Title:
Somatics : reawakening the mind's control of movement, flexibility, and health / Thomas Hanna.
Author:
Hanna, Thomas, 1928-1990.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Life Long, ©1988.
Call Number:
RC953.8 .E93 H36 1988B
Abstract:
"In the revolutionary Somatics, Thomas Hanna demonstrates that so many problems we accept as inevitable over time-chronic stiffness, bad back, chronic pain, fatigue, and even high blood pressure -need never occur if we maintain conscious control of nerve and muscle, a state which Hanna calls sensory-motor awareness. This gentle, lifelong program can help almost anyone maintain the pleasures of a supple, healthy body indefinitely, with only a five-minute routine once a day." --Publisher description.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2005273972-b.htmlPublisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2005273972-d.html
ISBN:
9780738209579
Physical Description:
xiv, 162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Contents:
The myth of aging -- The stories of sensory-motor amnesia. Barney (42 years) : the tower of Pisa -- James (32 years) : the nightmare back -- Louise (56 years) : the frozen shoulder -- Harley (60 years) : the retracted landing gear -- Alexander (81 years) : los viejitos -- How sensory-motor amnesia occurs -- Atrophy : the role of gradual surrender -- The muscular reflexes of stress -- The red light reflex -- The green light reflex -- The sum of neuromuscular stress : the senile posture and the "dark vise" -- The archer's bow and danger of a "tight gut" -- Trauma : the role of injury -- Expectation : the role of mental attitude -- The somatic exercise program -- How to give yourself the maximum benefit of somatic exercises -- The somatic exercises.
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