The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Body/Mind Disciplines

480 Pages·1999·10.152 MB·English

by  Nancy Allison (editor)

The Illustrated Encyclopedia
of
Body-Mind Disciplines
The Illustrated Encyclopedia
of
Body-Mind Disciplines
Nancy Allison, CMA
Editor
The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
New York
Important notice to readers of this book: This book is not intended to substitute for diag-
nosis or treatment by or consultation with a qualified, licensed health care practitioner. A
physician should be consulted before deciding to participate in any body-mind discipline.
The Publisher is not recommending or advocating the use or practice of any body-mind dis-
cipline or program of treatment mentioned or described in this book. The Publisher shall not
be responsible for any consequences or ill effects resulting from the practice of any program
of treatment mentioned or described in this book.
Published in 1999 by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
29 East 21st Street, New York, NY10010
© 1999 by Nancy Allison
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any
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a reviewer.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Allison, Nancy
The illustrated encyclopedia of body-mind disciplines/Nancy Allison, editor
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN 0-8239-2546-3
1. Alternative medicine—Encyclopedias. 2. Mind and body therapies—Encyclopedias.
I. Allison, Nancy, 1954-
R733.I46 1998
615.5—dc21 98-24969
CIP
Manufactured in the United States of America
About the Editor
Nancy Allison, CMA, has always been interested in the role of movement in
human society, its inner impulses and outer forms. This interest led her to pursue a
career in dance. She performed during her childhood with the National Ballet of
Washington, DC, and with Moscow’s world-renowned Bolshoi Ballet during its 1963
American tour. She graduated with honors from Ohio University with a B.F.A. in
Dance. While at Ohio University she augmented her study of dance with courses in
philosophy and psychology. As a young professional dancer she joined the Theater
of the Open Eye in New York City, founded by choreographer Jean Erdman and the
late Joseph Campbell. Allison distinguished herself as the leading interpreter of
Erdman’s dance repertory from the 1940s and 1950s, producing the three-volume
video archive Dance and Myth:The World of Jean Erdman.
Inspired by both Erdman and Campbell, Allison expanded her exploration of
movement to include the body-mind relationship. She has studied hatha yoga, t’ai chi
ch’üan, the Pilates Method, bioenergetics, authentic movement, and Laban move-
ment analysis, in which she earned a degree as a certified movement analyst. Amuch
sought after teacher, Allison has taught master classes and workshops throughout the
United States. She currently resides in New York, where she teaches at the School of
Education of New York University.
Acknowledgments
So many people have helped create this volume that it is probably impossible to
name them all, but given this opportunity, I would like to try. I feel deeply indebted
to Joseph Campbell, whose personal encouragement guided my early explorations
into the world of body-mind and whose spirit and knowledge are a constant well-
spring of inspiration to me. I also want to thank my husband, who believed in my
ability to complete this project and nurtured both it and me with his constant love
and support.
I am eternally grateful to all of the distinguished teachers, healers, and writers
who contributed entries to this volume. Their dedication to their respective fields and
their generous gifts of time and knowledge to this project have earned my undying
respect and admiration. I believe they are, each in their own wonderfully unique way,
helping to make this world a better place.
Certain writers and consultants have been particularly influential in my own
development, and I want to acknowledge their gifts to me: T’ai chi master Sophia
Delza, who passed away during the course of our work, taught me to follow the flow
of the life force in its endless cycle from full to empty and back to full again; Ed Groff;
Janet Hamburg; Clio Pavlantos and Jackie Hand, who taught me to recognize the
endless permutations of that force through the language of Laban movement
analysis; Nina Robinson, who introduced me to the thrill of liberating that force
through bioenergetics; Lillo (Leela) Way, who taught me the true nature of a spir-
itual practice; Jane Magee and Jackie Hand, whose healing hands managed to
untangle the knots into which I seem to want to endlessly entangle my body; and Dr.
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Domenick Masiello, whose healing artistry has restored me and so many of my loved
ones to a vibrant state of health. I am also indebted to Dr. Masiello for the many fine
contributing writers he recommended to this project. In that regard I am also deeply
indebted to Thomas Claire and Ken Frey.
