Leah Bartal, Prof Nira Neeman

The Metaphoric Body

Guide to Expressive Therapy Through Images and Archetypes

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Metaphoric Body is a resource book based on the development of practical and spiritual awareness which allows readers to experience transformation directly. It offers suggestions, ideas, and exercises, acting as a guide to a way of working to enhance personal growth and the therapeutic process.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781853021527
• ISBN-10: 1853021520
• Artikelnr.: 21936837

Autorenporträt

Leah Bartal is an artist, teacher and therapist living in London, and has been Tutor/Director in theatre schools. She leads `Journey into Myth' workshops in the UK, Denmark and Norway, practices Psychosynthesis and teaches T'ai Chi Ch'uan. Nira Ne'eman lives in Israel, is Head of Movement Department and Integrated Arts at `Oranim' Kibbutz School of Education, Lecturer in Dance Therapy at Leslie College, Boston USA and Tel Aviv, and teaches T'ai Chi Ch'uan. She works in hospitals and leads `Metaphoric Journey' workshops in Israel and the USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword. Introduction. Stepping Stones: Sources and Wisdom from East and
West. The Creative Process. The Way We Work. How to Use This Book.
RESOURCES OF THE PHYSICAL BODY I: The Body from Anatomy to Metaphor.
Skeleton - Bone, Muscle, Skin. Hands - Communication, Touch, Stories. Back
- Sensitivity, Awareness, Expressiveness. Pelvis - Centre of Power, Tan
T'ien. Feet - Grounding, Animals. Breathing - An Expression of Wholeness.
Rigid and Soft. Personal Stories. RESOURCES OF THE PHYSICAL BODY II: The
Body in Relationship to Objects. Rosemary - Developing Free Association.
Plants and Trees as Metaphor. Masks - Masked Images of the Soul. The Body
in Relationship to Works of Art: Individuals in a Museum Environment. The
Body as Social Communicator. Circles. Boundaries - Individual Space and
Limits. Density and Open Space. Polarities and Opposites: Movement and
Stillness. Hands - Relating, Feeling, Sensing. The Mother. Childhood
Landscape. Personal Responses. TAOIST ELEMENTS. The Allegorical Journey.
The Symbolic Journey. RESOURCES OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL BODY I: Biblical
Stories. Rebekah - The Decisive Woman. Leah and Rachel - Two Faces of
Woman. The Scapegoat - Aspects of the Human Shadow. Deborah. Dry Bones -
Ezekiel's Dream. RESOURCES OF THE MYTHOLOGICAL BODY II: Stories from Greek
Sources. Aphrodite - Queen of Heaven: The Tasks of Psyche. Oedipus - The
Classic Tragedy of Understanding One's Own Fate. The Marriage of Ariadne
and Dionysus. Epilogue. Appendix. Bibliography.