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While the English language has no word that adequately names an entity that fully embraces and fuses the physical and mental dimensions of our being, and while a still-pervasive Cartesian conceptual framework perpetuates the the notion of a clear distinction between body and mind, our language does have a word which–in its richly manifold meanings–embodies the multi-layered dynamics that permeate our flesh, our feelings, our thoughts and our relationships with one another and with the world.

Note from Deane Juhan: The following article was not written by me. It was forwarded to me by a friend and client. But the message is so resonant with me, and so beautifully written, that I wanted to share it with you all. The issues raised here have long been close...

The polarities of energetic forces--attraction/repulsion, expansion/contraction, push/pull, resistance/release--are the essence of all organizations of matter, from atoms to molecules to cell membranes to complex life forms. Virtually all our varieties of activity,...

My approach to the re-coordination of dysfunctional and restricted muscular patterns is the synthesis of my 39 years of professional bodywork, training, and research. I began my career in 1974 as a member of the massage crew at Esalen Institute, where I practiced and...

SOME BASIC NEUROMUSCULAR PRINCIPLES AND FUNCTIONAL CONCEPTS UNDERLYING "RESISTANCE-RELEASE WORK" Range of motion is defined by several determinants: Anatomical limits of joint and ligament structures (both normal and as a result of injury, scarring, malformation and...

RESISTANCE RELEASE NOTES I am very excited about this work, which began to blossom for me in a class on the neck and shoulders in New Hampshire earlier this year. It has continued to explode for me in my own sessions; I am thrilled to see its effectiveness with my...

Relaxation and stress relief are certainly two main goals of bodywork. But there is an important addition to your clients' somatic well-being that more directly addresses the patterns of muscular habituation, posture, compensations due to injury and the restoring of...

The eminent British biologist Gregory Bateson once said that "A miracle is a materialist's idea of how to escape from his materialism." That is to say, miracles are the back-door explanations for events occurring outside the commonly accepted laws of natural...