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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.
About the Author
I've been a student of the human body since I donned my first dancing shoes at age six. After receiving an MA degree in Dance from UCLA, I was privileged to study with Ida Rolf, originator of a type of body therapy known as Structural Integration. I'm proud to have been certified as a Structural Integration practitioner by Dr. Rolf herself.Rolf's understanding of the body went beyond anything I'd learned during many years of dance training. She taught that gravity organizes human structures and that people can achieve an optimal relationship with this determining force through bodywork and education."The New Rules of Posture" presents new developments in movement education. It evolved out of my wish to share the legacy of Ida Rolf with the general public. While this legacy includes the understanding of posture and movement, it also has philosophical implications. The deeper message is that the way we inhabit our bodies affects the ways in which we perceive the world and behave toward one another. I produced my DVD, "Heal Your Posture", in response to readers' requests for a video version of my teaching.Currently Chair of the Movement Integration® Faculty of The Rolf Institute in Boulder, CO, I also offer national and international workshops tailored to the needs and interests of various groups such as bodyworkers, yoga and Pilates teachers, dancers and anyone interested in better understanding of their bodies.