There are also those who, while not contributing writers, were important to my abil-
ity to realize this project: Clifford Schulman, Jeff McMahon, Anne Johnson, Joanna
Kosartes Vergoth, and Cynthia Reynolds, all of whom recommended contributing writ-
ers to the project; Romana Kryzanowska, who gave me my first teaching job in the body-
mind arena at the Pilates Studio; Carol Walker and Steven Giordano, who encouraged me
to expand and explore that skill and knowledge at SUNY Purchase; Miriam Roskin
Berger, who has supported so many of my creative endeavors and gave me the opportu-
nity to develop my teaching at New York University, and all of my students over the
years who continually show me through their amazing transformations that my
approach to this material is valuable and life-enhancing.
Finally, I would like to thank the staff at the Rosen Publishing Group, all of whom
were extraordinarily helpful and supportive; especially Christine Slovey, who worked
long and diligently to uphold cohesive reference standards while allowing each individ-
ual voice to be heard; Michael Isaac and Margaret Haerens, who each offered their own
perspective and editing skills; Kim Sonsky, whose artistic talents created the cover
design; Vera Amadzadeh, whose tireless photo research efforts brought such vivid visu-
al expression to the ideas contained in the writing; and Olga Vega, whose layout and
design expertise give such visual clarity and accessibility to the volume.
With such a huge task, spanning so many years, I'm sure there are others I have
missed. Please forgive me and know that you have my deepest respect and gratitude.
—Nancy Allison, CMA, Editor
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Contributors
Acupressure, Process Acupressure technique. She has a modern dance
Aminah Raheem, Ph.D. and background, having choreographed
Diplomate of Process Work, is a transper- and performed in New York City since
sonal psychologist, bodyworker, writer, 1983. She is on the faculty at SUNY
and the originator of process acupres- Stony Brook in the music department
sure, who has worked for many years and maintains a private practice in New
with the integration of bodywork and York and Connecticut. She has written
consciousness. She was an adjunct facul- various journals on body-mind healing
ty member of the Institute for and has received a grant from the New
Transpersonal Psychology for ten years. York Cardiac Center to study and report
on complementary medicine.
Acupuncture
Robert J. Abramson, D.D.S, M.D., Art Therapy
had a private dental practice for over a Cathy Malchiodi, M.A., ATR, LPAT,
decade before earning his M.D. from the LPCC, is the director of the Institute
State University of New York and com- for the Arts and Health in Salt Lake
pleting a bachelor’s course in acupunc- City, Utah. She is the editor of Art
ture at the College of Traditional Chinese Therapy: Journal of the American Art
Medicine in England. Dr. Abramson is Therapy Association and the author of
currently a privately practicing acupunc- several books and articles on the topic
turist in New York City. of art therapy with trauma, child phys-
ical abuse, and medical applications.
Aikido Ms. Malchiodi has lectured at many
Clio Pavlantos, M.A., CMA, holds a universities, agencies, and institutions
master’s degree in dance, a certificate in throughout the United States, Canada,
Laban movement studies, and a black Europe, and Asia.
belt in aikido. She has taught all three dis-
ciplines at colleges, universities, and pri- Aston-Patterning®
vate institutions. Dance and Laban Allison Funk has been working in
movement analysis helped her in learn- the fields of bodywork and movement
ing and teaching aikido, which she finds education for twelve years. A licensed
to have many of the rhythms and expres- physical therapist assistant, she
sive qualities of dance. received her Aston-Patterning® certifi-
Marvin Bookman has been involved cation in 1996 and is currently enrolled
in the martial arts for twenty years. He is in the faculty training program at the
certified as an aikido instructor by the Aston-Patterning Center in Lake Tahoe,
United States Aikido Federation. In 1989, Nevada. Funk owns a private Aston-
he founded Aikido of Greenwich Village. Patterning practice in Winter Park,
Currently, Bookman gives seminars and Colorado, where she uses her skills to
classes throughout the United States. assist a variety of clients.
Alexander Technique Authentic Movement
Diane Young, NASAT, is a certified Daphne Lowell is a professor at
teacher and trainer of the Alexander Hampshire College and the Five College
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Dance Department. She is also codirec- coauthor of Out of Sight into Vision, a
tor of the Hampshire College Program consumer self-help book presenting new
in contemplative dance. models of seeing and vision therapy.
