Body Mind: a Breakthrough Approach to the Secrets of Self Awareness

324 Pages·1977·45.113 MB·English

by  Ken Dychtwald

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"Superb ... it would not surprise me if this book
forms the foundation of an enthusiastic surge of
work on the bodymind."—WILL SCHUTZ, au-
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"Well-documented unique and beautiful
. . . . . .
of great value to people at any stage in their own
YOGA JOURNAL
bodymind exploration."—
"A solid compilation of body lore this book
. . .
will prove useful for those who wish to reinhabit
their own bodies."—GEORGE LEONARD, au-
thor of EDUCATION AND ECSTASY and THE
ULTIMATE ATHLETE
"The most definitive work yet . . . we are left with
a sense of fascination for an increasingly relevant
topic that is bound to make body readers out of
all of us."—NEW AGE

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Copyright© 1977 by Kenneth Dychtwald
Published by arrangement withPantheon Books
Chakra illustrationsonpages 87, 91, 98, 119, 146, 186, 237,
and 255 by Jad King, conceivedby Kenneth Dychtwald and
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Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.: Forexcerpts from pp. 65, 77,
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Total Orgasm, by JackLee Rosenberg, illustrated by Joseph
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FirstJove edition published June 1978
Third printing May 1981
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mymother,father,and brother,
who enfoldmewith theirlove,honesty,
and dignity
.

CONTENTS
ListofIllustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
BODY/MIND
1 3
OVERVIEW
2 18
FEET AND LEGS
3 46
PELVIS
4 78
ABDOMINAL REGION AND
5 LOWER BACK
117
CHEST CAVITY
6 141
7 SHOULDERS AN.D ARMS 161
NECK, THROAT, AND JAW
8 184
Vlll CONTENTS
FACE AND HEAD
9 214
BODYMIND
10 254
Notes 263
Bibliography 277
Index 291
About the Author 299