Awareness through movement: easy-to-do health exercises to improve your posture, vision, imagination, and personal awareness

Understanding while doing. The self-image. Strata of development. Where to begin and how. Structure and function. The direction of progress

Doing to understand : twelve practical lessons. General observations. Some practical hints. Lesson 1 : What is good posture? Lesson 2 : What action is good? Lesson 3 : Some fundamental properties of movement. Lesson 4 : Differentiation of parts and functions in breathing. Lesson 5 : Coordination of the flexor muscles and of the extensors. Lesson 6 : Differentiation of pelvic movements by means of an imaginary clock. Lesson 7 : The carriage of the head affects the state of the musculature. Lesson 8 : Perfecting the self-image. Lesson 9 : Spatial relationships as a means to coordinated action. Lesson 10 : The movement of the eyes organizes the movement of the body. Lesson 11 : Becoming aware of parts of which we are not conscious with the help of those of which we are conscious. Lesson 12 : Thinking and breathing.