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Bess Mensendieck (1 July 1864 New York City - 27 January 1957, born Elizabeth Marguerite de Varel Mensendieck) was an American physician and gymnastics teacher of Dutch descent who developed the Mensendieck System, a therapeutic teaching methodology for female physical education claimed to be both corrective and preventive.
The Total Woman is a self-help book for married women by Marabel Morgan published in 1973. The book sold over 500,000 copies within the first year, making it the most successful non-fiction book in the USA in 1974. [1] Overall, it sold more than ten million copies. [2]
Rosen Method Bodywork (or Rosen Method) is a type of complementary and alternative medicine. This bodywork, described as 'psychosomatic', claims to help integrate one's bodily and emotional/mental experience. In the tradition of sensory awareness methods, Rosen Method Bodywork focuses clients' attention onto internal sensations and emotions ...
The practice is intended to bring body and mind together, [1] and no strong exertions or muscular contortions are involved. [2] Breema utilizes "Nine Principles of Harmony" which frame the practice, and are applicable to every situation in life. [3] These principles are said to assist with mindfulness in daily life.
Shiatsu (/ ʃ i ˈ æ t s-,-ˈ ɑː t s uː / shee-AT-, - AHT-soo; [1] 指圧) is a form of Japanese bodywork based on concepts in traditional Chinese medicine such as qi meridians. Having been popularized in the twentieth century by Tokujiro Namikoshi (1905–2000), [ 2 ] shiatsu derives from the older Japanese massage modality called anma .
Somatics is a field within bodywork and movement studies which emphasizes internal physical perception and experience. The term is used in movement therapy to signify approaches based on the soma , or "the body as perceived from within", [ 1 ] [ 2 ] including Skinner Releasing Technique , Alexander technique , the Feldenkrais Method , Eutony ...
Mabel Elsworth Todd (1880 – 1956) is known as the founder of what came to be known as 'Ideokinesis', a form of somatic education that became popular in the 1930s amongst dancers and health professionals. Todd's ideas involved using anatomically based, creative visual imagery and consciously relaxed volition to create and refine neuromuscular ...