Ayurvedic Medicine Bioenergetics
Dr. Vasant Lad, BAMS (bachelor of Nina Robinson, ADTR, M.A., CMA,
ayurvedic medicine and surgery), has been a dance/movement therapist
MASc (master of ayurvedic science), is since 1973. She has taught in the New
the founder, director, chairman of the York University dance therapy program,
board, and principal instructor of the from which she received her master’s
Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, degree. She is a member of the Academy
New Mexico. He practiced and taught of Dance Therapists Registered. She has
ayurveda in Pune, India, before coming integrated bioenergetics into her dance
to the United States and teaching at the therapy work throughout her career. She
Santa Fe College of Natural Medicine began her many years of bioenergetic
in 1981. therapy with Alexander Lowen, M.D.,
from 1965 to 1967.
Bartenieff FundamentalsSM
Janet Hamburg, CMA, M.A., directs Biofeedback
the dance division at the University of Les Fehmi, Ph.D., organized and
Kansas, Lawrence. She was a faculty chaired the first national meeting of
member of the Laban/Bartenieff biofeedback researchers in 1968. He has
Institute of Movement Studies a Ph.D. in physiological psychology
Certificate Extension Program in New from UCLAand has been recognized by
Mexico. She has taught LMA classes the Association for Applied Physiopsy-
internationally, and throughout the chology and Biofeedback for his contri-
United States Hamburg’s work with butions to the development of applied
athletes has been featured on national physiopathology and biofeedback. He
television, including the program directs biofeedback centers in New York
Science World. City and Princeton, New Jersey.
Behavioral Vision Therapy Body-Mind Centering®
Dr. Joseph Shapiro is a behavioral Vera Orlock is an assistant profes-
optometrist with twenty-five years of sor of dance at Kansas State University
experience. He is the director of the and has taught at Indiana University,
Center for Unlimited Vision in New Bloomington, and the University of
York City. He received his doctor of North Carolina, Charlotte. Her chore-
optometry degree from the ography has been recognized by grants
Massachusetts College of Optometry from the Ohio Arts Council and the
and did his intern and residency pro- New York State Council on the Arts.
gram in vision therapy at the She is on the faculty of the School for
University Optometric Center, State Body-Mind Centering® and is also a
College of Optometry, State University certified practitioner of structural inte-
of New York. He has taught rehabilita- gration, the work of Ida P. Rolf. Orlock
tive optometry at six major hospitals in is frequently a guest artist/teacher in
the New York metropolitan area. He is Europe and the United States.
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Bodynamics Analysis Chiropractic
Peter Bernhardt, MFCC, is director Dr. Trina Marx is a doctor of chiro-
of the Clement Street Counseling Center practic with a degree in clinical nutri-
Faculty at California Institute of Integral tion, also specializing in exercise
Studies in Somatics program, in San psychology and holistic treatments. In
Francisco, California, and a founding addition to her private practice, she is
member of the Bodynamics Institute, the chiropractor for the American Tap
USA. He has led trainings and work- Dance Orchestra. Her volunteer work
shops throughout the United States and includes providing chiropractic ser-
Europe, has twenty years’ experience as vices for the Gay Men’s Health Crisis
a body psychotherapist, and is in private and for children born with addictions
practice near Berkeley, California. and HIV. She has also written Body
Almanac and Tap Dance.
Bowen Technique
Oswald H. Rentsch is the principal Connective Tissue TherapySM
and founder of the Bowen Therapy Jackie Hand, M.A., is a certified
Academy of Australia, the official orga- Laban movement analyst (CMA) and a
nization of Bowtech®. From 1974 to 1976 registered movement therapist (RMT).
he studied under Thomas A. Bowen, She is a movement consultant and a
who commissioned Rentsch to docu- dance specialist, performing movement
ment and teach his original techniques. retraining and bodywork. On the facul-
He has earned a diploma of osteopathy ty at the Laban/Bartenieff Institute of
from the South Pacific Council of Movement Studies, she integrates her
Natural Therapies, an honorary doctor- years of dance training with her move-
ate of massage therapy from the ment observation skills to educate
Australian Registrar of Massage clients in movement awareness and
Therapists, and a diploma of homeopa- observation. She studied anatomy with
thy ionization principles from the Irene Dowd and Connective Tissue
Australian Academy of Homeopathy. Therapy™with Theresa Lamb. She has a
Oswald Rentsch has twenty-two years holistic approach to movement and
of experience with the Bowen technique bodywork and is nationally certified in
and, together with his wife Elaine, has therapeutic massage and bodywork
spent ten years as a Bowtech teacher. (NCTMB).
