TY - BOOK AU - Fraleigh,Sondra Horton TI - Moving consciously: somatic transformations through dance, yoga, and touch SN - 9780252080982 (pbk.) : U1 - 612.7 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Urbana PB - University of Illinois Press KW - Somesthesia KW - Yoga KW - Psychological aspects KW - Dance KW - Touch KW - Self-consciousness (Awareness) KW - Mind and body KW - Health and Fitness KW - eflch KW - Health and Wellbeing KW - ukslc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - The popularity of yoga and Zen meditation has heightened awareness of somatic practices. Individuals develop the conscious embodiment central to somatics work via movement and dance, or through touch from a skilled teacher or therapist often called a somatic bodyworker. Methods of touch and movement foster generative processes of consciousness in order to create a fluid interconnection between sensation, thought, movement, and expression. In 'Moving Consciously', Sondra Fraleigh gathers essays that probe ideas surrounding embodied knowledge and the conscious embodiment of movement and dance ER -