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|Heartwood in the Hills
Movement for Health and Centering - a dance class for pedestrians
A day long workshop to come home to your center, an exploration of the body within. We will regard the body architecturally, as a building that moves, the pelvis as a bridge that walks. We'll study the bones, with examples from comparative anatomy of humans and other vertebrates.
Time & Location
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Heartwood in the Hills, Left Bank-Lovada, Grantsville, WV 26147, USA
About the event
MOVEMENT FOR HEALTH AND CENTERING
with Jude Binder
Breathe, Center, Balance, Move
In 1976 I sustained a serious injury to my knee. At the time I had little knowledge of anatomy and had not been schooled in the anatomical repercussions of the rigors of dance. My injury was a wake-up call, as injuries often are. I began to study anatomy and I was fortunate to be given a copy of “The Thinking Body” by Mabel Elsworth Todd. This book influenced me tremendously and continues to guide me today. As I read it for the first time, I began to understand the universal power of gravity and its dominance in our lives as pedestrians and as dancers. Over the years I have developed a syllabus called Movement for Health and Centering which is based upon the precepts laid out in Mabel Todd’s book as well as what I’ve learned in my…