The New Rules of Posture by Bond, Mary -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Image Title Page Epigraph Table of Contents Explorations and Practices Foreword Preface Introduction

YOUR POSTURE IS YOUR STORY ORIENTING AND STABILIZING SIX HEALTHY POSTURE ZONES HOW TO USE THIS BOOK LIVING IN YOUR BODY

Part One: Awareness

Chapter 1: Your Conscious Body

NEUTRAL BREATHING MUSCULAR ARMOR AND THE FLUID BODY RECOGNIZING YOUR WALK YOU MEAN I HAVE TO LEARN TO WALK ALL OVER AGAIN? PRACTICAL BODY CONSCIOUSNESS

Chapter 2: Your Body’s Internet

HOLISM VERSUS MECHANISM THE ORGAN OF POSTURE CONNECTIVE TISSUE COMMUNICATION ARTICULATE LIVING UNDERSTANDING YOUR SACROILIAC JOINTS SLOW-MOTION EXERCISE PEDESTRIAN BALLET

Part Two: Stability

Chapter 3: The Root of Posture

UNDERSTANDING YOUR PELVIS YOUR PELVIC DIAMOND SHOULDN’T MY SPINE BE STRAIGHT? HEALTHY SITTING YOUR DIAMOND IN DAILY LIFE CHAIRS AND COMPROMISES BODY FASHION

Chapter 4: Healthy Breathing

STOPPING THE WORLD THE MECHANICS OF BREATHING THE CHEMISTRY OF BREATHING RESTORING HEALTHY BREATHING THREE-DIMENSIONAL BREATH THE VACATION WITHIN YOUR BREATH BREATHING AND STABILITY

Chapter 5: Core Connections

WHAT IS THE CORE? THE CORE AND LOWER BACK PAIN WHEN TO ACTIVATE YOUR TA COORDINATING INNER AND OUTER CORSETS CORE STABILITY, BREATHING, AND YOUR PELVIC FLOOR SENSING YOURSELF IN RELATION TO OTHERS

Part Three: Orientation

Chapter 6: Your Heart’s Messengers

SUPPORT FOR THE HEART THE POWER OF THE SMALL FINGERS ARM SWING REPETITIVE MOTION INJURIES A BABY’S GRASP

Chapter 7: Footprints

THE FEET: OUR HUMBLE FOUNDATION FOOT FUNCTIONS ANATOMY: STANCE FOOT AND WALKING FOOT FOOT PRACTICE BUNIONS SHOES AND INSOLES ALIGNING LEGS AND FEET SENTIENT FEET PUSHING AND REACHING GROUNDING

Chapter 8: Facing the World

A NATURAL PHENOMENON BALANCE FACIAL TENSIONS YOUR MOBILE SKULL THE EYES AND VISION A SENSE OF SPACE

Part Four: Motion

Chapter 9: Healthy Walking

POSTURE IN MOTION SPATIAL ORIENTATION PUSHING AND REACHING HOW DO HUMANS WALK? THE INCREMENTS OF WALKING FEATURES OF HEALTHY WALKING

Chapter 10: Articulate Living

ARTICULATION MOVEMENT AND FEELING ORIENTING YOURSELF BY THE NEW RULES HEALTHY POSTURE PRACTICES WALKING THE ZONES FITNESS CLASSES AND TEACHERS YOUR WALK IS YOUR STORY HEALING YOUR POSTURE

Afterword Appendix