understanding body movementThe ability to move with efficiency and agility has been an essential component to our evolution and survival as a species. It has enabled us to find food, fight threats, flee danger, and flourish both individually and collectively. Our body's intricate network of bones, muscles, tissues, and organs moves with great complexity. While traditional anatomy has relied on a reductionist frame for understanding these mechanisms in isolation, the contributors to Movement Integration take a more systemic, integrative approach. Ensomatosy is a new paradigm for comprehending movement from the perspective of the body s entirety. The body's many systems are understood as synchronized both internally and externally. Drawing on expertise in physiotherapy, somatics, sports science, Rolfing, myofascial therapy, craniosacral therapy, Pilates, and yoga, the authors assert that a more comprehensive understanding of movement is key to restoring the body s natural ability to move fluidly and painlessly. With over 150 colour images, the Color Illustration Model provides a visual tool for understanding how joints interact with surrounding structures (rather than in isolation). This is an ideal book for physiotherapists, massage therapists, structural integrators, coaches, as well as yoga and Pilates instructors.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Movement Integration
• Publisher: Lotus Publishing Limited, GB
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905367953
• ISBN 13: 9781905367955
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The authors, Martin Lundgren and Linus Johansson, together with eight of their colleagues, have created this Movement Integration book. In it they describe the human form and function from a systemic point of view, primarily by using relationships between structures within the body itself. Two completely new concepts are presented. The first is Ensomatosy, which is a new holistic approach to the human form and parallel perspective to anatomy. The second is the Color Illustration Model of Relative Movement, which is a visual aid to see and understand the complex relationships between movements that happen when a person moves. The sole purpose of this book is to describe the vast human complexity by means of these two well-organized concepts that can be used to more easily approach and work with the human form and function in movement.