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The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand, and Move in the Modern World
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.78
EAN: 9781594771248
ISBN: 1594771243
Label: Healing Arts Press
Manufacturer: Healing Arts Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: November 29, 2006
Publisher: Healing Arts Press
Release Date: December 10, 2006
Studio: Healing Arts Press
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A manual for understanding the anatomical and emotional components of posture in order to heal chronic pain • Contains self-help exercises and ergonomics information to help correct unhealthy movement patterns • Teaches how to adopt suitable posture in the modern sedentary world Many people cause their own back and body pain through their everyday bad postural and movement habits. Many sense that their poor posture is probably the root of the problem, but they are unable to change long-standing habits. In The New Rules of Posture, Mary Bond approaches postural changes from the inside out. She explains that healthy posture comes from a new sense we can learn to feel, not by training our muscles into an ideal shape. Drawing from 35 years of helping people improve their bodies, she shows how habitual movement patterns and emotional factors lead to unhealthy posture. She contends that posture is the physical action we take to orient ourselves in relation to situations, emotions, and people; in order to improve our posture, we need to examine both our physical postural traits and the self-expression that underlies the way we sit, stand, and move. The way we walk, she says, is our body’s signature. Bond identifies the key anatomical features that impact alignment, particularly in light of our modern sedentary lives, and proposes six zones that help create postural changes: the pelvic floor, the breathing muscles, the abdomen, the hands, the feet, and the head. She offers self-help exercises that enable healthy function in each zone as well as information on basic ergonomics and case histories to inspire us to think about our own habitual movements. This book is a resource for Pilates, yoga, and dance instructors as well as healthcare professionals in educating people about postural self-care so they can relieve chronic pain and enjoy all life activities with greater ease.
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Rating:  - A Useful Tool for Every Body
The New Rules of Posture: How to Sit, Stand, and Move by Mary Bond is a must read if you're interested in increasing your somatic awareness of your body in motion. Hoorah! finally someone writes about the body as a moving entity and not as a stable unit moving just one joint at a time. Posture for Bond is not about standing still and sticking your chest out, but about how you move is number one of the new rules. Bond writes, "your posture is the product of the ongoing perceptual activities through ... Read More
Rating:  - Make It Easier, Please
I bought this book because Andy Weil suggested it in his newsletter, and I know that at age 78, I need to do something about my posture; I'm beginning to stoop and droop.
I usually trust Andy, but not this time. The book is way too long and too complicated. I can't wade my way through it, though I keep trying. Also, it doesn't seem geared to older people.
I wish the author would condense her findings and advice into about 15 pages, with illustrations, and drop all the ... Read More
Rating: - Unique
A truly unique book I keep coming back to.
As a dance teacher, it helped me recognize patterns of misalignment in my students and helped me identify the causes.
As a dancer, it helped me be more aware of my posture.
Rating: - The New Rules of Posture
I found this book, The New Rules of Posture, extremely helpful and accessible. The text is crisp and moves along nicely. In addressing the quasi-intangible subject of posture, an author could easily tend toward the abstract and miss the opportunity to provide substantial answers; conversely, detailed analysis of the human body's myriad and complex patterns, movements and compensations could, in the wrong hands, bog. Luckily--rather, skillfully--Mary Bond successfully dances the edge--exquisitely combining ... Read More
Rating: - must have owners manual
a must have reference, an owners manual if you seek a body with poise and balance...great links to sources of info and supplies too, well written overall...
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