Brain Gym® Contact Improvisation
Lark Carroll has been teaching Brain Paul Langland is a dancer, singer,
Gym in the Bay Area since 1986. She choreographer, and teacher. A longtime
completed certification in educational practitioner of contact and other improvi-
kinesiology, neurolinguistic program- sational dance forms, he often presents his
ming, acupressure massage, and own work, as well as performing with
Bowen Therapy. Additionally, she others. His work has been seen at Dance
holds training in a variety of modali- Theater Workshop, PS 122, Franklin
ties, including CranioSacral therapy, Furnace, and Movement Research. Since
Living VisionTM, meditation, Chinese 1983, he has been a core faculty member of
five-element theory, and nutritional New York University’s Experimental
approaches to health and balance. Theater Wing.
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Core Energetics myofascial therapy and CORE structur-
Pamela L. Chubbuck, Ph.D., LPC, is al integrative therapy. Kousaleos also
on the senior international teaching fac- served as the general manager of the
ulty of the Core Energetic Institute in British Olympic Sports Massage
New York City, where she is also director Therapy Team (1994–1996).
of faculty development. Dr. Chubbuck Gary N. Genna, LMT, is the founder
is the director of Core Energetics South and owner of the CORE Institute of
and has worked personally and exten- Tennessee. Agraduate of SUNYCortland
sively with John C. Pierrakos, M.D., for with a degree in biology and education,
more than twenty-five years. Dr. Genna has been an advanced instructor
Chubbuck is the author of Passages to for the CORE Institute since 1989. He has
Womanhood: Stories of Celebration for presented at various state and interna-
Young Women, and numerous articles tional conferences and spent more than
on the core energetics process. three years working as a neuromuscular
therapist at St. Anthony’s Hospital Sports
coreSomatics® Medicine and Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Kay Miller is certified in the Center in St. Petersburg, Florida. He has
Rubenfeld synergy method and the been both a massage therapist and a mas-
Feldenkrais Method® and received her sage educator for more than twenty-five
gestalt training in the three-year post- years, highlighted as the head coach for
graduate program at the Gestalt the British Olympic Sports Massage
Institute of Cleveland. She has served Team in 1995 and 1996.
as consultant, staff, and/or workshop
leader for the Pennsylvania Department CranioSacral Therapy
of Education, the University of Kenneth I. Frey, PT, is director of
Pittsburgh, Carlow College, the the Institute of Physical Therapy, a pri-
University of West Virginia, Long Island vate practice and clinical resource cen-
University, the Gestalt Institute of ter in New York City.
Cleveland, and the Western Psychiatric
Institute. Dance Therapy
Anne L. Wennerstrad is a
CORE Structural Integrative Therapy dance/movement therapist, clinical
George P. Kousaleos has been a social worker, and dance educator work-
licensed massage therapist specializing ing in mental health and education.
in structural integration and myofascial Currently she is coordinator of under-
therapy since 1978. A graduate of graduate dance education at New York
Harvard University and the SOMA University, where she teaches and advis-
Institute of Neuromuscular Integration, es students. She has presented and writ-
he has practiced and taught in Germany, ten on the arts in education and therapy.
Greece, and throughout America. In Her clinical work focuses on creative
1990, he founded the CORE Institute mind/body approaches to helping peo-
School of Massage Therapy of ple with eating problems, anxiety,
Tallahassee, Florida, a state-licensed and depression, and chronic mental illness. A
nationally accredited program. He former professional dancer, she is also on
trains massage therapists in continuing the staff of Career Transition for Dancers,
education certification courses in CORE a nonprofit counseling service.
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