Product Description

BodyStories is a book that engages the general reader as well as the serious student of anatomy. Thirty-one days of learning sessions heighten awareness about each bone and body system and provide self-guided studies. The book draws on Andrea Olsen's thirty years as a dancer and teacher of anatomy to show how our attitudes and approaches to our body affect us day to day. Amusing and insightful personal stories enliven the text and provide ways of working with the body for efficiency and for healing. BodyStories is used as a primary text in college dance departments, massage schools, and yoga training programs internationally.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #275064 in Books
• Published on: 2004-08-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 176 pages

About the Author
Andrea Olsen is Professor of Dance and faculty member in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College. Author of Body and Earth, An Experiential Guide (UPNE 2002), she is on the faculty for the teacher training program of the Center for Yoga and Healing Arts in Amherst, Massachusetts. Caryn Mchose has taught movement and anatomy for over thirty years and initiated the experiential anatomy curriculum for Middlebury College.

Customer Reviews

a new way to discover the body
in this book the body is like a myth - the parts and organs are like people who have stories to tell and are in relationship to each other and to the world.

If you are set on facts and statistics, the book might on first glance seem a bit airy-fairy to you - but if you are a kinaesthetic or experiential person, or if you want to go deeper in knowledge than just accumulating facts, then give yourself permission to experience the poetry of this approach to the body - and you might be amazed how much you have learnt.

experiential anatomy review
I'm pleased i bought this book. It took me a while to get into it - i bought it intending to work through it systematically, but soon gave that up. I've found it far more enjoyable and educational to refer to it when i'm curious about a particular area of the body. It'd be fun to work through in a group or with a partner but is still good for soloists.

So i'd thoroughly recommend it as a way to get a deeper feeling for the body. The only reason i don't give 5 stars is because i like to save 5 stars for books that i think are beautiful objects, whereas the presentation here is fairly standard.