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"""The use of imagery to improve human alignment and movement has been practiced by relatively few adherents, most of them professionals. Now, with Eric Franklin's book Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, the technique of using imagery is made clear for the general public as well for professionals. Franklin is to be commended for bringing this important work to a wider audience."""
Andre Bernard
Adjunct Assistant Professor Dance Education
New York University
"""This is a charming and humorous synthesis of ideas contained in the writings of Mabel Todd, Lulu Sweigard, Barbara Clark, and their students."""
Irene Dowd
Faculty, The Juilliard School
Guest Faculty, The National Ballet School of Canada
"""The main purpose of body alignment in dance is to create efficient control of movement. Eric Franklin's book Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery equips readers with the basic knowledge and exercises to achieve a clear and useful alignment."""
Zvi Gotheiner
Choreographer and Teacher, New York City
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"""The use of imagery to improve human alignment and movement has been practiced by relatively few adherents, most of them professionals. Now, with Eric Franklin's book Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, the technique of using imagery is made clear for the general public as well for professionals. Franklin is to be commended for bringing this important work to a wider audience."""
Andre Bernard
Adjunct Assistant Professor Dance Education
New York University
"""This is a charming and humorous synthesis of ideas contained in the writings of Mabel Todd, Lulu Sweigard, Barbara Clark, and their students."""
Irene Dowd
Faculty, The Juilliard School
Guest Faculty, The National Ballet School of Canada
"""The main purpose of body alignment in dance is to create efficient control of movement. Eric Franklin's book Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery equips readers with the basic knowledge and exercises to achieve a clear and useful alignment."""
Zvi Gotheiner
Choreographer and Teacher, New York City
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Destined to become a classic text and reference, Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery shows you how to use imaging techniques to improve posture and alignment and release excess tension. The book's 195 illustrations will help you visualize the images and exercises and show you how to use them in a variety of contexts. Part I of Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery discusses the origins and uses of imagery and includes 36 exercises that demonstrate dynamic alignment in practice. You'll explore the importance of posture and dynamic alignment and discover how to use imagery to affect body movement. Part II explains the biomechanical and anatomical principles behind complex imagery and illustrates 52 exercises to bring these principles to life. You'll learn how to use basic physics to create a strong yet fluid balance in your muscles and joints. Part III provides 250 anatomical imagery exercises to help you fine-tune alignments and increase body awareness. The exercises focus on different regions of the body--the pelvis, hips, knees, lower legs, spine, shoulders, arms, hands, head, and neck--as well as on breathing. You can select specific images to address individual needs or follow the sequence presented in the book. And Part IV provides 23 holistic exercises to sculpt and improve alignment in various positions--standing, supine, and sitting. These exercises will help you establish a body image that facilitates dynamic alignment and releases excess tension. By practicing the techniques described in Dynamic Alignment Through Imagery, you'll tap into the power of imagery and create better movement.
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Approximately 35,000 years ago, there appears to have been a sudden expansion in the creation of body ornamentation and the use of visual imagery. Read the first page
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love this book. As a yoga teacher and teacher trainer I find the techniques he uses invaluable for helping students work into postures, and for offering teachers ways to think about the energy movement within posture. For personal use the text is also helpful in guiding more delicate alignment and in engaging the mind with the body's work. I'd strongly recommend this book to anyone working with yoga, pilates or similar body alignment techniques.
30 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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Franklin offers a second version on Sweigard's (1974) ideokinesis. Especially useful are his illustrations and psychological mentionings from child psychology.
He fails to mention important scientific reserach by Hanrahan on this topic. After thorough explanations I desired often a summary and guidance what to do with the presented knowledge and why it was important, eg. exercises are often given without explaining their practical usage.
He fails to mention important scientific reserach by Hanrahan on this topic. After thorough explanations I desired often a summary and guidance what to do with the presented knowledge and why it was important, eg. exercises are often given without explaining their practical usage.
I find his approach quite based in Western dance tradition and Western philosophical context.
Nevertheless his book is an essential introduction to a revolutionary way of thinking through instruction.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have purchased over 10 copies of this book. The first was for myself and the rest have been gifts for other people.
My Pilates teacher recommended this book. I particularly used the visualisation exercises for alignment of the knee. A few months later my life-long knee problem had evaporated. Sounds simple, but it was not. The exercises were the starting point, and required real persistence to keep on using them together with Pilates all the time I was walking, standing or running.
Each part of the body is reviewed from the perspective of movement. Joints are explained with good clear diagrams. Visualisations are introduced with many practical exercises in step by step detail.
This book is NOT the solution to all problems with body movement, but it is a good book and I recommend it.
My Pilates teacher recommended this book. I particularly used the visualisation exercises for alignment of the knee. A few months later my life-long knee problem had evaporated. Sounds simple, but it was not. The exercises were the starting point, and required real persistence to keep on using them together with Pilates all the time I was walking, standing or running.
Each part of the body is reviewed from the perspective of movement. Joints are explained with good clear diagrams. Visualisations are introduced with many practical exercises in step by step detail.
This book is NOT the solution to all problems with body movement, but it is a good book and I recommend it.
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