Mindful movement : the evolution of the somatic arts and conscious action / Martha Eddy.

Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL : Intellect, 2017.

xiv, 369 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

Influences and development of somatic education. Introduction and overview : the what and why of somatic education -- The first generation : founders of somatic education technique -- Second generation : set one, the influence of dance on somatic education -- European antecedents to somatic movement / Kelly Jean Mullan -- Global roots of somatic movement : Asian and African influences / Sangeet Duchane -- The emergence of somatic movement education and therapy. Second generation : set two, dynamic approaches to well-being in dance and fitness -- Third generation : the amalgams, somatic movement education and therapy today -- The universities and somatic inquiry : the growth of somatic movement dance education in Britain / Sara Reed and Sarah Whatley -- How dance has helped situate academic fields of somatic inquiry : case study University of Illinois-Urbana / Rebecca Nettl-Fiol -- Somatic movement and dance education in pre-K-12 education / Kate Tarlow Morgan, Eve Selver-Kassell, Lauren Lipman and Mary Ann Brehm -- Current trends in somatic thinking and being. Healthy movement, healthy mind : neuroscience connections to somatic healing and action -- Conscious action and social change : "social somatics" -- Somatic dance and environmental activism : is this spirituality? -- Concluding thoughts : does somatic awareness interplay with genetics, ecstasy and space? -- Appendix 1. Elaine Summers : Skytime 2014/Moon Rainbow -- Appendix 2. Emilie Conrad in memoriam -- Appendix 3. Ruth Doing's rhythms fundamentals compared with body-mind centering BNP as presented by Kate Tarlow Morgan.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-339) and index.