《reclaiming vitality & presence》是2007年4月Random House US出版的圖書，作者是Norman Fischer等。
基本介紹
- 中文名：reclaiming vitality & presence
- 作者：Norman Fischer 等
- 出版社：Random House US
- ISBN：9781556436413
內容簡介,圖書目錄,作者簡介,
內容簡介
This book captures the essence of Charlotte Selver’s practiceof Sensory Awareness like no other publication. It is an invitationto experience life firsthand again, as we did when we werechildren. In a culture where we have grown accustomed toaccumulating knowledge from teachers and experts, it is rare tofind a book that actually invites us to trust our own senses again.It is the authors’ intent to give back to the reader authority overhis or her own experience and learning processes.
Much of the book focuses on reviving the senses in order to openthe mind and body to direct learning. The book imitates an actualSensory Awareness class, involving the reader as a student, guidinghim or her along a journey with and through the senses to a way ofliving that is in accordance with the natural functioning of thehuman organism in its environment.
The range of explorations include a renewed connection to thesupport of the earth as a foundation for trust; the central role ofgravity for our health and for finding orientation in life; a studyof breathing that promotes health and vitality; and connecting andinteracting with other people. A handbook to a more genuine andconnected way of living, the work is also a beautifully craftedaccount of Sensory Awareness, showing these profound teachers atwork with their students and with the reader.
圖書目錄
Foreword by Norman Fischer
Editors' Introduction
Sensory Awareness and Our Attitude Toward Life
Being in the World
Coming to Our Senses
Nature and "Second Nature"
Learning Through Sensing
Tasting
The Search for Standing
Standing as Relating
Gravity, Energy, and the Support of the Ground
Who Is Standing?
Standing, From Foot to Head
The Wonders of the Organism
Walking: Locomotion and Being
Hara
On Breathing
An Experiment in Being Breathed
Finding Our Stature
Lying as an Activity
Resting as Relating
Sitting
Something in Us Can Teach Us
Slapping as a Stimulant
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作者簡介
Charlotte Selver's very long professional career as a teacherof Sensory Awareness started at the University of Leipzig in the1920s. She was a faculty member of the New School for SocialResearch and a longtime teacher at Esalen Institute. Charlottetaught workshops throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico andEurope. In 1995 she was awarded "The Degree of Doctor of HumaneLetters, honoris causa," by the California Institute of IntegralStudies in San Francisco.
Charles Brooks was a longtime teacher at Esalen Institute and afaculty member of the New School for Social Research. Together withCharlotte Selver, he led workshops throughout the United States,Canada, Mexico and Europe.
Stefan Laeng-Gilliatt (editor) has studied Sensory Awareness andrelated practices since 1980 with teachers in Europe and the USA.Drawing at times from his background in Buddhism and GestaltTherapy, Stefan offers individual sessions, group classes andworkshops in the US and Europe. Stefan has been president andmanager of the Sensory Awareness Foundation since 1995. He alsoworks with prison inmates in New Mexico. He lives in Santa Fe,NM.
Richard Lowe (editor) is a practicing Bay Area psychotherapist.Richard studied for many years with Charlotte Selver and CharlesBrooks and was the founding first president of the SensoryAwareness Leaders Guild. He lives in San Rafael, CA.
